Employability Skills Trainer

Job Advertisement: Employability Skills Trainer

Company Name: Support Bridge Staffing Agency

Location: Cardiff, United Kingdom

Salary: £32,000 per annum plus excellent benefits

Job Type: Permanent, Full-time (37 hours per week)

Job ID: 312586

Ready to impact a better future?

Support Bridge Staffing Agency is proud to partner with leading employment and skills programmes to connect exceptional educators with communities that need them most. We are currently recruiting an enthusiastic Employability Skills Trainer to join the Restart team in Cardiff.

In this vital role, you will help deliver meaningful learning that boosts confidence, builds practical skills, and supports people into sustainable employment. Your work will directly shape opportunities for individuals across Cardiff, helping create a positive learning environment and a more confident future for participants.

What You’ll Do

• Training Delivery: Deliver engaging employability skills to cohorts of learners through face-to-face workshops, online learning platforms, and remote systems.

• Workshops & 1-to-1 Support: Lead dynamic group sessions, interactive workshops, and targeted one-to-one mentoring as required.

• Progress Tracking: Complete formative diagnostics of learner progress to ensure participants stay on track toward gaining employment.

• Individual Development: Work closely with Employment Coaches to design individual development plans and provide effective Careers Education, Information, Advice, and Guidance (CEIAG).

• Material Development: Contribute to the creation, review, and enhancement of high-quality learning resources to optimize the learner experience.

• Collaboration & Marketing: Coordinate and market programmes to boost engagement, maintaining strong communication across learning and partner networks.

What We Are Looking For

• Qualifications: A minimum Level 3 teaching or employability qualification (e.g., PTLLS, AET, or equivalent).

• Experience: Proven experience delivering employability programmes, adult education, or welfare-to-work training.

• Teaching Methods: Strong knowledge and practical application of both face-to-face and online teaching methods.

• Empathy & Motivation: The ability to motivate unemployed participants with empathy, clarity, care, and professionalism.

• Organizational Skills: Excellent communication, planning, and organizational abilities to manage diverse cohorts.

What We Offer You

• Leave Allowance: 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to buy up to five additional leave days each year.

• Pension Scheme: Up to 6% contributory employer pension scheme.

• Training & Career Growth: Access to over 1,100 internal courses, funding for qualifications, apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a strong focus on internal progression.

• Health & Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, a dedicated wellbeing app, 24/7 virtual GP access, and 30% off at managed leisure centres.

• Retail & Community Benefits: Discounts across roughly 1,000 retailers, a paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving, and inclusive employee networks.

Vetting and Mandatory Checks

Due to the safeguarding responsibilities of this role, an Enhanced DBS check is required, covering spent and unspent convictions, cautions, and police information in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. Candidates will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire to ensure appropriate workplace support is provided.