Job Description

Pathways to Work Adviser - Post 16 Routes to Employment Team | 10842 | Permanent Contract | 37 hours per week | £32,061 to £33,699 per annum | Grade G | County Hall, Norwich

Are you passionate about helping young people achieve their potential and take positive steps towards their future careers?

As a Pathways to Work Adviser, you will play a vital role in supporting young people across Norfolk to understand more about vocational pathways, including apprenticeships.Working within Norfolk County Council’s Post 16 Routes to Employment Team, you will inspire, motivate and guide young people, helping them overcome barriers. This is a varied and rewarding role where no two days are the same. You will also provide support for vulnerable young people, helping them identify and achieve realistic pathways to work.

As Pathways to Work Adviser, you will deliver projects and activities that are designed to increase the demand for and the number, level, range and quality of apprenticeships and other work-related learning opportunities for young people in Norfolk.

You will work in the Norfolk County Council, Children’s Services, ‘Post 16 Routes to Employment’ team, (part of the Post 16 Education, Employment and Training Service) to provide a range of activities and interventions including face-to-face and online information and advice activities for young people in schools, colleges and other learning settings, providing support and advocacy for vulnerable young people to achieve a viable pathway to work.

You may also provide briefings and Continuous Professional Development for teachers/advisers, parents/carers and other professionals, developing apprenticeship publicity materials for use in face-to-face delivery and through the Help You Choose website and a range of social media platforms.

If you can demonstrate an aptitude for this type of work, have experience of working with young people who face additional barriers to participation in learning then we would love to hear from you.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependant on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
  • ‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.

  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes

  • Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)

  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.

Redeployment closing date: 11 August 2026 at 23:55

All other applicants closing date: 19 August 2026 at 23:55