Guidance Adviser

Guidance Adviser – Post 16 EET Service | 9829 | Permanent Contract | Part-time 22.2 hours per week | £37,280 to £39,152 pro rata per annum | Grade I | Kings Lynn, West Norfolk and Breckland

Are you a Level 6 Careers Guidance professional? Do you want to make a difference to young people's futures and are you passionate about ensuring that all young people can realise their potential through engaging in education, employment or training?

We are looking to recruit a Guidance Adviser to work across Kings Lynn and West Norfolk, working with NEET young people aged 16-18. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real contribution to increasing young people’s participation in EET. Your experience and understanding of the support young people need in order to make a successful transition into education, employment or training will be vital.

You will have the ability to engage young people using virtual methods and in person to provide Careers Information, Advice and Guidance. Effective communication with a range of professionals along with good organisational skills, the ability to work within timescales and achieve outcomes for young people will be essential. You will have excellent IT skills and digital knowledge.

Norfolk County Council operates a hybrid working model and we anticipate that working remotely will be a feature of this role, your office base will be a Norfolk County Council premises in the locality such as Priory House, Kings Lynn. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

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

For further information and an informal discussion, please contact: Sam Derbyshire Post 16 EET Team Manager (Vulnerable Cohorts), Post 16 EET Service, Tel: 01603 222151 Email: sam.derbyshire@norfolk.gov.uk

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.

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We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to c

urrent employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.

Redeployment closing date: 11 March 2026 at 23:55

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