Salary: £34,237 - £37,563 a year
Hours: 37 hours a week
Contract Type: Post 1: 2 x Fixed Term until 31 March 2027 (extension subject to funding) Post 2: 2 x Fixed Term until 31 March 2029
Location: The Council House/Hybrid
Closing Date: 06 September 2026
Are you an experienced employability support professional?
Do you have significant experience supporting young people with complex barriers into employment?
If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Derby Jobs Employment and Skills Team as a Supported Employment Officer, under the new national Youth Guarantee Trailblazer.
The role will manage a caseload of young people (16-24), with complex barriers, providing intensive one-to-one employment support, removing barriers, supporting access to opportunities, increasing confidence and maximising independence to transition young people into employment. This role in an intensive support role, encouraging and sustaining engagement and employment.
The role sits within the Derby Jobs Employment and Skills Hub; connecting jobseekers to inclusive opportunities. We work across services and with a range of partners and employers to create a hub of support and opportunities for our Young People in the city.
Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities.Find out more about what it’s like to work for us
What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:
- Flexible work/life balance scheme
- Hybrid working (depending on contract)
- Modern office environment
- Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
- 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
- Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
- Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
- Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support
- Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network
- Support for colleagues who are carers
Next Steps
If you would like to apply for this vacancy via an application form, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website.
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on Sunday 6th September 2026. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Interviews will be held Thursday & Friday 17th/18th September.
If you would prefer to apply for this job using your CV, then please download the attached Declaration Form and send it, along with your CV, to [email protected]. Without a completed declaration form, your application will not be accepted. We also encourage you to download the Equalities Form and return this to [email protected], however this is optional and will not affect your application.
Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Before you complete your application form please read our guidance on filling in your application form.
Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at [email protected] https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/
