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Talent & Early Careers Programme Support Advisor

Salary: £30,024 to £32,597
Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week
Location: Lincoln
Closing Date: July 15th 2026
Interviews: July 28th, in person at Newland, Lincoln, LN1 1YL

Lincolnshire County Council - HR Services

About the Role

Are you passionate about shaping career experiences for young people?

Join our dynamic Talent & Early Careers Team and play a key role in delivering impactful programmes for Lincolnshire County Council. As the Programme Support Advisor, you’ll work closely with teams, education establishments, young people, parents/guardians, managers, and mentors to ensure our early career programmes are engaging, inclusive, and aligned with our strategic goals.

You’ll be responsible for coordinating early careers programme lifecycles, including work experience and T Level placements, apprenticeships and other activities. You will take a lead role in the end-to-end management of placements, from initial engagement and matching through to onboarding, monitoring, and evaluation, ensuring high-quality experiences for both learners and host teams.

The role will also involve coordinating and delivering insight days and engagement activities, helping to bring career pathways to life through compelling storytelling and meaningful experiences that inspire young people.

You’ll manage data and monitor KPI’s through tools like Power BI, support quality assurance activities, and contribute to continuous service improvements. This is a hands-on role where your ideas and energy will help drive innovation and excellence in how we attract, engage, and develop emerging talent.

About You

You’re someone who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

You bring:

• Experience in early careers or youth engagement, ideally with 14+ age groups
• Experience or confidence in coordinating placements such as work experience or T Levels
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively with education establishments, managers, parents/guardians and young people
• A proactive mindset with a keen eye for detail and data
• The ability to organise and deliver engaging events such as insight days or careers activities
• A drive to achieve performance targets
• A genuine passion for empowering young people and their development, whilst supporting our host teams and managers

You’ll be a team player, self-motivated, organised, excellent attention to detail, and ready to make a difference in a team that values creativity and continuous improvement.

About the Team

We’re an energetic, cohesive, forward-thinking team dedicated to early careers.

We work in a fast-moving, changing environment where innovation, positivity, and collaboration are essential and employees and students are at the heart of everything we do.

Whether we’re launching new programmes, engaging with education establishments, or refining our processes, we’re united by a shared mission: to build innovative early careers pipelines that offer meaningful experiences of working at Lincolnshire County Council that create opportunities to build a strong, diverse, and future-ready workforce for Lincolnshire.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a team that’s making a real impact
• Work in a supportive and inclusive culture
• Enjoy opportunities for professional development
• Help shape the future of public service early careers

Ready to inspire the next generation?
Apply now and join your energy to our early careers journey.

Due to recent changes in immigration law in the UK we are unable to offer skilled worker visa sponsorship for this role as it does not meet the requirements.

At Lincolnshire County Council, we believe our people are at the heart of everything we do. That’s why we offer a rewarding package designed to support your work–life balance, health and wellbeing, financial security, and career growth. Find out more about our offer to you here.

If you would like an open and informal discussion regards this role then please contact; Natalie Holbrook via email: Natalie.Holbrook@lincolnshire.gov.uk

PLEASE NOTE: It is imperative that your personal statement clearly states why you have applied, how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the role as set out in the Job Description (attached on LCC jobs Site) and what you feel you can bring to this role, the team and the wider County Council.

Please refer to our Job Information Pack here to support you in your application.

Please be advised that this position may be subject to a criminal record check.

On occasion we receive significantly more applications than expected for some vacancies and under such circumstances we reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the advertisement. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly to avoid disappointment should the closing date be brought forward. Please also note: once an application is submitted it is final and cannot be amended. If you withdraw your application, it cannot be reinstated and you will not be able to submit another application for that vacancy. If you have an issue with your submitted application, please contact recruitment@lincolnshire.gov.uk.

We operate a talent pool scheme whereby candidates who are not successful on this occasion may be considered for a period of up to 3 months for equal positions.

Lincolnshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

A Smarter Working Employer

We have embraced new ways of working and hybrid working will be a feature of this role. You will be given a nominated contractual work base and you will be required to commute to this work base when necessary. Working arrangements regarding hybrid working will be discussed as part of the appointment process.

Our technology platform and equipment is very good enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We require that you have in place good connectivity, and we will discuss during the recruitment process if support with this is needed.

Fluency Duty

In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (Fluency Duty), the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

Our values – collaborative, adaptable, eco-conscious, supportive, and responsible – guide everything we do. We’re looking for candidates who share these values and bring them to life in their work, helping us build strong teams and make a real difference in the communities we serve.