Skills and Employability Trainer

Contract: Permanent, Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)

Salary: £29,849.4 - £35,493.06 per annum

Closing Date: 08 November 2026

Interviews will be held in the week commencing 16 November 2026.

Please note, we may close this advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

About us

Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for Skills and Employability Trainer to join our Centrepoint Works Team based in London.

We help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently. Centrepoint provides homeless young people with accommodation, health support and life skills in order to get them back into education, training and employment. We want to end youth homelessness by 2037.

Together with our partners, we support over 15,000 young people each year.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing a high quality, dynamic, and responsive service across London. The programme is target driven and they will be responsible for delivering accredited programmes and supporting young people to access work placements. These programmes will be provided to young people in small groups in the learning spaces. 

We are looking for someone who has energy, focus and attention to detail, experience of delivering Employability, English, Maths and have sector specific qualifications and experience, preferably in  Construction, which can be utilised within our programmes.

About you

• Effective communicator with natural ability to facilitate open and honest conversations.
• Able decision maker with a can do attitude.
• Respectful and empathetic, always considering the impact on our young people.
• Flexible, always adapting to changing needs.
• Engaging, committed to self-development by engaging with training and continuous learning.
• Proactive, always looking for creative ways of working.

What you’ll be doing

• Proactively recruit, assess and engage with an agreed number of learners in line with contracts.
• Organise and deliver employability, English, Maths and vocational skills, for young people through a blended learning approach including the use of digital based delivery models in group sessions.
• Carry out initial assessments and learning plans for each young person and monitor their progress through regular reviews
• Contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of resources and processes

Why join Centrepoint?

In return for your efforts, you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:

• 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
• Healthcare cash plan (Cover the costs of a wide range of medical treatment including Dental, Optical, Complementary and Alternative therapies).
• Private Medical insurance
• Employer pension contributions of 5%
• Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
• An interest-free travel loan

At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.

Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.

Our approach to applications

We recognise that candidates may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support their applications. While this is absolutely fine, all examples and statements included must be truthful, accurate and based on your own experience.

We’re keen to understand your individual skills, experience and motivations, so please ensure your application reflects your own voice.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Skills and Employability Trainer click ‘Apply’ now!