Employment Advisor

• Realise Futures
• Address: Lovetofts Drive Ipswich Suffolk IP1 5NZ
• Salary: 27150 per annum
• Hours: 37 hours per week
• Contract: Permanent (2 roles based in Ipswich and/or Stowmarket)
• Reference: 0803.

Would you like to be a valued member of a high-performing team

Do you have experience delivering advice information and guidance to prospective candidates

Are you ambitious and want to be the best If the answer is yes then this could be the role that you have been searching for!

Want to be part of a team delivering the Restart contract for Realise Futures

A fantastic opportunity is available to deliver real and lasting change working as an Employment Advisor with our team at a base in Ipswich as well as working across our other sites In Stowmarket and one based solely in Ipswich.

You will be at the forefront of the scheme delivering intensive and tailored support to help a diverse range of participants to achieve their professional and academic aspirations and ultimately to find fulfilling work and outcomes that offer satisfaction and longevity.

Working as part of friendly and supportive team you will be an excellent communicator who is solution focused organised highly motivated and an inspiration to your participants.

Our purpose is to support unemployed jobseekers (our participants) with identifying applying for and sustaining employment.

You will engage with employers and make the local communities aware of the benefits of our service.

Participant experience is integral to the success of our business and providing them with excellent service is at the very core of the Employment Advisor role.

If you truly want to make a difference then reach out to us now!

This role is subject to a DBS check

About us

The purpose of Realise Futures is to improve the wellbeing mental health and employability of disabled and disadvantaged people whilst contributing to the economy in our communities. Realise Futures operates as a hybrid company combining commercial trade with personal & government funded public services. Our aim is to create opportunities for people to succeed in work learning and life through four company departments Learning Coaching & Advice Employment & Inclusion and RF Works (seven distinct Social Businesses) and Central (internal core infrastructure).

We provide professional and tailored opportunities that support people to realise their potential. As one of the largest Community Interest Companies in the East of England we employ approximately 230 staff40% of which have a declared disability.

Realise Futures is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults young people and children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer.

Realise Futures is proud to be a mindful employer that offers a range of employee benefits including:

• flexible working arrangements (where business needs allow)
• performance related pay increase system as part of the appraisal process
• 45p per mile expenses (cars first 10000 miles excluding commute)
• appreciation Award if successfully nominated: 150 per individual OR 500 shared across your team
• Annual Colleague Awards event at our AGM.
• 25 days annual leave (in addition to recognised bank holidays)
• additional day of paid leave around your birthday
• additional paid wellbeing day
• additional paid volunteer day
• 3 days additional annual leave after 3 years service
• an additional days paid leave on the day that you celebrate a 5-year work anniversary with Realise Futures
• disability leave policy that is separate from Sickness Absence
• a confidential counselling service 24 hours a day 365 days a year to you and members of your immediate family
• trained First Aid Mental Health First Aiders
• Cycle to Work scheme
• occupational pension scheme.

For more information

Please download a copy of the full job description

If you would like an informal discussion about the role then please contact Emma Manning on or

Please note that if any of the colleagues whose posts are currently at risk of redundancy show interest in this redeployment opportunity they will be prioritised for this opportunity and if more than one of these colleagues is interested the outcomes of the interviews will be used to determine the best candidate.

How to apply

To apply please complete the online application form

If you have any further queries or difficulties in completing the application form please email:

Closing date: 7 July 2026.

Interview dates: 9 July 2026 and 10 July 2026. Please ensure you are available for these dates before applying.

Realise Futures CIC A company operating across Suffolk and Norfolk combining commercial trade of products and services alongside work placements employment and training opportunities. The primary aim of the business is to improve and promote the economic and social wellbeing of those who are disadvantaged and/or disabled. The company is organised in four divisions Learning and Development Employment & Inclusion and RF Works (seven distinct Social Businesses) and Central (internal core infrastructure). Together they provide professional and tailored opportunities that support people to realise their potential.

Realise Futures: Enhancing Peoples Lives.