Careers Administrator

Three Rivers Academy; Walton-on-Thames; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

Three Rivers Academy is seeking a dedicated Careers Administrator to support students as part of the CEIAG program. The role involves scheduling career appointments, supporting work experience administration and coordinating careers events, while maintaining accurate records and updating the Unifrog platform.

The post is part-time, 12 hours per week, with a focus on safeguarding and data protection in line with UK requirements.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and schedule individual career advice and guidance appointments for students.
• Support administrative processes for work experience placements (Year 10 and Year 12).
• Assist with organising careers events and themed weeks (National Careers Week).
• Update Unifrog platform with relevant career information and resources.
• Support CEIAG team with general administrative tasks and record-keeping.

Job description

We are seeking a dedicated and organised Careers Administrator to support our students' career education, information, advice, and guidance (CEIAG) efforts. The Careers Administrator will be responsible for scheduling career appointments, supporting the administration process for work experience, assisting with the organising of additional careers events, talks, and assemblies, and updating the Unifrog platform as required.

This is a part time role, 12 hours a week.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Careers Appointments:

• To coordinate and schedule individual career advice and guidance appointments for students.
• To liaise with careers advisor, Inclusion, student services, year teams and tutors as required.

2. Work Experience Administration:

• To support the administrative process for student work experience placements including filing of key documents (Year 10 and Year 12).
• To update records as required.

3. Careers Events:

• To assist with the organisation of careers related events and themed weeks (National Careers Week).

4. Unifrog Platform:

• To update the Unifrog platform with relevant career information, opportunities, and resources.

5. General Administration:

• To support the Assistant Principal (CEIAG) with various administrative tasks and projects, e.g. careers related displays.
• Maintain accurate records of career appointments, events, and student participation.

All adults employed by the Trust have a responsibility for data protection and have a duty to observe and follow the principles of the GDPR Regulations.

The Howard Partnership Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.

All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.

As well as verification of identity, we ask all successful candidates to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, we may also conduct an online search about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet safeguarding duties, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).

SAFEGUARDING AND FURTHER INFORMATION

The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

The Howard Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Due to the nature of this role, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. In making your application, it is essential you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up; any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.