Careers Adviser

Sampson/Carnegie; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Myerscough College is seeking a passionate Careers Adviser to guide students in exploring career pathways and setting clear goals. The role involves delivering one-to-one guidance, designing workshops on job-seeking strategies, and collaborating with teaching teams to enhance students' educational experiences. A supportive and flexible work environment is offered, along with numerous benefits, including professional development and pension scheme membership.

Benefits

Regular Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities

Hassle-free onsite parking

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Passion for helping others achieve their ambitions.
• Enthusiastic and dedicated.
• Ability to support individuals in goal setting and pathway exploration.

Responsibilities

• Delivering one-to-one careers guidance sessions to support students in exploring pathways, setting clear goals, and planning their next steps.
• Designing and delivering engaging workshops, seminars, and events on CV writing, interview techniques, and effective job searching.
• Collaborating with teaching teams to embed careers education across the curriculum and enhance the student experience.

Job description

My career at Myerscough College Empowering Futures

About The Role

Are you passionate about helping others achieve their ambitions? Do you thrive on supporting individuals to discover their strengths and take confident steps toward their goals? If so, this could be be the perfect role for you.

At Myerscough College, we believe in empowering every student to reach their full potential. We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Careers Adviser to join our team and make a real impact on learners' lives.

In This Role Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Delivering one-to-one careers guidance sessions to support students in exploring pathways, setting clear goals, and planning their next steps.
• Designing and delivering engaging workshops, seminars, and events on CV writing, interview techniques, and effective job searching.
• Collaborating with teaching teams to embed careers education across the curriculum and enhance the student experience.

If you're ready to make a difference and support others in achieving their dreams, apply today!

Why join us?

At Myerscough College and University Centre, we have a nationally and internationally recognised Further Education, Higher Education, Adult Education, and Apprenticeship provision. The Further Education provision is well established, the Higher Education provision has a well-recognised partnership with UCLan, and the apprenticeship provision is operational nationally.

We offer a rewarding and enjoyable working environment, where colleagues are inspired to make a positive difference to the educational experience and employability of our students. We are one of the top five largest land-based and sports colleges in the UK.

What We Offer

We take care of our team just as we do our students. As an employee, you can enjoy a range of benefits, including:

• Regular Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities.
• Hassle-free onsite parking at our Preston Campus.
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to provide wellbeing support in moments of need.
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.

We are flexible working friendly and happy to discuss interest in flexible working.

Visit our website https://bit.ly/CareersAtMyerscough for the full list of excellent benefits our college offers.

Please note that as part of our commitment to safeguarding our students, our background screening checks include limited online searches. Online searches will only be undertaken in respect of the successful candidate, as a pre-conditional term of our job offer.

Safeguarding our students is of paramount importance. Our recruitment process has been designed to keep students safe and to ensure that we appoint safe and suitable people.

All successful applicants will be required to undertake pre-employment background and safeguarding checks.

The successful applicant will be responsible for complying with all safeguarding policies and practices, and for ensuring student safety and wellbeing is at the forefront of everything they do.

This post is not exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

We are an equal opportunity employer; we want all our candidates to have a fair and equal opportunity to secure employment with us. We encourage applications from all underrepresented groups: BAME applicants, disabled applicants, and LGBT+ applicants.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, due to a disability, then please speak with a member of the People team.

As a disability confident employer, we commit to guaranteeing an interview for any disabled applicant who meets all of the essential criteria.

Additional Details

• Hours: 37 Hours per week, Part Year Working 37 weeks per year
• Department: Careers
• Location: Croxteth Park (Liverpool)
• Salary: £28,837 to £33,922 per annum, pro-rata
• Reference No: CA-38
• Closing Date: Sunday 3 August 2025