Careers Consultant

Staffordshire County Council; Stafford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Staffordshire County Council’s Careers Hub is recruiting a part-time Careers Consultant to support schools and colleges across Staffordshire. The role focuses on strategic consultancy, data analysis, and system-wide improvement rather than one-to-one guidance.

You will work with senior leaders, manage a caseload of education partners, and drive Gatsby Benchmarks implementation and national careers guidance policy.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in careers education and policy
• Ability to consult with senior leaders in education and business
• Proficiency in analysing performance data and presenting insights
• Willingness to travel across the county by car

Responsibilities

• Consult with school/college leaders on careers education policy and strategic plans aligned to Gatsby Benchmarks and statutory guidance
• Manage a caseload of schools, colleges and employers and track progress for impact
• Support the implementation of key careers frameworks, projects and models in education and business systems

Skills

Careers education

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Mobility across county

Tools

IT systems

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Skills and Employability Team for a part time Careers Consultant within the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Careers Hub.

This is a strategic consultancy and project management role focused on improving careers education across schools and colleges. Working with Headteachers, Principals, CEOs, Careers Leaders and employers, you will influence school improvement priorities, support the implementation of national careers education policy, and drive system-wide change that improves outcomes for young people.

This is not a student-facing careers adviser role and does not involve providing one-to-one careers guidance. Instead, you will act as a trusted consultant to education leaders, managing a portfolio of schools and colleges, analysing performance data, leading improvement activity and building strong partnerships with employers and stakeholders.

If you enjoy influencing senior leaders, managing complex projects, using data to drive improvement and creating lasting change across education systems, this could be the role for you.

The vacancy is:

• Part Time 3 days Staffordshire Wide Role (22.5hrs per week) this post is fixed term until 31st August 2027.

Join us and you'll help shape the future for our education system and young people across Staffordshire.

Main Responsibilities

As a Careers Consultant, you will:

• Consult with school and college leaders, on careers education policy and the implementation of strategic plans aligned to the Gatsby Benchmarks and Statutory guidance with a focus on tackling disadvantage.
• Manage a caseload of schools, colleges and employers, analysing and tracking their progress to ensure maximum impact for young people.
• Manage and support the implementation of key careers frameworks, projects and models within the school and business system.

The Ideal Candidate

The minimum criteria that will be used to shortlist for this role will be:

• Has extensive experience in careers education, ideally with a detailed understanding of careers policy, statutory guidance and the barriers faced by schools and colleges to embed careers education into the system.
• Is confident consulting with senior leaders in both education and business and managing relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Can analyse and present performance data and is comfortable using digital and IT systems.
• Is proactive, adaptable, and able to manage a busy workload independently whilst having the ability to engage and influence at all levels and be mobile across the county as a car user.

Interview Dates: Week commencing 23rd November 2026

For more information about the role, please contact:

• Paul Williams [e-mail]
• Carrie Abbott [e-mail] .

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as yourapplication meets the minimum criteria for the post.

As you'll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.