Careers Leader

Teaching Vacancies; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational institution in England seeks a skilled educator to lead the careers program. The role involves developing strong relationships with students and external providers to enhance career education aligned with national benchmarks. Candidates should demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with prior experience in working with young people. The school offers various professional development opportunities, flexible working where possible, and prioritizes staff wellbeing.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Flexible working opportunities

Support for wellbeing at work

Qualifications

• Friendly and enthusiastic approach.
• Demonstrated experience working with young people.
• Ability to develop and deliver an aligned education programme.

Responsibilities

• Lead career development programs to meet Gatsby Benchmarks.
• Implement strategies for careers education.
• Build relationships with staff and external providers.
• Support a comprehensive careers education culture in the school.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Enthusiasm

Education

Experience in education or CEIAG

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Miltoncross is an academy at the heart of its community that has very high aspirations for all of its staff and 1000 students. We operate by the core values of Work Hard. Be Kind. No Excuses in order to foster a learning community where everybody values each other and everybody values the power of learning.

We are located on the West of Portsmouth and access is easy from the M27 or A27. Many staff commute easily from Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and West Sussex either by car or by public transport.

Staff and students enjoy their days in an excellent modern building with comfortable classrooms, offices and superb facilities. We offer a supportive and unified working environment where we all have the same simple but ambitious goal: Every young person will leave us having exceeded expectations; academically, personally, and socially because we believed in them, challenged them and never settled for less. In order to ensure that we are achieving the highest possible standards we all come together every Tuesday at 2:30pm to embark upon professional development that is tailored to the needs of the school, department and individuals.

Responsibilities

• Lead the academy’s work on meeting all of the Gatsby Benchmarks over time, thus ensuring best practice in helping students make strong and ambitious post‑16 education and career choices.
• Plan and implement a strategy for developing a careers programme for the school that meets all eight of the Gatsby benchmarks of good practice and prepares young people for the choices and transitions in education, training and employment.
• Build strong relationships internally with staff and students and externally with providers.
• Support and collaborate with other teams to embed a comprehensive careers education culture across the school.

Qualifications and attributes

• Friendly, enthusiastic and excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Previous experience of working with young people in education, youth work and/or careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG).
• Ability to develop and deliver a careers education programme aligned with national benchmarks.

Applications

If you are interested in this role and would like to discuss it further or visit the school, please contact the Headteacher’s PA, [e-mail] who will be happy to arrange a visit. Suitable applicants will be interviewed at the earliest opportunity and if a suitable candidate is identified, we reserve the right to close the advert early. We recommend interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.

What the school offers its staff

• A wide variety of opportunities for professional development, including the potential to develop your career at more than one TKAT academy.
• Opportunities to work flexibly, where possible.
• Our support for your wellbeing at work.
• The rewards of working to improve the life chances of our pupils.

Safeguarding

TKAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment will be subject to the full Safer Recruitment process, including an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

Equal Opportunities

TKAT is committed to equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates, regardless of any protected characteristic for example race, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age. All applications are treated on merit. This includes applications from individuals wishing to work full time, part time or on a flexible basis.