Trust Careers Advisor

Teaching Vacancies; Oklahoma; On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Priory Federation of Academies Trust is seeking enthusiastic Careers Advisors to join our established Careers Team across multiple academies, including post-16 education. The role focuses on delivering personal guidance interviews with students, supporting the Strategic Careers Lead and Academy Careers Teams, and delivering work-related learning and work experience.

A QCF Level 6 Diploma in Careers Guidance or equivalent is essential, and the Trust will fund CDI registration and ongoing

Qualifications

• Experience delivering careers guidance to students.
• Essential: QCF Level 6 Diploma in Careers Guidance or equivalent.
• Adherence to the CDI Code of Ethics; CDI professional registration funded by the Trust.

Responsibilities

• Deliver 1-1 careers guidance interviews with students across academies.
• Support the Strategic Careers Lead, Academy Careers Teams, and the Adult Education Team in career-related learning.
• Support post-16 and post-18 application processes.

Skills

Experience delivering careers guidance

Multi-site working

Education

QCF Level 6 Diploma in Careers Guidance

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to appoint enthusiastic, dynamic and inspiring Careers Advisors to join our established Trust Careers Team to work across our academies, several of which offer post-16 education. The opportunity to join our existing team of Careers Advisors at a time of significant development in terms of careers education is an exciting one.

The role will primarily involve delivering the personal guidance interviews for all students across the Trust, working across different academies in either a Lincoln, or Southern Lincolnshire Hub. The role will also support the Strategic Careers Lead, Academy Careers Teams, and the Adult Education Team to deliver career-related learning, including work-related learning, employer and business encounters, and work experience. Additionally, the role will be involved in post-16 and post-18 application processes.

The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience of delivering careers guidance, preferably to school-age students. A QCF Level 6 Diploma in Careers Guidance or equivalent qualification is essential. The successful candidate will adhere to the CDI Code of Ethics, and accordingly the Trust will pay for CDI professional registration, and support meaningful and structured continuous professional development within the role.

Careers Advisors at the Priory Federation of Academies Trust are encouraged to have a varied portfolio, so whilst the role is primarily to deliver 1-1 careers appointments to students, there are opportunities to be involved in the wider careers education offer across the Academies and Trust. All Academies adhere to our Careers Policy, which ensures that there are no more than five appointments per Academy Day, of an hour long.

What the school offers its staff

The Priory Federation of Academies Trust is an established and supportive MAT. Our scale allows both flexibility and creativity in terms of career development, with permanent and secondment opportunities across our academies allowing exciting career pathways. We are determined in our mission to improve the life chances of our students, and we are equally committed to the wellbeing and development of our staff. All our support staff benefit from annual appraisals, access to CPD opportunities, our Trust Employee Benefits Programme and excellent support from our HR team.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.