Careers & Work Related Learning Advisor
Heckmondwike Grammar School
Kirklees
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- SCP 25-29 pro rata
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2020
- Apply by:
- 18 November 2019
Job overview
Are you an enthusiastic and suitably qualified Careers & Work Related Learning Advisor?
Then this will be the job for you.
To provide impartial careers education, information and guidance (CEIAG) to our students, in accordance with statutory requirements and guidelines.
We are advertising this role as full time, 37 hours per week, however in order to attract the strongest candidates we also welcome applications from candidates who wish to consider working part time.
Please indicate on your application form if you are interested in a Full Time or Part Time position.
Department Information
At Heckmondwike Grammar School Academy Trust we have a dedicated Careers Resource Centre where students have access to ICT facilities, the latest careers software and an extensive range of literature. The centre is open throughout the school day.
Professionally qualified and experienced careers staff are employed by the school to offer careers advice and guidance.
Students can request individual careers appointments, outside of school hours. Careers Advisers are also available for consultation at parents’ evenings for pupils in years 8 to 13.
We have constructed a very useful careers website, which provides relevant information and links to assist students and their families in making well-informed decisions about their future Higher Education and Career choices. The website also sign posts students to The National Careers Service help-line and website, as well as other independent and impartial sources of careers guidance. The careers team also maintain a Twitter account and produce a half-termly newsletter for parents and students.
Careers Education is an integral part of the school PSHE programme and is delivered to all year groups during skills lessons. To complement the careers programme we also have a well-established programme of guest speakers from Higher Education and Industry.
The Careers Department holds The Quality in Careers Standard and is working towards meeting all Gatsby benchmarks in full by 2020.
Responsibilities:
Provide impartial and informed careers guidance which raises aspirations and increases motivation in one to one interviews or in small groups
Contribute to the planning, development and delivery of classroom resources for CEAIG in all key stages
Work closely with KS4 tutors, Student Support Managers and Assistant Head Teacher (KS4), to prepare students for making appropriate applications for post-16 courses
Work closely with Year 8 tutors, Student Support Managers and Assistant Head Teacher (KS3), to help and support students for making appropriate GCSE option choices
Work closely with the Sixth Form team to prepare students for making appropriate and competitive Higher Education, apprenticeship and employment applications
Deliver presentations on a wide range of CEIAG related topics
Develop career library resources, including careers software, careers website and writing of information leaflets
Liaise closely with alumni, employers, universities and other external agencies to help ensure students have outstanding access to employers, universities and apprenticeship providers, both in school and off site
Support students in their applications for the next steps, including university and employment applications
Specific responsibilities are set out in a detailed job description.
In return we can offer:
Interesting work as a key member of a supportive team
A learning-centred school where the best possible practice is the priority
The opportunity to develop personally and professionally
A vibrant, supportive community of like-minded individuals
What Will You Bring To The Role?
Initiative and ability to prioritise, organise and manage own workload
Ability to work effectively to timescales and deadlines
Ability to communicate effectively with staff and students at all levels
Ability to contribute to the wider school life
Energy and enthusiasm
Suitability to work with young people
Why Should You Apply?
Heckmondwike Grammar School is a unique school, with students who are eager to learn, keen to know more and want to enjoy their educational experiences. It is exceptional in many ways: a very diverse school community that produces results of the highest quality. We work effectively with our young people, really care about them and their futures and have an ultimate success measure of enabling them to proceed to where they want to go. Excellent relationships between staff and students are the norm, expectations are high and students perform very well as a consequence.
In return, we offer membership of the local government pension scheme and other well-being benefits.
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About Heckmondwike Grammar School
- Heckmondwike Grammar School
- High Street, Heckmondwike
- West Yorkshire
- WF16 0AH
- United Kingdom
Heckmondwike Grammar School is a unique school, with students who are eager to learn, keen to know more and want to enjoy their educational experiences. It is exceptional in many ways: a very diverse school community that produces results of the highest quality. We work effectively with the young people, really care about them and their futures and have an ultimate success measure of enabling them to proceed to where they want to go. Excellent relationships between staff and students are the norm, expectations are high and students perform very well as a consequence.
We are delighted to have been named “Secondary School Of The Year”, “Soaring 57 places in the UK rankings to 77” out of approx 6000 secondary schools (state and independent) in the latest Sunday Times Parent Power Guide.
And for the second year running we are ranked No 2 in the North of England.
This is a fabulous accolade to the whole school community and just reward for years of hard work from staff, students and indeed parents.
The survey includes both GCSE and A level results and is nationally noted as a true measure of school performance using metrics of most interest to parents when selecting a school.
“Such accolades are very pleasing and we are delighted to be recognised, but they only come about because of the week in week out hard work from students and staff and I salute my colleagues and students, they are an exceptional team.” Mr Roberts, Headteacher.
Misbehaviour is rare; and excellent relationships between staff and students are the norm: teachers are able to ‘get on and teach’. Working here is still challenging, however, but in different ways: expectations are high and potential applicants will need to be able to operate effectively in a top performing environment. However, one of the principal joys of working at this school is our eloquent and motivated students. Consequently, outcomes are amongst the very best in the country, and this is the result of able cohorts being provided with high quality teaching that is supported by strong pastoral care for each student. The school is justifiably proud of the focus on academic attainment and knowledge of each individual that enables education to be tailored to every student’s needs; but also prioritises the support it provides to enable any barriers to progress to be addressed. The focus is and will always remain teaching and learning in the classroom, with staff training and development being the main means of achieving this end.
The school is very popular and heavily oversubscribed, with well over 800 students applying for entry into Year 7 each year- and a similar number applying to join the sixth form. This has led to an increase in provision over the last three years as the school has expanded from 150 students in Year 7 to, this coming year, 210. Accompanied by one of the largest comprehensive sixth forms in the country of approximately 500, this provides great opportunities for staff to practise their craft to the highest level while also gaining a wide experience of teaching different year groups and courses. The sixth form includes an equal number of students who join us from other local schools, and consequently collaboration is very important to us. We work in partnership with an extensive group of schools and have a significant reputation both locally and nationally. This means we offer our staff opportunities to be involved in professional development on a larger scale and see it as a sign of our high quality when members of our community are promoted to posts elsewhere, or progress internally. As a result, all staff feel very privileged to work here and to work with our young people.
Further information about the school including main school and sixth form prospectus may be found on the school website at www.heckgrammar.co.uk
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