Careers Coordinator

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Level 6 Qualified Careers Adviser to join our team to provide careers advice, guidance and support to individuals and groups of young people. This is a face-to-face role based in Shaftesbury School, working 20 hours over a minimum of 3 days. We can flexible on working patterns to accommodate the right candidate.

The successful candidate will:

• Have a level 6 or above Diploma in Career Information and Advice
• Be able to demonstrate ambition in wanting to work with secondary school students
• Have a sound knowledge of the Gatsby Benchmarks
• Demonstrate strong organisational, time management and administrative skills and confidence using Information Technology.
• Have genuine passion in providing relevant CIAG to students which will assist them in their future pathways.

Key responsibilities include: 

• To offer advice/guidance for students on potential career options 
• To support Y11 students with post 16 applications 
• To assist in developing our pastoral programme, embedding careers related learning and LMI into assemblies and our form time provision. 
• Assisting in the coordination of the school’s work experience programme 
• To continue to build links with corporate, educational and apprenticeship providers to expand our careers provision. 
• To support with administration of our careers programme – including recording and producing specific data analysis of key student groups . 

Please contact hr@shaftesburyschool.co.uk, if you have an questions or queries. 

Safeguarding responsibilities associated with this role may include engagement in regulatory activity, such as administering first aid or supporting an upset child. It may have some contact with young people on a day-to day basis. SAST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the person specification and the post is subject to safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check and Children’s Barred List check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.