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Careers Coordinator

Careers Coordinator

The Excelsior Academy

Hackney

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Salary:
Competitive
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
01/07/2018
Apply by:
21 June 2018

Job overview

Closing Dates: 22/06/2018

Salary: Competitive (dependent on experience)  

Location: Hackney Contract type: Full Time / Term Time

Start Date: ASAP

Are you passionate about young people and their Careers?  Do you want to work in a “good school”… with “outstanding leadership and management at all levels”?
 Ofsted 2015  Are you looking for a school where “There is a strong, aspirational and supportive ‘family’ culture of teams”, “where commitment to learning and development is high”
 Investors in People GOLD AWARD 2014 The Petchey Academy is looking to recruit an outstanding Careers Coordinator. This post represents a superb opportunity for a motivated professional who wants to challenge and engage pupils about their choices around careers across the full 11-18 age range. 

The successful applicant will be responsible for this increasingly important area of educational provision. The main tasks are: ·   

1. Work with the AVP for CEIAG to plan work-related learning across the curriculum and develop and perhaps deliver seminar sessions that are focused on careers and work experience

2. Support staff to organise and maintain the quality of supplementary trips and internal workshops for students

3. Be available to provide supplementary one to one and small group careers advice to students in addition to that provided by external partners

4. Manage our online careers portal (Grofar) to collate, analyse and continually improve our careers provision

5. Manage the careers web areas of the eXchange and collate all relevant learning materials and prospectuses for students

6. Provide Careers drop-in sessions with students who may have concerns

7. Support parents evenings and enquiries regarding subject choices across year groups

8. Support UG students with UCAS applications

9. Co-ordinate Yr10 and Yr12 work-related learning schemes

10. Support the co-ordination our Career Ready Programme 

11. Be the key liaison between the Academy and our careers partnerships including Inspire, Prospects, Into University, and the Hackney Careers Collaborative. 

12. Sign-post regular careers opportunities and external events provided by the HCC to all relevant staff and students 

13. Organise activities and events linked to our annual Careers Week and Apprenticeship week.

14. Ensure that the Academy meets all Gatsby benchmark standards

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to: · To work across all year groups · Support students to succeed beyond national expectations and plan their next steps in education  · Work with dedicated and enthusiastic staff to inspire our students. · Help shape our evolving CEIAG programme · Enjoy an inspiring new building and facilities The successful candidate will: · Have completed or at least working towards the Career Guidance and Development  Level 6.  · Have the ability to work with students with a range of needs. · Be patient, hard-working, and committed to the development of young people. · Inspire students to learn and achieve. · Enjoy working in a challenging but highly rewarding environment    The Petchey Academy, under the patronage of Jack Petchey is dedicated to enabling young people to aspire and succeed. We have adopted his motto and encourage our students to truly believe “If I think I can….I can!” If you are seeking a challenging and rewarding position, enriching the lives of the students who attend The Petchey Academy, then we are keen to hear from you.

The Petchey Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Please also note that as part of the Academy’s safer recruitment procedure successful candidate will undergo the enhanced DBS check. To apply please visit our website www.petcheyacademy.org.uk vacancies section 

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About The Excelsior Academy

The Excelsior Academy is part of the Community Schools Trust. We serve a wonderfully diverse community, many of whom face challenges through no fault of their own. It is for this reason we want to level the playing field for all of our students, regardless of their background, by providing a world class education.

We care about outcomes at The Excelsior Academy. We know good grades lift life chances and impact health, wealth and even mortality. We know that teachers have the greatest impact on pupil outcomes and so we take professional development seriously, whatever our role in the school. Whether we have taught for two months, two years, or twenty years, we believe in our capacity to always improve in the classroom.

Our CPD provision is comprehensive and fundamental to our commitment to improve. We are invested in our own and each others’ development and use principles of instructional coaching to provide feedback to each other. Our CPD involves deliberate practice, video models of excellent practice and lots of fun! The desire to improve a little bit everyday permeates the culture in our school.

Our approach to teaching is evidence informed. We avoid ‘discovery learning’ methods and instead, we teach explicitly. Our teachers are experts in the classroom and lead from the front. We focus on perfecting routines for behaviour, like entry into lessons and transitions between tasks so that we can maximise time spent on learning. We have excellent behaviour systems which mean teachers can focus on what we love doing most - teaching!

As well as excellent outcomes, we want our students to be well rounded individuals who will thrive beyond school years; that’s why we deliberately teach prosocial behaviours like making eye contact when greeted, listening attentively and showing gratitude. We know these skills will set all of our students up for life, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

When students fall behind, our teachers run interventions outside of their lessons. We provide an extra session after school for all year 11 students so their families don't have to worry about paying for a tutor. Teachers work hard at TEA. Our students deserve nothing less and we expect the highest of standards from them because we know they are capable of achieving them.

But we invest in working smart too: we have a 3 week Christmas holiday, no retrospective book marking, no student report writing and no formal lesson observations!

We recognise talent and impact at The Excelsior Academy. There are lots of opportunities for promotions within the school and Community Schools Trust. Our staff body at all levels is a true reflection of the makeup of the community we serve - we are proud of this and welcome anyone who will add value to our wonderful school community.

We would love to hear from you if you think this sounds like the right place for you! We welcome visits; come and speak to our Headteacher, our staff and check out our lessons! Get in touch with us: email jobs@excelsiorcst.org or call 0207 275 1500 to speak to a member of the HR team.

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