School Careers Lead and Advisor

School Careers Lead and Advisor

30 hours p.w Term Time - (Monday to Friday 8.30 – 3.00)*

* Plus occasional additional days /hours to be mutually agreed but must be  including GCSE and A Level Results Days

 GRADE: H5 -6 (Fringe) (depending on skills and experience)

£21,269 - £25,927 + £637 (Fringe) FTE 

(£14,762 - £17,900 Pro Rata)

We seek applications from those of the Catholic faith, all faiths and of no faith but who are supportive of our Christian values and ethos.

Are you a pro-active student focussed careers advisor seeking an opportunity to lead careers advice and guidance in an excellent secondary school? This is an exciting opportunity for a suitably qualified and/or experienced careers advisor to work in an outstanding school, which truly believes in its motto of achieving “excellence for all”.

St Mary’s has a strong track record of success at GCSE and A Level with a good proportion of students heading to university each year. Students’ behaviour at St Mary’s is exemplary and parental support is outstanding, allowing an excellent environment to develop your career further among our reflective and supportive staff. The right candidate will have excellent academic and careers guidance knowledge. You will be self-motivated, organised and confident.

Our previous OFSTED inspection judged us as Outstanding in every category, and our most recent S48 Inspection (2018) also judged us as Outstanding in every area. At A Level the proportion of A*-B Grades as well as students enrolling at elite Russell Group Universities (including Oxbridge) and successfully securing prestigious apprenticeships has risen significantly over recent years.

We are seeking to appointment a suitably qualified Careers Lead and Adviser to ensure that all students receive excellent and inspiring careers education and guidance across KS3-5 in order to help them plan and manage their current and future progression through education and beyond. The successful applicant will ideally hold a Diploma in Career Guidance or NVQ level 6 in Guidance or be willing to achieve this within a specified time frame.

Confident with individuals and groups, you will deliver careers lessons to whole classes, arrange individual meetings to give careers advice and manage careers events including mock interviews, careers carousels, enrichment activities and arranging external speakers.  As an important and integral part in the decision making process for our young people you will lead programmes and activities across the school, that engage and educate students on the skills required and opportunities for access to further and higher education, apprenticeships and employment including those involving third parties, parents and carers. You will actively engage in and support the planning of the areas of our PSHEE  programme that relate to careers and employability, as well as being responsible for the planning and delivering Work Experience.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A DBS disclosure is required for all successful applicants. St Mary’s is committed to the equality of opportunity for all applicants, and we reserve the right to interview on a rolling basis, therefore an early application is advisable.

Apply in writing using the forms available on our website

www.stmarys.net: Support Staff Application Form, Consent to Obtain References,

Rehabilitation of Offenders Form & Recruitment Monitoring Form. Please note only applications on St Mary’s forms will be accepted. Please contact Recruitment@stmarys.net to submit an application or for more information.