Careers Adviser
Closing Date: 11am Monday 27th January 2025
Start date: To be negotiated with the successful candidate
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: NJC Grade J Points 25-28
Salary £31,858 to £34,303 per annum (dependent on negotiated hours per week)
(FTE Salary £35,234 - £37,938)
Hours/Weeks: Hours per week to be negotiated with the successful candidate. Term-Time only plus 2 additional weeks during School Holidays
The Role
We are looking for an experienced Careers Professional or someone with a keen interest in becoming a Careers Professional to join our team and play a key role in embedding Careers Education, Information, Advice, and Guidance (CEIAG) across all aspects of our school. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who can build on our current provision, ensuring that students have the support they need to make informed decisions about their futures through a variety of meaningful experiences. If you have the ability to develop and coordinate a range of careers-related activities, helping students to develop their career management skills and broaden their aspirations, we would love to hear from you.
The successful candidate will have a strong knowledge of current CEIAG best practice and will be proactive in keeping this knowledge up to date. We are looking for someone who is highly organised with excellent communication skills, able to build strong relationships with students, parents, staff, and external partners. You will bring an enthusiastic, dynamic, and innovative approach to planning, coordinating, and delivering a careers programme that engages all students and meets the Gatsby Benchmarks.
The Careers Advisor will work closely with the Head of Corsham 6th, the Lead Teacher of PSHE, and other colleagues to deliver the CEIAG strategy, ensuring the programme is both comprehensive and dynamic. A key aspect of the role will involve conducting one-to-one sessions with students, providing them with impartial advice and guidance, and supporting them in making informed choices about their education, training, and career options.
If you are passionate about the importance of career guidance as a tool for social justice and social mobility and want to make a lasting difference to young people’s futures, we encourage you to apply.
If you are interested in becoming a Careers Adviser for our school but don’t currently hold the relevant qualifications, we would like to hear from you as we can provide training to Level 6 Careers Guidance for the successful applicant funded through The Careers and Enterprise Company https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/
The School
The Corsham School is part of a small Multi Academy Trust serving the market town of Corsham and surrounding villages. It is situated in North Wiltshire, on the outskirts of the Cotswolds, 8 miles from Bath and within easy reach of the M4.
The Corsham School offers a full programme of induction and support; we are committed to staff well-being, are a very happy school and staff morale is high.
The Corsham School is a member of the Leading Edge Partnership and is Transforming in three aspects of the SSAT’s Foundation for Exceptional Education, we have: -
- Enthusiastic, friendly and hardworking students with excellent attitudes to learning
- A caring and supportive department, staff body and wider school community
- A commitment to professional development and career progression opportunities
- A genuine commitment to family and work / life balance and flexible working opportunities
As part of the remuneration package The Corsham School Academy Group offers excellent Employee Benefits, including a Contributory Pension Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, together with discounts on High Street shopping, Cinema Tickets and Holidays.
If you wish to apply for this position, please apply via the application form. A separate letter (no more than 2 sides A4) addressed to the Headteacher should indicate how your qualifications and experience make you a suitable candidate for this post. Please download and complete the Application Form, and return to the school via email to: headssecretary@corsham.wilts.sch.uk
We reserve the right to interview and appoint before the closing date, therefore early applications are encouraged.
The Corsham School is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All appointments are subject to the school receiving two satisfactory references, one of which will include the current/last employer. This appointment is also subject to the provision of relevant documents to the school proving a legal right to work in the UK, clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service of an enhanced check for regulated activity, and confirmation of professional qualifications. On acceptance of a job offer, a pre-employment health check will be completed. The appointment is conditional on all the above checks being satisfactory.
In line with KCSIE 2024 and safer recruitment practices, the school will conduct an online search for all shortlisted candidates. The online search is part of our safeguarding checks and will seek publicly available information on candidates’ suitability to work with children. Shortlisted candidates will be provided with further guidance and will be asked to clarify their online presence.
It is an offence to apply for a role within regulated activity if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.