Posted: Tuesday, November 1st 2022
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, term time. Salary: £24,000 - £30,000 Location: Barnet, London Start Date: As soon as possible Interviews: TBC The Role We have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Careers to join our school. This key non teaching role will be responsible for managing and overseeing all Careers Education Information & Guidance related activities throughout the school for students across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual with a strong team ethic. A flexible approach to work and a ‘can do’ attitude is essential, along with an ability to communicate effectively with students, staff, parents and visitors to the school. The role will comprise of supporting Key Stage 3 students in areas surrounding aspiration and development whilst at Key Stage 4 the role will include: providing careers guidance, organising internal speakers and our annual Careers Convention, organising off-site trips and opportunities and also maintaining both internal and external records in relation to careers and employment. Previous careers experience is desirable along with proficiency in IT and establishing and maintaining relationships with a variety of stakeholders. The school is fully committed to the safeguarding of children and all staff will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and full child protection/safeguarding training. United Learning is an equal opportunities employer. United Learning Totteridge Academy is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England. Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance. As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’. We are working hard to become a more diverse organisation – which is key to our commitment to bringing out the best in everyone. We welcome applications from everyone committed to this ethos and would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented in the Group as a whole. We always appoint on merit. We are open to discussing flexible working options.
Job type: Full Time
Location: Barnet, London
Closing date: Nov. 15, 2022
How to apply: Please click the link to apply online: https://unitedlearning.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/2880750?cid=1567