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Careers Advisor (Apprentice Opportunity)

Location: Northampton

Start: September 2024

Salary: Payscale

Offer: Level 6 Training Package

This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive Academy School who truly believe in the benefits and significance of Careers and Personal Guidance.

A highly rewarding opportunity to not only support students with their career and next steps, but this opportunity also offers personal development offering a Level 6 apprentice training package.

Ready to start in September 2024, you will be expected to provide exceptional guidance and support, specifically catered to pupils who are coming towards the end of their academic studies in a Secondary environment.

Below is a flavour of your responsibilities:

• Provide professional career guidance services, including personal guidance interviews in order to improve students’ skills, knowledge and understanding for career planning and management.

• Conduct student focused, impartial and personal career guidance meetings with students which challenges and supports them to make informed, realistic and adaptable career decisions.
• Base guidance on student self and opportunity awareness, aspirations, motivation, confidence and approach to learning.
• Generate and maintain student records electronically in support of personal guidance interviews, including a summary of agreed actions.
• Develop and use expert knowledge of career and labour market information and intelligence to enable students to identify, access, interpret and utilise valid and current information that is relevant, including the appropriate use of information technology, e.g. social media and web-based information sources.
• Assist the Careers Leader in organising events and activities promoting careers. E.g. post 16 option events and Higher Education activities.
• Prioritise advice and support for students and parents at key points in the school year; e.g. Post 16 Options Evening, some parent/carer events and Year 11 results day.

The ideal applicant must be engaging, passionate and motivational. A preference to have work experience with young adults and a drive for continuous learning. This role will offer 5 days a week, with a split time to study.

You must be a highly organised individual, who is able to manage administrative duties.

If you are interested in finding out more about this position, please contact the Northampton Teaching Personnel Branch.

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All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
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