Careers Lead and Advisor

St Maryshigh; England; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic school in the United Kingdom is seeking a Careers Lead and Advisor to provide tailored careers advice and guidance for students from Year 7 to Year 13. This role includes conducting personal interviews and leading programs to educate students about further and higher education as well as apprenticeships. The school values ongoing professional development and support. Applicants do not need to be practicing Christians but should uphold the school’s Christian principles.

Benefits

Ongoing professional development

Membership of a professional body (Career Development Institute)

Qualifications

• Qualified Careers Adviser with a Level 6 accreditation.
• Experience in providing tailored careers advice for students.
• Knowledge of PSHE and Work Experience planning.

Responsibilities

• Produce tailored careers information to meet student needs.
• Lead programs and activities related to further education and employability.
• Support the planning and delivery of Work Experience for students.

Skills

Qualified Careers Adviser with Level 6 accreditation

Experience conducting personal advice interviews

Ability to support students in employability

Understanding of further and higher education pathways

Job description

37 hours a week (Mon-Thurs: 8:30am – 4:30pm; Friday: 8:30am – 4:00pm), term time plus two weeks (these two weeks would have to be the Exam Results fortnight, currently the last two weeks in August, to support the university and sixth form enrolment processes).

GRADE: H7/H8 on the Hertfordshire support staff pay range (FTE: £32,061-£37,280) (pro-rata: £29,079 – £33,664)

Are you seeking an opportunity to lead careers in a dynamic school? If so, St Mary’s CE High School is looking for you to join us as a Careers Lead and Advisor.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Qualified Careers Adviser (who has achieved the Level 6 accreditation) to join our school, to provide careers advice, guidance and support to individuals and groups of young people from Year 7 through to Year 13.

You will produce tailored careers information, advice, and guidance to meet the needs of our young people, as well as conducting personal advice interviews in Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5. You will lead programmes and activities across all ages in the school, that open the students’ minds to the world of further and higher education, as well as apprenticeships and employability. You will support the planning of the areas of our PSHE programme that relate to careers and employability, as well as planning and delivering Work Experience in Year 10 and Year 12.

In return we will support you with your ongoing professional development and membership of a professional body such as the Career Development Institute.

The school takes induction for those new to the school, and their continuing professional development very seriously. Please read what the Head Teacher has to say about this here: Induction and Development .

Applicants do not need to be practising Christians, but would be expected to uphold our Christian principles of trust, forgiveness, compassion, thankfulness, friendship and love, as well as our vision where, ‘Through God’s love, we are the rich soil where seeds flourish and roots grow’.

Please complete the St Mary’s application form which is downloadable from the website.

Please note that safeguarding students of the School is a priority. All appointments to posts in the School are made through stringent adherence to the requirements of ‘Keeping Children safe in Education’. As there is a high degree of contact with children an enhanced disclosure will be sought for this post through the Criminal Records Bureau as part of pre-employment checks.

Application Deadline: 9am on 6 th January 2026