Career Guidance and Development Lead

Comberton Village College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 7DU

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  October 2025

• Closing date

  8 September 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  27 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £20,775.04 Annually (Actual) NJC Scale 6, points 18 - 22 £30,559 - £32,654 FTE

Career Guidance and Development Lead job summary

We are looking to appoint an exceptional Career Guidance and Development Lead to join our dynamic and supportive administrative team. The ideal candidate will possess outstanding interpersonal skills, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and demonstrate a high level of proficiency in numeracy, literacy, and attention to detail.

The postholder will be instrumental in organising and supporting the Careers, Year 9 options, KS4 options, Post-16 and Post-18 information, advice and guidance activities available to Years 7-13. It is also an opportunity for someone to work directly with pupils and students, their parents/carers and members of staff in a guidance role.

This post is suitable for candidates either with existing qualifications and experience relating to careers guidance or a candidate with a strong background in administration with a desire to undertake training.

For further details please visit our website www.combertonvc.org.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Comberton Village College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1962 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Comberton Village College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/comberton-village-college

Please note that listings under Comberton Village College may be for other schools within The Cam Academy Trust.

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