Careers Advisor

North Walsham High School, North Walsham, Norfolk, NR28 9HZ

34 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  1 June 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  21 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,338.00 - £26,057.00 Annually (Actual) NJC SCP 12-17 (Pay award pending)

Careers Advisor job summary

About this Role

35 hours per week

Working times: 8.20-3.20

Termtime + 2 weeks (including exams results day)

“We put the success and happiness of our students at the heart of everything we do”.

North Walsham High School, part of the Enrich Learning Trust, is a small secondary school in Norfolk. We are a rapidly growing school that has a strong community of dedicated staff who live out our vision and put the success and happiness of our students at the heart of everything we do. This is underpinned by our core values of Trust, Resilience, Excellence and Kindness.

We are very proud of our school and consistently secure exam results above the Regional and National average as well as ensuring with our children brilliant opportunities and develop their character.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and inspirational Future and Aspirations Office to provide and help lead our Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance whilst ensuring we give our children every opportunity to be happy and successful in the future.

The successful applicant will:

Provide high quality, impartial careers guidance that helps young people to progress;

Organise careers drop down days to further support children's aspirations

Be enthusiastic and determined to achieve the very best outcomes;

Be passionate about the childrens futures

Be committed to the school’s vision: “We put the success and happiness of our students at the heart of everything we do”;

Embody and model our values of trust, resilience, excellence and kindness;

To work with families and carers to access and facilitate the young person’s wider support network.

Organise and lead trips to external careers events

Support the pastoral team in their care and support of students

Take an active part in CPD.

Professional development opportunities are plentiful and we are always working hard to be innovative around workload- we want you to have a balanced life and enjoy working with our children! We have really strong supportive policies on feedback, reporting, centralised planning and behaviour for learning (including centralised detentions) that allow you to focus on planning and teaching excellent lessons.

Alongside this we will provide the successful candidate with the training that they need and we are always open to exploring part time and flexible working opportunities.

For an informal discussion contact Miss Samantha Franklin (franklins@nwhs.uk). We welcome visits to the school prior to application.

Enrich Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working at the Trust to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

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

Safeguarding our students is of paramount importance to all staff at North Walsham High School.

We have robust procedures and systems in place to identify any concerns we have about our students and we act swiftly and proactively when dealing with these concerns.

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 North Walsham High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 619 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: North Walsham High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/north-walsham-high-school-north-walsham

We put the success and happiness of our students at the heart of everything we do.

North Walsham High School is a rapidly growing school that has a strong community of dedicated staff who live out our vision and put the success and happiness of our students at the heart of everything we do. This is underpinned by our core values of Trust, Resilience, Excellence and Kindness. After a period of transformational change, we recently welcomed Ofsted to the school (December 2023) and we look forward to sharing our new report, once released, as part of this interview process.

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