Careers and Ambition Lead
King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy, Waltham Abbey, Essex, EN9 1LF27 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
12 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
15 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 37 hours per week - Monday to Friday Term time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £30,794-£33,901 (including Fringe allowance)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking an enthusiastic, strategic, and proactive Careers & Ambition Lead to completely transform our whole-school careers landscape. At King Harold Academy, Ambition is our driving core value. This role is a unique hybrid post designed for a professional who can orchestrate high-level culture, deliver transformative 1:1 guidance, and coordinate elite work-related opportunities.
Investing in Potential: We are looking for an individual with the foundational skills and experience to deliver excellent careers advice. Crucially, we also want to provide a brilliant opportunity for a candidate with great potential. If you possess a hunger to grow, exceptional emotional intelligence, and passion for driving social mobility, we will invest heavily in your development—supporting you with advanced training tracks (including pathways toward the Level 6 Careers Diploma) to scale into an elite leader.
The successful candidate will be:
- Aligned with our values: Kind, hard-working, and unapologetically ambitious.
- An Inspiring Advisor: Able to conduct high-level, impactful personal guidance across KS3 and KS4.
- An Operational Connector: Driven to build premium partnerships with local businesses, organizing exceptional work-related learning.
Growth-Oriented: Resilient, solutions-focused, and keen to develop their professional practice
What the school offers its staff
Benefits of TKAT
As part of The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT), you will benefit from:
- Excellent professional development and tailored support tracks.
- Opportunities for career progression across the Trust network.
- Flexible working options and a deep focus on staff wellbeing
- Local Government Pension
Further information about the job
King Harold Academy: Careers & Ambition Lead
King Harold Academy (KHA) has a clear, ambitious vision: to be one of the kindest, hardest-working, and highest-achieving schools in the UK. We are a proud community school supported by incredible students, involved parents, and a talented, committed staff.
Why Join KHA?
KHA is a genuinely lovely place to work. Our staff are deeply committed to one another’s professional development and to improving our pupils' life chances. We have the privilege of teaching polite, friendly, and ambitious children who enjoy school and value their teachers.
What our teachers say:
■ "KHA is an amazing place to work. It truly is a place where everyone demonstrates kindness, hard work, and ambition."
■ "Leaders look after the best interests of both staff and students... even when the weather is awful, I look forward to my day here."
■ "Working here feels like being part of one big family."
Commitment to safeguarding
TKAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment will be subject to the full Safer Recruitment process, including an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 812 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- mcampbell@kha-tkat.org
King Harold Academy is a community based school in Waltham Abbey, Essex.
King Harold Academy benefits from being part of the Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT).
Currently we teach KS3 and 4
Arranging a visit to King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email mcampbell@kha-tkat.org.
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