Careers and Communications Lead
Northallerton School & Sixth Form College, Northallerton, DL6 1ED18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
11 May 2026 at 9am
Date listed
22 April 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £27,339.00 - £33,132.00 Annually (Actual) Salary based on Grade H/I Scale Points 18-27 based on the full time equivalent of £31536- £38220
Careers and Communications Lead job summary
Job Details
Hours of Work: 37 Hours Per Week, Term Time Only, including Training Days (39 Weeks Per Year)
Position Type: Permanent
Line Manager: Headteacher (day-to-day link Assistant Headteacher - Experience)
Travel Required: Some
The salary is dependent on current qualifications and experience, please see the attached job description for more information.
About the Role
We are seeking a highly organised, creative and student-centered Careers and Communication Lead to play a pivotal role in shaping both the future pathways of our students and the public profile of our school.
This is a unique and influential post that combines strategic leadership of Careers, Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) with responsibility for school communications and marketing.
The successful candidate will ensure all students receive high quality, impartial careers guidance whole also leading professional, engaging and values-driven communication with families, partners and the wider community.
Key Responsibilities
Careers and CEIAG
- Lead and develop a whole-school careers strategy aligned with the Gatsby Benchmarks and statutory guidnance
- Provide one-to-one impartial guidance for Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 students and support post-16 and post-18 progression
- Lead work experience programmes in Year 10 and Year 12
- Build strong relationships with employers, FE/HE providers and training organisations
- Coordinate careers events, employer encounters, assemblies and parent sessions
- Track destinations and support young people at risk of becoming NEET
Communications and Marketing
- Lead the school's communications and marketing strategy across all platforms
- Produce the school communication publications, maintain the website and manage social-media channels
- Create high-quality digital and printed materials including prospectuses, options booklets and transition resources
- Support student recruitment for Year 7 and Sixth Form and strengthen the school's public profile
- Ensure communications are accurate, inclusive, engaging and filly complaint with safeguarding and GDPR
The successful candidate will:
- Have (or be willing to work towards) a Level 6 Careers Guidance qualification
- Have experience delivering or supporting careers guidance for young people
- Demonstrate strong written, verbal and digital communication skills
- Be confident working with students, families, staff and external partners
- Be highly organised, creative and detail focused
- Show a strong commitment to safeguarding, inclusion and raising aspirations
Experience in marketing, media, design or employer engagement is desirable but not essential
Why join us?
- A varied and rewarding role with real impact on students' futures
- The opportunity to shape careers provision and school communications strategically
- A supportive leadership team with a strong commitment to professional development
- A school community that values creativity, ambition and inclusion
For an informal chat about the role please contact Mr K Broom, Headteacher (via his PA, Louise Bramley) on lbramley@northallerton-alt.uk.
About the Trust
Areté Learning Trust currently has 11 schools and educates over 7,000 young people in and around North Yorkshire from ages 2-18. Our learners are at the heart of everything we do.
At Areté Learning Trust we work together and collaborate to ensure that all of our learners and our staff team have the chance to reach their potential.
Our Trust is committed to promoting:
Health, happiness and wellbeing
A safe, disciplined and supportive environment
A love of learning through a passionate and committed approach
High standards and expectations
Integrity, kindness and good manners
Respect for individuality and difference
Collaborative working to secure excellence
To realise our aspiration for every child to be the best they can be, we need to ensure that as a Trust we are ‘Striving for Excellence’.
Why work for us?
We want everyone who works within ALT to feel valued and see how their work fits into the bigger picture.
We seek employees who are prepared to take personal responsibility and constantly challenge the norm to improve performance.
In return, we are committed to providing an empowering and supportive learning environment for all staff.
Areté Learning Trust is committed to being the ‘Employer of Choice’.
Essentially this means that we want our schools and our central team to be great places to work. We want our staff development opportunities to be first class and we want to enable staff who are ambitious to grow their careers with us. To give our learners the best education and opportunities we are committed to recruiting and retaining the very best people in all areas of our organisation.
Regardless of role, we seek staff who:
Have high expectations of themselves and the people they work with.
Are committed to our Trust values.
Show initiative and are responsive to change.
Have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire and motivate others.
Are creative in their approach to problem solving.
Are able to influence effectively, whatever their role.
Are team players.
We welcome applications from all backgrounds; for more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy statement (https://www.arete.uk/careers). If you are ready for the next step in your career and you feel that your skill set makes you a good fit for this very exciting opportunity, then we look forward to receiving your application.
Application Process
Please complete the online application form to apply for this role. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application. You should use the information supplied with in the Job Description & Person Specification to make the best of your application by identifying some specific pieces of work you may have undertaken in any of these areas. Your application may be viewed in regard to some or all of the skill specific areas over the course of the selection process. Applications via agencies will not be considered.
Interviews will take place as soon as possible after the closing date.
The Areté Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks.
Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.
Further information about the job
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.
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- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1037 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
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- School website
- Northallerton School & Sixth Form College website
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