Careers and Employability Manager
Stoke Damerel Community College, Plymouth, Devon, PL3 4BD9 days remaining to apply
Job start date
2 September 2025
Closing date
15 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Hours of work: 37 hours per week x 40 weeks per year (Term-time, plus INSET days plus one additional week during school holidays). 8am start time, flexibility with finish times as there will be days where you will be required to work later into the evening for events and meetings.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,654 - £35,235 per annum
Actual salary
- £28,968 - £31,524 per annum pro-rated
Pay scale
- NJC Grade F scp 22 - 25
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking a dynamic and highly motivated professional to coordinate careers education and opportunities within our campus. The successful candidate will assist young people's career learning, planning and development by leading and managing the development of careers education information and guidance (CEIG) across the campus. The manager advises senior leaders and governors; facilitates the contribution of colleagues and partners; develops the careers programme; organises and delivers resources and secures high standards of information advice and guidance. A key aspect includes developing links with outside agencies, providers, business and employers to enhance the curriculum for students.
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to join the campus and further contribute to the life chances of young people in the school and across the Trust.
Main duties and responsibilities
- To provide an inspiring and best practice careers service within the campus.
- To implement a strategic plan which guides the policies, plans, targets and practice.
- Strategically plan to ensure all statutory Gatsby benchmarks are met; this includes working coherently with curriculum, pastoral and senior leaders to ensure careers are visible within all areas of the campus.
- To provide careers advice, guidance and support at key transition points within the campus, including post-school choices to support students to achieve their goals - this includes:
- Advising students how to source relevant training courses or qualifications; what funding is available
- Provide advice on CV, applications, job hunting and interview techniques
- Running small group sessions or larger presentations on all aspects of careers work and topics relating to personal development
- Supporting students applications to HE extension opportunities, such as Oxbridge Residential Open days; placements; summer schools; Raising Aspirations Programme; university visits; UCAS advice and guidance.
- To support the delivery of a careers programme within a tutorial and PSHE programme across all year groups.
- Oversee the work of the Work Placement / Experience Coordinator to organise, promote and coordinate work experience and work placements - ensuring that health and safety requirements for work experience placements and other relevant regulations are in place and adhered to - including the completion and recording of necessary checks and risk assessments, and being responsible for the coordination of regular checks.
- Generate and deliver career enrichment opportunities and raise aspirations across campus by establishing and proactively developing links with industry and business and external partners, in order to provide students with access to exciting and challenging opportunities, through work placements, visits and lectures.
- Coordinate a calendared programme of career events for the campus, and accompany students on educational visits/trips as required; and host visits from a range of employers and speakers.
- Participate in the activities and events within the campus calendar when required, for example, open days, examinations results days, meetings with parents to promote the work of careers on the campus, and provide information, support and guidance as required.
- Represent the schools at training events, conferences and careers events promoting the work of the individual schools and programmes of study to other institutions.
- Develop and promote the Alumni Project.
- Undertake and ensure that all administrative duties, checks, documentation, reports and returns (internal and external) are completed accurately and submitted within required deadlines, such as monitoring, recording and communicating leaver destinations information to relevant bodies.
What the school offers its staff
The GLT recognises that our employees are our most important asset, and we are aware that the quality and commitment of our employees is critical to our success. We offer all our employees the following staff benefits:
- A supportive ethos and concern for the well-being of all colleagues
- Excellent CPD opportunities and career progression
- Employer contributions to Local Government (LGPS) or Teachers Pension Scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Gym membership scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Free eye tests
- Car benefit scheme
- My Health discounts
Commitment to safeguarding
Greenshaw Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All teaching and support members of staff must undertake the required pre-employment checks which include the uptake of references both professional and personal and a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About Stoke Damerel Community College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1301 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Stoke Damerel Community College website
- Email address
- HR@sdcc-smhc.net
- Phone number
- 01752 556065
Stoke Damerel Community College and Scott Medical and Healthcare College are proud members of the Greenshaw Learning Trust, a ‘family’ of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing our own distinctive character.
Our campus is based in the heart of the city of Plymouth with stunning view of the Plymouth Sound and easy walking distance of the most accessible city waterfront. We encourage all young people to work hard and make the most of the opportunities they are given. Our amazing team of teachers and support staff themselves demonstrate and encourage a lifelong love of learning, both within and beyond our curriculum.
Stoke Damerel Community College and Scott Medical & Healthcare College are next door to each other. No additional travel is required.
We are proud members of the Greenshaw Learning Trust, a ‘family’ of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing our own distinctive character. The Trust is a vibrant and forward-thinking community of teachers, support staff and learners committed to educating the ‘whole child’ to improve life chances, whilst securing the best possible outcomes for students.
As one of the highest performing multi-academy trusts in the country, we currently comprise of thirty schools: seven in South London, five in Berkshire, one in Surrey, fourteen in Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, and three in Plymouth. We are continuing to grow and have further schools joining us on a regular basis.
We are ambitious about diversity and inclusion and very much look forward to receiving applications from candidates whose personal qualities and values reflect those in the person specification and whose experiences also place them in a strong position to deliver the challenges set out in the job description. We encourage applications from candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, religion, belief, or race.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people therefore this appointment will be subject to vetting, including an enhanced DBS disclosure.
Arranging a visit to Stoke Damerel Community College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@sdcc-smhc.net.
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