Careers and Pathway Leader
Bristol Brunel Academy, Bristol, BS15 1NU14 days remaining to apply
Job start date
29 January 2026
Closing date
12 February 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
29 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,490 - £34,825
Careers and Pathway Leader job summary
Job Title: Careers and Pathway Leader
Actual Annual Salary: £31,490 - £34,825 Based on hours and weeks worked.
Full Time Equivalent Salary: £35,852 - £39,649 (CLF Grade E). Based on 37 hours per week, all year round.
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract to 31 August 2027
Hours: Full-Time, 37 hours per week, Term Time Only with plus 5 additional days and insets, including being available on GCSE results day.
Provisional Start Date: As soon as the successful candidate is available.
Do you have experience in careers guidance and a passion for helping students develop employability skills, make informed decisions, and prepare applications for future jobs or further education?
The Careers and Pathways Leader will be responsible for delivering an outstanding careers provision which reflects local and national initiatives and priorities, with the aim of raising students’ aspirations and ambition.
This role will contribute to meeting the Gatsby Benchmarks, ensuring that employability is embedded into the Academy’s curriculum and culture. Developing strong links with local employers and businesses to enhance opportunities for work placements and student experiences. Working with the Year Teams to deliver career guidance for all students.
About you:
You will:
- Hold a Level 6 qualification in professional careers guidance or demonstrate a strong commitment to working towards achieving this qualification.
- Knowledge and experience of methods of delivering careers information, advice and
- guidance, ideally to young individuals.
- Excellent standard of oral and written communication skills.
- Be highly organised in managing a diary and appointments, able to manage time to be both proactive and reactive.
- Be comfortable delivering group talks, activities and facilitating work with groups.
- Have an understanding of relevant policies/code of practice and awareness of relevant legislation. Have a commitment to keep abreast of local and national initiatives and changes to legislation.
- Applicants are advised to refer to the full requirements of the role in the attached job description and person specification, prior to submitting an application. A willingness to undergo MIDAS training to drive the school minibus would be helpful.
About Bristol Brunel Academy:
Bristol Brunel Academy is a forward-thinking academy based in Speedwell, Bristol, which is rated 'Good' by Ofsted. We are consistently over-subscribed in every year group and have a positive and growing reputation within our community.
The academy celebrates diversity and serves a vibrant multi-cultural in-take, which reflects our local community. Bristol Brunel's leadership and staff are passionate about the development of equality, diversity and inclusion and want this to be reflected throughout the academy, including within the staff team.
Our students are proud to attend Bristol Brunel, are excited to learn and are real ambassadors for our community. All of our students benefit from a hugely positive and supportive learning environment and contemporary facilities.
We are an equal opportunity employer and proud to serve a diverse student population and our communities. We strongly believe that representation matters. Over 49% of the students who attend Bristol Brunel Academy are from global majority groups, so we particularly encourage applicants from those groups in order to represent the students we serve, as well as wider underrepresented groups including gender, transgender, age disability, sexual orientation or religion.
We aim to remove any barriers to employment, ensuring everyone can compete on equal terms. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
Why work at CLF?
We are a diverse and inclusive community of 36 academies across five cluster regions in the South West that is committed to excellence and making a positive impact. Our people bring unique perspectives, but we’re all driven by a shared moral purpose and a passion for making a positive impact, whether in a teaching, leadership or support role. We’re proud to foster a culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of others.
We are an equal opportunity employer and proud to serve a diverse student population and our communities. We strongly believe that representation matters and so encourage applications from underrepresented and global majority groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
What we can offer you:
- Access to a generous pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Generous annual leave.
- A comprehensive induction and ongoing commitment to wellbeing and career progression, through a range of training, apprenticeships and in-role/wider-trust development opportunities.
- Well-being support through an Employee Assistance Programme.
- Health benefits, including wellness sessions, gym discounts, and flu jabs.
- A range of generous family leave options, including above industry average occupational maternity pay.
- Additional benefits like cycle to work scheme, on-site parking plus many more!
Recruitment timeline:
• Closing Date: 12 February 2026 @12:00pm
• Short-listing: 13 February 2026
• Interviews: 26 February 2026
We welcome visits from potential candidates. If you would like to arrange a school visit prior to the closing date, please contact the academy/site directly to arrange a suitable appointment.
As part of our commitment to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), we do not accept CVs – a full education and employment history must be provided through our application form.
Skilled Worker visas cannot be sponsored through this role, as it does not meet the requirements set out by government.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a high level of interest in the role. Therefore, candidates are advised to apply at their earliest convenience to avoid missing out.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we are dedicated to equity and inclusion and commit to interviewing applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria. We aim to provide an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, and support employees throughout their employment. If you have a disability, are neurodivergent, or require any adjustments to support you through the application or interview process please let us know how we can assist.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Bristol Brunel Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1299 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bristol Brunel Academy website
Bristol Brunel Academy is part of the Cabot Learning Federation (CLF). Bristol Brunel Academy is a forward thinking Academy based in Speedwell, Bristol, rated “Good” by Ofsted in 2013 and 2017 and we strive to be ‘Outstanding' at our next inspection. The Academy are consistently over-subscribed in every year group and have been expanding numbers on roll each year making it one of the largest secondary schools in the city. The students are excited to learn and are real ambassadors for our diverse community, visitors comment on the 'pride' in the Academy from staff and students. They benefit from a hugely positive and supportive learning environment and state of the art facilities.
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