Careers and Pathway Leader
Hanham Woods Academy, Bristol, Bristol, BS15 3LA42 days remaining to apply
Job start date
12 November 2026
Closing date
24 December 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
12 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £32,529 - £35,975
Careers and Pathway Leader job summary
Job Title: Careers and Pathways Leader
Actual Annual Salary: £32,529 - £35,975 (Based on hours and week worked)
Full Time Equivalent Salary: £37,035 - £40,958 (CLF Grade E) Based on full-time hours, all year round.
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, Term Time Only Plus Inset days + 5 days
Potential Start Date: January 2027 – pending completion of pre-employment checks
An opportunity to inspire and empower young people to make informed, ambitious, and successful choices about their future education, training, and employment pathways.
As Careers & Pathways Leader, you will lead the academy's careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) provision, ensuring every student is supported to achieve positive and aspirational destinations. Working in line with the Gatsby Benchmarks and national careers guidance, you will develop a high-quality careers programme that raises aspirations, enhances employability skills, and helps students navigate their next steps with confidence.
You will build strong partnerships with employers, further and higher education providers, training organisations, families, and colleagues across the academy to create meaningful opportunities for students. Through one-to-one guidance, group workshops, assemblies, careers events, and work experience programmes, you will play a pivotal role in preparing young people for future success.
You will also take responsibility for destination tracking, careers data management, work experience coordination, and evaluating the impact of the academy's careers provision. Your work will contribute directly to improving student outcomes, broadening horizons, and ensuring all learners, particularly those facing disadvantage, are able to access high-quality opportunities and support.
About you:
You will:
- Be passionate about improving the life chances of young people and raising aspirations for all students.
- Have experience delivering high-quality careers education, information, advice and guidance (IAG), or demonstrate a strong commitment to developing expertise in this area.
- Be confident providing impartial careers guidance that enables students to make informed, realistic, and ambitious decisions about their future pathways.
- Have excellent communication, listening, and questioning skills, with the ability to engage effectively with students, parents/carers, staff, employers, and external partners.
- Be comfortable delivering workshops, presentations, assemblies, and group sessions to a range of audiences.
- Have experience of building productive partnerships with employers, education providers, and community organisations to enhance opportunities for students.
- Be highly organised and able to manage a varied workload, appointments, events, and competing priorities effectively.
- Be confident using ICT and data systems to monitor destination outcomes, track student progress, and evaluate the impact of careers provision.
- Be able to analyse information and use professional judgement to support students in identifying appropriate progression routes.
- Have experience of maintaining accurate records and working in line with professional standards, policies, and procedures.
- Be resilient, adaptable, and able to remain calm when working in a fast-paced and sometimes emotionally demanding environment.
- Be committed to embedding employability and career learning across the curriculum, working collaboratively with teaching and pastoral teams.
- Hold a Level 6 qualification in Careers Guidance or demonstrate a commitment to working towards this qualification.
- Be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
- Be dedicated to equality, diversity, inclusion, and ensuring equitable opportunities for every student.
- Applicants are advised to refer to the full requirements of the role in the attached job description and person specification before submitting an application.
HANHAM WOODS ACADEMY
Hanham Woods Academy is a secondary school located within the outskirts of Bristol and South Gloucestershire, delivering education to pupils aged 11-16. It is one of the most improved academies in the South West, providing an excellent education to over 800 students. The academy has a growing reputation both locally and regionally.
Whilst we appreciate the unique setting in which the academy is placed, we work hard to challenge students from a variety of backgrounds to be the best they can be in all areas of life. Our mission here is simple: we want to give people the best chance of success, underpinned by our ethos of Dream Big, Work Hard, Be Kind. We want students to 'climb the mountain' in order to achieve success both academically and by developing a confident, resilient and hard-working character.
Why work at CLF?
We are a diverse and inclusive community of 37 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.
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.
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: 29 November 2026
Shortlisting date: 30 November 2026
Interviews: 7 December 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.
Please note we are not able to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
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 Hanham Woods Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 825 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Hanham Woods Academy website
Hanham Woods Academy is part of the Cabot Learning Federation and is one of the most improved Academies in the South West, providing an excellent education to over 800 students. The Academy has a growing reputation both locally and regionally. Whilst we appreciate the unique setting in which the Academy is placed, we work hard to challenge students from a variety of backgrounds to be the best they can be in all areas of life. Our mission here is simple: we want to give people the best chance of success. This underpinned by our ethos of Dream Big, Work Hard, Be Kind. We want students to 'climb the mountain' in order to achieve success both academically and by developing a confident, resilient and hard working character. The Academy was judged ‘Good’ by Ofsted in November 2019, noting that ‘Pupils are proud of their school’ and ‘They feel safe’. The Academy continues its improvement journey, being over-subscribed in a number of Year Groups. Our students are excited to learn, are increasingly successful in reaching their potential and are real ambassadors for our community. Staff are hard working and supportive, and leaders consider carefully the wellbeing of colleagues. If you want to work in an environment that is high challenge, low threat, that takes great pride in developing people and works together to give students the best chance of success, then this is the academy for you.
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