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  • Start date details

    January 2026

  • Closing date

    28 November 2025 at 8am

  • Date listed

    18 November 2025

Job details

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Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£13,330.00 - £13,535.00 Annually (Actual) Band 2 (SCP6 – SCP7) £25558 - £25951 Annually (FTE) / £13330 - £13535 Annually (Actual)

Careers Assistant job summary

Role: Careers Assistant

Salary: Band 2 (SCP6 - SCP7) £25,558 - £25,951 Annually (FTE)

Actual salary: £13,330 - £13,535 Annually

Contract type: Permanent (Part time) 22.5 hours per week

Reporting to: Careers Manager

Start date: January 2026

About Us

This is an exciting time to be joining our Multi Academy Trust, which collectively educates over 4300 children, and employs over 450 professionals. Each of our good and outstanding academies operates at the heart of their local communities. The Foundation’s central offices are based at Sir John Deane’s Sixth Form College campus set in beautiful grounds.

This role is based at Sir John Deane’s Sixth Form College; the country’s leading sixth form college. It is an excellent place to work where colleagues are recognised for their hard work and supported to develop professionally.

We foster a strong ethos of ambition and aspiration in all aspects of College life which means our students are hardworking and extremely well behaved. Our students are supported by dedicated pastoral and learning support teams who have an important role in facilitating our inclusive offer.

The College has exemplary teaching, learning and recreational facilities contained within a beautiful campus.

About the Role

The purpose of the role is to provide effective and efficient administrative support to the careers team in order to ensure the smooth running and compliance of this important area. The role is dynamic and creative and will fully involve the successful candidate in the growth of a successful and experienced department.

Your Responsibilities

  • Please refer to the job description attached.

What we are looking for

  • A knowledgeable and sound understanding of administrational systems
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong IT skills
  • Ability to work in a fast paced environment
  • Ability to work outside office hours to support with open days, careers fairs and assessment centres as required

Closing Date: 28th November 2025 - 9am

Interview Date: 4th December 2025

If you feel you have the skills and experience to become our Careers Assistant, please complete the application form today! You are strongly encouraged to get your application form submitted at the earliest opportunity, as we reserve the right to close our adverts earlier than advertised where sufficient applications have been received.

We’d love to hear from you!

The college is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant must have enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references. The college is an equal opportunities employer.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
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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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About Sir John Deane's Sixth Form College

School type
Academy, ages 16 to 19
Education phase
Sixth_form_or_college
School size
0 pupils enrolled
Age range
16 to 19
Ofsted report
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Sixth Form College

School location

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