Careers Co-ordinator

Chestnut Grove Academy, London, SW12 8JZ

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  as soon as possible

• Closing date

  3 October 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  19 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Scale SO2 point 27, three days a week (8.30am-4pm, timings negotiable), term time only +1 week Actual annual salary £22,338 p.a.
• Additional allowances:

  Scale SO2 point 27, three days a week (8.30am-4pm, timings negotiable), term time only +1 week Actual annual salary £22,338 p.a.

Careers Co-ordinator job summary

Scale SO2 point 27, three days a week (8.30am-4pm, timings negotiable), term time only +1 week.. Actual annual salary £22,338 p.a.

We are looking for a dynamic, inspiring, creative and empathetic individual. The successful candidate will be able to connect with a range of audiences both internally and externally, from students to experts in their professional field. Above all else, the successful candidate will want to make a real difference to young people’s lives by offering imaginative, informed and personalised support.

As a vital member of our support staff team, you will be working closely with our Year 9 to Year 13 students, providing guidance and resources to assist them with their transition to the workforce or higher education.

You will need to have previous experience of working with young people and a commitment to their best outcomes, with a minimum Level 6 qualification in Careers Guidance.

Chestnut Grove is a high performing, 11-18, multicultural school in Balham, South London, with a student capacity of 1300. We have completed a multi-million pound building programme, which has provided staff and students with modern facilities. Our motto is a ‘Creative Learning Community’, demonstrating a commitment to providing our students with an innovative and exciting curriculum.

As the lead partner in the Wandle Learning Partnership we are able to offer exceptional opportunities for professional development.

Further information and an application pack is available from the Trust’s website: www.wandlelearningtrust.org.uk/work-with-us

CLOSING DATE: Friday 3rd October, 2025 at 9am

ALL POSTS SUBJECT TO DBS CHECKS
Chestnut Grove is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

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.

About Chestnut Grove Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1321 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Chestnut Grove Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chestnut-grove-school

Chestnut Grove Academy is a high achieving, forward thinking, caring community. A tradition of academic rigour combined with creativity
characterises our ethos and we feel passionately that this is a winning combination.
We are proud of our students’ achievements. They are ambitious, talented and resilient and this has secured examination results which continue to go from strength to strength. We help them to achieve this through exceptionally high expectations and positive relationships.
We firmly believe that students achieve when they feel the genuine security of a community that supports learning and promotes social responsibility

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