Careers Coordinator
Moulton School and Science College, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 7SD27 days remaining to apply
Start date details
February 2026
Closing date
4 January 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
8 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,042.00 - £28,738.00 Annually (Actual)
Careers Coordinator job summary
MOULTON SCHOOL AND SCIENCE COLLEGE
Pound Lane, Moulton, Northampton, NN3 7SD
01604 641600
www.moultonschool.co.uk
Careers Coordinator
37 hours per week - 40 weeks per year
8.30 am - 4.30 pm, (one 3.30pm finish a week)
Grade H, Pt 14-20
£29,540 - £32,597 (Full time equivalent)
£26,042 - £28,738 (actual salary)
Main Purpose of the Role:
To lead, develop, and deliver a comprehensive careers education, information, advice, and guidance (CEIAG) programme for all students from Year 7 to Year 13. The Careers Coordinator will empower students to make informed and ambitious decisions about their future education and career pathways, ensuring the school meets all statutory duties and Gatsby Benchmarks for careers provision.
Key Responsibilities: Careers Adviser
1. Careers Guidance and Support:
Provide impartial and inspiring one-to-one careers guidance interviews for students, particularly at key transition points.
Be available to support key school events such as Results Days, Options Evenings etc.
Support students with the completion of applications for college, sixth form, apprenticeships, traineeships, and university (UCAS).
Offer guidance on CV writing, interview skills, and personal statement development.
Provide drop-in sessions for students requiring ad-hoc advice and support.
Identify and provide targeted support for vulnerable students, including those with SEND, Pupil Premium students, and Looked After Children.
Key Responsibilities: Careers Coordinator
2. Programme Development and Delivery:
To support the Careers Leader to Design, implement, and review the school's careers programme in line with the Gatsby Benchmarks.
To support the Careers Leader to Plan and deliver engaging careers-focused workshops, assemblies, and presentations to all year groups.
Maintain and promote an up-to-date and accessible careers library and online resources for students, staff, and parents.
Monitor and track student destinations after they leave the school and use this data to inform future careers provision.
3. Employer and Provider Engagement:
Establish and maintain a strong network of local and national employers, apprenticeship providers, colleges, and universities.
To create and maintain a database of Alumni.
To support the Careers Leader to Organise and manage key careers events, such as careers fairs, employer talks, workplace visits, and mock interview days.
Facilitate meaningful encounters with employers and employees for all students.
Lead the coordination and administration of the school's work experience programme for Years 10 and 12.
To engage with the Careers Hub and CEC as part of the Careers Network.
4. Leadership and Administration:
Act as the school's lead expert on careers guidance, staying up to date with labour market information, qualification changes, and post-16/18 pathways.
Work collaboratively with the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), Heads of Year, and subject teachers to embed careers education across the curriculum. Delete (add To work collaboratively with the Careers Leader to implement Careers Education across the curriculum.)
Maintain accurate records of all careers guidance and activities and student interactions using the school's information systems.
Prepare reports for the Careers Link Governor and SLT on the progress and impact of the careers programme against the Gatsby Benchmarks.
The above job description reflects the major tasks to be carried out by the post holder and identifies the level of responsibility at which they will be required to work. In the interests of effective working, the major tasks may be reviewed from time to time to reflect changing needs and circumstances. Such reviews and any consequential changes will be carried out in consultation with the post holder.
You will be required to ensure that reasonable care is always taken for the health, safety and welfare of yourself and other persons, and comply with policies and procedures relating to health and safety within the School. You will be expected to demonstrate awareness/understanding of equal opportunities and other people’s behavioural, physical, social and welfare needs.
To carry out any other duties which fall within the broad spirit, scope and purpose of this job description.
All members of the school community are expected to support, both explicitly and implicitly, the school’s ASPIRE ethos. The setting and achieving of the highest aspirations, striving for great things, is fundamental to all that we seek to be.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to show this commitment. The successful applicant will be expected to undertake safeguarding checks, including a criminal record check via the Disclosure & Barring Service, the cost of which will be met by the school.
Please note, it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 and 2020), which requires you to disclose all spent convictions and cautions except those which are ‘protected’ under Police Act 1997 - Part V.
Please be aware that referees will be contacted prior to interview in accordance with accepted Child Protection Procedures.
We reserve the right to withdraw the advert if sufficient applications are received before the closing date.
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 Moulton School and Science College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1436 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Moulton School and Science College website
Moulton School is a warm, welcoming and hardworking school community, striving for excellence in all that we do. We want our students to leave school having maximised their academic progress, but also with fond memories of the breadth of opportunities taken, the relationships made, and the experiences enjoyed; for example, through our flagship student leadership programme.
Situated five miles from Northampton and close to the M1, Moulton is a peaceful location with close proximity to the modern conveniences of town living .
Moulton School is built on a commitment to academic excellence and the highest of personal standards, within an environment which provides each individual with the care, support and encouragement that they need to succeed. We pride ourselves on traditional values, such as hard work and discipline, whilst preparing young people for all the challenges of life in the 21st century.
Our students are committed to their learning, and we have the highest of expectations of them, both academically, and in the character that they demonstrate as they grow and develop. Our core values and ethos statement “ASPIRE – Strive for Great Things” sets the tone, both for our expectations, and for the achievements that we are able to celebrate.
Students are encouraged to become highly motivated, independent learners and are able to learn through differentiated learning activities. This allows them to develop high levels of knowledge, skills and technological understanding. Students’ work is carefully monitored and assessed regularly and they are involved in target setting.
Our success is built on partnership and we are very fortunate in the high quality of staff who care for and guide the students through their time at Moulton challenging them at every step to become the young people that they can be.
We are, as you may imagine, very proud of our students.
STAFF DEVELOPMENT
Moulton has a talented and dedicated staff who show pride and commitment to their role. Our students benefit from their professionalism and their work in supporting students to achieve their best.
High quality teaching and high expectations are at the heart of Moulton School and all teachers will be expected to develop practice which supports the ethos, values and vision, and contributes to the overall life and work of the school.
Moulton School has strong staff development programme with a wealth of experienced staff working with teachers and support staff. To that end, we strive to create a learning environment that elicits outstanding outcomes for students.
Staff are committed to their own development, and many take part in helping others to progress. In order to support this, we run training and development sessions that take place after school.
There are also various training routes for staff to follow including.
• Training School Network Programme
• New staff and ECT induction programme in-house and as part of the SWAN network
• Year 2 Teachers’ Programme
• Middle Leaders’ Programme
• Subject Leader and Senior Leadership qualifications (NPQSL) (NPQML)
Many staff take part in regular subject specific training, and staff I specialist roles may attend external training courses run by specialists in areas such as pastoral care, First Aid, mental health and wellbeing, MAGT and challenge.
Moulton School values diversity, and has developed an Equalities Policy to ensure that everyone within the school community is treated fairly, irrespective of race, gender, disability, sexuality or age.
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