Careers Education, Information, Advice, and Guidance Manager

The University of Birmingham School, Birmingham, B29 6QU

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026 (or sooner by negotiation)

• Closing date

  8 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  22 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,362.00 - £37,398.00 Annually (FTE) £30,041 - £34,715 actual salary

Careers Education, Information, Advice, and Guidance Manager job summary

Are you motivated by helping young people shape their futures and make confident, aspirational and well-informed choices about work, apprenticeships, or continued education? If so, this role within our Professional Services team could be just for you.

We are seeking to recruit a Manager for Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) to work alongside our pastoral leaders and colleagues and across all age groups (11-18). We have 400 learners in our thriving Sixth Form.

The successful candidate will support and deliver effective careers guidance, and careers education and information for pupils and students. Building on an already established model, you will develop and enhance the School’s careers programme having regard for the delivery of the updated Gatsby benchmarks. This will entail designing, selecting and providing curriculum resources, activities and services to meet pupils’ and students’ career needs, as a part of the School’s Learning for Life programme. You will lead on a range of projects which assist and support pupils and students into employment or further and higher education, and act to raise aspiration.

To support fully the aspects of the role delivering one-to-one guidance, candidates are expected to hold or be working towards the Level6 Diploma in Career Guidance and Development. The School can facilitate this CPD and will discuss this training with prospective candidates where needed.

At University of Birmingham School, we are proud of a comprehensive School and Sixth Form for a truly diverse and inclusive learning community that creates great citizens. We welcome 1190 11-18-year-olds from all across Birmingham and provide the opportunity to develop great character and achieve academic success in a thriving community - without limits.

We will have high expectations of you to be an outstanding role model committed to the distinctive ethos of our School. In return, we offer:

A commitment to your continued professional development within School

3 days per year dedicated to your own research or professional learning

The opportunity to work flexibly

Access to world class resources, research and people through our partnership with the University of Birmingham

Involvement in our exciting, timetabled enrichment programme

Visits to the school are welcome. To arrange, please contact Katie Tennant k.tennant@uobschool.org.uk

The University of Birmingham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment.

The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks including: enhanced DBS; Prohibition Check; qualifications; medical fitness; identity and right to work.

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. If you are currently working in a school setting, please ensure that your references include your current Head Teacher.

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020, which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Safeguarding is our top priority. We encourage all applicants to review our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy, which outlines our commitment to the safety and wellbeing of pupils and students.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore, the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

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

The University of Birmingham School is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting their welfare, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. These posts are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, references, and online checks.
Please note we do not accept applications via CV.

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 The University of Birmingham School

• School type: Free Schools, None, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1177 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The University of Birmingham School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-university-of-birmingham-school

Mainstream school with state - free school funding
Secondary with sixth form
Students of mixed gender, age 11 - 18 years

Rethinking education, helping tomorrow’s citizens flourish.

The University of Birmingham School is a school for our city. Our aim is simple: to transform the lives of our pupils by raising their aspirations and maximising their potential by accessing the widest possible range of educational opportunities. We want our graduates to go on to make a different to the lives of others as responsible citizens, loving partners and parents, excellent friends and great work colleagues.

In our £23m building, and drawing on the world-class facilities, resources and expertise of the University of Birmingham, we offer our pupils a broad and balanced academic curriculum; a focus on character education; and a wide programme of enrichment opportunities delivered through an extended school day.

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