Careers Lead

Chase High School, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0RT

10 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  8 March 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  26 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,481.11 - £26,335.46 Annually (Actual) Scale 6 (Range 13-20) Actual salary (based on 35.83 hrs per week): £23,481.11 - £26,335.46 (dependent on experience)

Careers Lead job summary

Careers Lead

Required: April 2026

35.83 hours per week- 38 weeks per year (Term Time Only) PART TIME CONSIDERED

Monday to Friday 8:00am to 3:30pm

Scale 6 (Range 13-20) Actual salary (based on 35.83 hrs per week): £23,481.11 - £26,335.46 (dependent on experience)

We are seeking an exceptional Careers Lead to take strategic responsibility for the development and delivery of a high-quality careers programme within our secondary school. The successful candidate will play a vital role in raising aspirations, supporting informed student choices, and ensuring our provision meets statutory requirements and best practice.

A successful candidate will have the skills and enthusiasm to make a significant contribution to our continued improvement.

Chase High School is a mixed, mainstream secondary school located in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. It educates more than 1,300 pupils aged 11-18 from over 40 countries.

Chase High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced disclosure check from the Disclosure and Barring Service as well as other checks aligned with the Safer Recruitment process.

Chase High School is an academy that forms part of the Discovery Educational Trust.

Trust benefits:

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Closing date: 8th March - Midnight

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early upon appointment of a successful applicant.

For further information on this advert, please contact recruitment@discoveryeducationaltrust.co.uk

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

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.

About Chase High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1321 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Chase High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chase-high-school-westcliff-on-sea

An 11-18 Academy which strives to ensure all children are helped to aspire, receive outstanding care, and aim for excellence in all they do.

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