Careers Lead

Chipping Norton School, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5DY

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st December 2026

• Closing date

  12 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £31,537.00 - £34,434.00 Annually (FTE)

Careers Lead job summary

At Chipping Norton School, we want every student to step into their future with clarity and agency. We are looking for an organised, connected professional to take lead responsibility for our careers education, information, advice, and guidance (CEIAG) programme - helping students connect their learning directly to life beyond the school gates.

Why This Role Matters You will lead, design, and deliver a careers programme that meets the Gatsby Benchmarks and Provider Access Legislation. From conducting 1:1 impartial guidance sessions (Level 6 qualification in Career Guidance required) at key decision points to managing and evaluating work experience placements, you will ensure our students engage directly with diverse industries and post-16/18 options. Walking through our careers sessions on a typical morning, you will hear students actively participating, asking sharp, relevant questions about different professions, and planning the precise steps needed to reach their goals.

What You’ll Bring

• Experience coordinating careers education, work experience programmes and employer engagement.

• Strong working knowledge of the Gatsby Benchmarks and technical/higher education pathways.

• Ability to deliver impartial 1:1 guidance (Level 6 qualification in Career Guidance required) and lead PSHE modules related to careers and enterprise.

• High-level organisational skills to track 14-19 destination data and maintain links with FE colleges, universities, and local employers.

• Excellent communication skills to brief teaching staff, collaborate with subject leaders, and engage parents and alumni.

The "Why Us" Difference

• Focused Impact: A full time , term-time schedule designed to allow focused project delivery while preserving your work-life balance

• Professional Agency: The authority to lead reforms, manage external partner relationships, and shape local employer links to fit our context.

• Evidence-Informed Practice: Access to Trust-wide and other networks and shared best practice across our secondary settings.

The RLT Connection Education has the power to change lives. Being part of the River Learning Trust means you have the backing of a stable, values-driven network:

• Professional Security: Continuous public sector service recognition and access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

• Shared Growth: Funding for professional pathways, role-specific CPLD, and apprenticeships.

• The Whole Person: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and workload-sensitive practices.

River Learning Trust and Chipping Norton School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. We are an exempt employer under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

We actively value the "different contributions" you can make. We want you to be at your best during the application process; if you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know.

Note: We do not accept CVs; please apply via My New Term. We reserve the right to interview and appoint exceptional candidates early.

Next Steps

• Discover Your Impact: Read the full job description and apply via MyNewTerm.

• Start a Conversation: Contact Alan Trainer, Deputy Headteacher atrainer@chippingnortonschoo.org to arrange an informal phone call or site visit.

• The Future Path: Not the right time? Register with our Talent Pool https://mynewterm.com/sch_talent_pool to hear about new opportunities first.

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 Chipping Norton School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1035 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Chipping Norton School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chipping-norton-school

School location

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Oxfordshire