Careers Lead

Cromwell Community College, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6UU

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  To be confirmed

• Closing date

  12 April 2026 at 1pm

• Date listed

  24 March 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: £28,142.00 - £30,024.00 Annually (FTE)

Careers Lead job summary

Location: Cromwell Community College, Chatteris
Contract: 37 hours, Term Time (Plus 3 days)
Salary: ALT Grade F (£23,855.56 - £25,450.90 Actual)

At Cromwell Community College, we are looking for a Careers Lead who will champion a culture where every student can see a clear, ambitious pathway beyond school. This is an opportunity to shape and grow a careers programme that connects learning to the wider world, bringing employers, experiences and guidance together in a way that feels relevant and inspiring. Working closely with staff, families and external partners, the Careers Lead will combine strategic thinking with practical delivery, ensuring careers education is embedded across the school and truly makes a difference to students’ confidence, choices and life chances.

Summary of Key Responsibilities

• Provide students (Years 7-13) with effective careers guidance, work experience opportunities, and insight into post-16 and post-18 pathways.
• Build and maintain partnerships with employers, training providers, higher education, and alumni to enhance careers opportunities.
• Plan, organise, and evaluate careers events, work experience programmes, and related activities, managing budgets and resources.
• Support staff and embed careers education across the curriculum, using data and feedback to continually improve provision.

Why Join Our Trust?

• Belong to a compassionate and inclusive trust that values you and the role you play.
• Join an experienced group of people that are fully dedicated to delivering the best for our children.
• Gain access to our VivUp employee benefit system, Cycle to Work scheme and local government pension scheme.

Contact
If you would like an informal discussion about the role, or for more info, please contact Vicki Walpole, Human Resources and Recruitment Officer, at: vwalpole@cromwell.cambs.sch.uk

The Active Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people. We expect all staff to actively share this commitment. All adults working in our Trust in whatever capacity will be part of a thorough safer recruitment process. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks including the taking of satisfactory references and enhanced criminal record clearance in line with the need to create and maintain a safe culture.

The Active Learning Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the advert closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

To ensure we recruit and retain the best talent, all new employees recruited to the Active Learning Trust (leadership, teaching and support staff) will be subject to a 6 months’ probation period at the start of their employment. This policy aims to assess new employees' alignment with our culture, teaching standards, and student needs. It is designed to foster success; with regular evaluations and support mechanisms in place, helping us to identify and nurture talent.

We value diversity and welcome applications from all, including those with protected characteristics under the Equality Act. Flexible working will be considered for all roles deemed suitable.

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 Cromwell Community College

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 18
• Education phase: All through school
• School size: 1524 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Cromwell Community College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cromwell-community-college-chatteris

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