Careers Officer
Lord Grey Academy, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK3 6EW20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
24 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
25 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 37 hours per week Monday - Thursday – 8.30am – 4.30pm Friday - 8.30am - 4.00pm 38 term time weeks + 5 training days per annum and 5 further additional days during August to support with Examination Results
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £28,624 - £36,124
Actual salary
- £25,251 - £31,867
What skills and experience we're looking for
We require for June or July 2025, a Careers Officer at Lord Grey Academy.
The successful candidate will need to be able to deliver 1 to 1 and small group careers guidance and therefore a Qualification in Career Development (QCD), or a completed Level 6 Career Development Professional qualification via an Apprenticeship is essential for the role. Candidates who are on track to complete the aforementioned qualifications by September 2025 are also welcome to apply. We will also consider candidates with Level 4 qualification who have applied for a L6 Careers Guidance qualification.
The successful candidate will be:-
- a strong communicator;
- caring and empathetic when working with teenagers;
- focussed on excellent destinations for youngsters;
- well organised, tenacious, dedicated and confident;
- an excellent role model for Lord Grey Academy students.
What the school offers its staff
Unlimited tea & coffee
Free porridge every morning
Free Car parking
Free food for staff for Parents evenings
Discount for staff children - Paris St Germain Football Academy holiday camps and player development programme
Bike to work scheme
Staff socials
Weekly prize draw for staff
No emails at the weekend and after 5pm
Travel and expenses paid for training
Chromebook for teaching staff
Priority admission for staff children
Staff Special leave policy
Cross networking and shared learning opportunities across all our schools in the Trust
Career progression and promotion opportunities
Ethos team to support students
Discounted tickets for staff at selected shows at Stantonbury Theatre.
Further details about the role
CAREERS OFFICER
Permanent
37 hours per week
Monday - Thursday – 8.30am – 4.30pm
Friday - 8.30am - 4.00pm
38 term time weeks + 5 training days per annum and 5 further additional days
during August to support with Examination Results
Tove Learning Trust Band H/I £28,624 - £36,124 FTE
dependent upon qualifications and relevant experience
Actual annual starting salary range: £25,251 - £31,867 per annum
We require for June or July 2025, a Careers Officer at Lord Grey Academy.
The successful candidate will need to be able to deliver 1 to 1 and small group careers guidance and therefore a Qualification in Career Development (QCD), or a completed Level 6 Career Development Professional qualification via an Apprenticeship is essential for the role. Candidates who are on track to complete the aforementioned qualifications by September 2025 are also welcome to apply. We will also consider candidates with Level 4 qualification who have applied for a L6 Careers Guidance qualification.
The successful candidate will be:-
- a strong communicator;
- caring and empathetic when working with teenagers;
- focussed on excellent destinations for youngsters;
- well organised, tenacious, dedicated and confident;
- an excellent role model for Lord Grey Academy students.
A candidate information booklet and application form are available on the vacancies section of Lord Grey Academy’s website:
http://www.lordgrey.org.uk/general-information/vacancies/
Please note the application form is available on the right hand side of the above link.
Completed application form and covering letter should be submitted to Human Resources at Lord Grey Academy or emailed to hr@lordgrey.org.uk by 9am on Thursday 24th April 2025.
Interviews will be held on Thursday 1st May 2025
Only successfully short listed candidates will be contacted.
Join an Academy part of a highly supportive and growing MAT. Lord Grey joined Tove Learning Trust in April 2018 and is situated in Bletchley on the outskirts of the growing city of Milton Keynes. We achieved our GOOD OFSTED status in Summer 2022. Since then we have gone from strength to strength with improving GCSE and level 3 results; a football partnership with Paris St- Germain and winners of MK Inspiration Awards ‘Inspiring Secondary School’ 2023 and MK Educations Awards ‘Secondary School of the Year’; ‘Maths Team of the Year’ and ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ November 2023. The right candidate will join us on our exciting journey and enable us to continue to provide a great education for our amazing students as we prepare them for adult life. We have a strong collegial team who create a real atmosphere of collaboration and community who embody - Lord Grey Can!
Tove Learning Trust
The trust is committed to ensuring that all students achieve as highly as possible and we work hard to offer stimulating environments that enable every learner to progress and flourish. We have a small central team and a committed Board of Trustees that are focused on delivering outstanding outcomes. We aim to have academies that are excellent communities of learning where students thrive on success. There are seven secondary schools and one primary school in this growing Trust.
The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
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About Lord Grey Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1414 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lord Grey Academy website
- Email address
- hr@lordgrey.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01908 626110
Lord Grey Academy is an exciting and vibrant learning community where students enjoy great success in and outside of the classroom. Our Academy motto: Lord Grey Can is important to us as we prepare our students for successful adult lives in an increasingly competitive world.
Lord Grey Academy is popular and is the first choice school locally. We have a strong focus on academic achievement throughout the school and develop our young people to be independent and resilient learners. We are immensely proud of our inclusive ethos and of the positive relationships that we build with parents and the local community. We believe that all students can achieve.
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