Careers Officer
Lord Grey Academy, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK3 6EW51 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Easter 2025
Closing date
10 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
5 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 37 hours per week, Monday to Thursday 8.30am - 4.30pm Friday 8.30am - 4.00pm 39 weeks per year, plus holiday pay
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £28,624.00
Actual salary
- £25,251.00
What skills and experience we're looking for
We require for Easter 2025, a Careers Officer at Lord Grey Academy.
Training up to a Level 7 Certificate in Career Education is desirable; however the schools would be able to facilitate putting an exceptionally enthusiastic candidate through the relevant qualifications with course fees paid and some remitted time for study. After successful completion of the qualification the post holder would be eligible to move from Band H to Band I.
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
How we support staff at Lord Grey
No pressure to "put on a show" in lessons. A culture of typicality is reinforced by no lesson grading.
Visible Leadership Team who are on hand to listen and support.
Everyone has the highest expectations of behaviour, with all staff reinforcing those expectations.
A clear system of sanctions which is applied consistently so staff don't have battles with students.
Excellent pastoral support offered through our year teams.
Specialised personalised CPD for all staff.
Time for staff to put new things into action and a very careful approach to avoid initiative overload.
Regular Staff, Faculty and Pastoral briefings to support good communication.
Internal Intranet where all information is one place and data dashboards to support analysis of data
Headlines – a weekly whole staff email containing all the important information which reduces the number of emails in your inbox. No expectation to deal with emails outside of work hours.
Comprehensive support for ECTs with dedicated mentors and regular meetings.
Performance Management is tailored to faculty and individual needs. Data targets are not used punitively but aspirationally.
We are constantly streamlining all systems and processes so they take less time.
Open door Associate Principal - no concern is ever too small.
Countless opportunities to get involved with the wider life of the Academy - Duke of Edinburgh, school performances, sports teams, music etc.
Contributions of staff recognised through our colleague to colleague recognition awards and student thank you cards.
There are regular staff wellbeing events organised for staff.
Further details about the role
How to apply
Please read through the information in the pack carefully and please do not hesitate to contact the Academy if you would like to arrange a pre application visit – we strongly welcome this! If you cannot make a visit, then please feel to phone us to talk about the post.
The application form can be found 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.
You should ensure that you complete all sections of the application form. There is a space on the form titled Support of Application and in here you should explain how your experience will help you to carry out the job that you have applied for and how you think you meet the criteria in the person specification. This section should be no more than 1 side of A4.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.
Applying for the job
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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 (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Lord Grey Academy website (opens in new tab)
- 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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