Head of Careers

Hockerill Anglo-European College, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5HX

12 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  19 November 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  7 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Dependent on experience, actual salary range from H8 (£28385-£41441) to H9 (£32193-£34308 actual ), 37 hours a week, term time plus 10 days during school holidays
• Additional allowances:

  Dependent on experience, actual salary range from H8 (£28385-£41441) to H9 (£32193-£34308 actual ), 37 hours a week, term time plus 10 days during school holidays

Head of Careers job summary

Head of Careers (including University Counselling)

We are a thriving, diverse and forward-thinking IB World School, proud of our international outlook and academic ambition. Our students are inspired to become knowledgeable, open-minded and principled young people who go on to top universities and exciting global careers.

We are seeking a Head of Careers to lead our all-through Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) and university counselling provision. This key role combines strategic leadership with hands-on guidance, ensuring every student benefits from meaningful encounters with employers and tailored support for their post-16 and post-18 destinations.

You will oversee our comprehensive careers and university programme, including UCAS and international applications, Oxbridge and medical pathways, apprenticeships and work experience. You will work closely with senior and pastoral leaders, developing a coherent programme that fully meets the Gatsby Benchmarks and supports our students’ aspirations.

We welcome applications from experienced practitioners with a strong understanding of higher education pathways and careers education, and excellent organisational and communication skills.

We are a supportive, ambitious community where professional development is highly valued, and you will have the opportunity to shape and grow a well-established area of the College.

For further details, please email recruitment@hockerill.com.

Application deadline: 9 am Wednesday 19 November

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. All post-holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) including barred list check.

We strive to be an inclusive and diverse workplace representative of our student population. Applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates are especially welcome.

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 Hockerill Anglo-European College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 926 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hockerill Anglo-European College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hockerill-anglo-european-college-bishop-s-stortford

We passionately believe that every student deserves the opportunity to be the best they can be and that our school gives them that opportunity. We are a state co-educational day and boarding school for students aged 11 to 18 and offer our students a dynamic, vibrant and exciting learning environment where development of the whole student is our priority. The College offers a rigorous and broad curriculum, and is proud to be one of the largest state schools offering the prestigious International Baccalaureate Middle Years and Diploma programmes. With a twin focus on the two specialisms of Languages and Music, Hockerill offers a truly distinct setting for a world-class education. Located in beautiful grounds on the edge of Bishop’s Stortford the school is in close proximity to London and the South East of England and accepts applications for boarding and day places from students with a current UK passport or the right to residency in the UK.

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