Personal Guidance Officer

Marsden Heights Community College, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 0PR

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  11 October 2026 at 5pm

• Date listed

  29 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £25,993.00 - £31,075.00 Annually (FTE)

Personal Guidance Officer job summary

PERSONAL GUIDANCE OFFICER

The Lancashire Cluster of United Learning Trust Schools, Accrington Academy, Marsden Heights Community College and The Hyndburn Academy are seeking to appoint a Personal Guidance Officer to provide impartial, personalised careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) to students, enabling them to make informed decisions about education, training and employment pathways. The postholder will support students to raise aspirations, develop skills and progress successfully into positive destinations.

We are looking for an organised and proactive individual who takes pride in delivering an excellent service, can manage multiple priorities effectively and maintains a high level of accuracy and attention to detail. You will be committed to helping every child fulfil their potential and to bringing out ‘the best in everyone’ and playing an active role in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils.

The postholder will:

• Deliver one-to-one career guidance
• Provide information on post-16 provision
• Deliver guidance sessions, workshops and presentations
• Support with careers events
• Maintain guidance records and actions plans
• Work closely with pastoral teams, SEND staff and external agencies

Key Performance Indicators within the role include:

• 100% completion of targeted personal guidance interviews for year 11 students.
• Contribution towards achieving Gatsby Benchmark 8

Key Requirements:

• Level 6 Careers Guidance qualification (or willingness to work towards)
• The ability to inspire and motivate students
• A commitment to the personal and professional development of self and students
• Excellence communication and interpersonal skills

Why join us?

• A diverse, hands-on role at the centre of a dynamic and busy school
• An opportunity to work collaboratively with staff and students across 3 different schools.
• A supportive team environment with a clear sense of shared purpose
• The chance to make a meaningful and visible contribution to the day-to-day operation of the school

The Lancashire Cluster is made up of 3 schools, Accrington Academy, Marsden Heights Community College and The Hyndburn Academy. They are part of United Learning, a growing group of schools whose aim is to provide excellent education to children and young people across the country. We are committed to ensuring our employees feel valued, supported and rewarded. As part of United Learning, we offer opportunities and a benefits package beyond that of an individual school.

We’re proud to offer ‘more pay, more time, and more support’. We offer the best pay in the sector, three extra INSET days dedicated to planning and professional development, one paid personal leave day each year during term time.

We place a high priority on developing our staff. Every employee benefits from a supportive annual review process with a tailored programme of personal development. We also facilitate a wide range of professional networks, enabling colleagues to collaborate, share best practice and learn from colleagues in similar roles.

We are committed to supporting your wellbeing. Flexible working is available where roles allow, alongside a comprehensive range of benefits including enhanced parental leave, access to a health cash plan (following 6 months’ service) employee assistance and wellbeing programmes, and free flu vaccines. Further information about our rewards and benefits can be found at - www.unitedlearning.org.uk/careers/rewards-and-benefits.

If you enjoy a varied role and take pride in making a difference, we’d love to hear from you!

If you would like to arrange an informal conversation or visit the school, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please get in touch using the details below.

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.

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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 Marsden Heights Community College

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1047 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Marsden Heights Community College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/marsden-heights-community-college

Welcome to Marsden Community College

Marsden Heights Community College joined United Learning in November 2020. In 2023, following rapid improvements, Ofsted inspected the school and rated it Good in all areas.

At Marsden Heights we believe that children deserve the very best of all that has been “thought and said” in every subject area by the careful selection of our core knowledge. We desire to support our pupils to grow into confident, creative and resilient adults who have a lifelong love of learning. We seek to ensure that our pupils are effective communicators, active participants and independent learners who can take their next steps into an increasingly uncertain world with secure knowledge from the range of subjects we offer.

All pupils should be:
 ambitious– to achieve the best
 confident – to have the courage of their convictions and to take risks in the right cause
 creative – to imagine possibilities and make them real
 respectful –in all that they do
 enthusiastic – to seek opportunity, find what is good and pursue their talents and interests
 determined – to overcome obstacles and reach success

In order to support our pupils in their academic and personal development, we believe it is essential they experience a wide range of opportunities. Our commitment to ‘Education with character’ provides wider opportunities for our pupils to access a well-rounded curriculum that extends learning beyond the classroom.

The college’s focus on learning is the driving force behind everything that we do and students are offered a diverse and challenging curriculum both inside and outside the classroom. We have high expectations and we make no apologies for being very demanding of our students and our staff, as only the best will do for our children.

Honesty, respect and trust are important to us, as is being prepared to learn and take on new challenges. We know that no one is the ‘finished article’ and we strive to do our best for our students every day. We are a welcoming school and if you join us, you will experience our ‘no blame’ culture, where everyone works together for the good of the students. It is essential that you have a restless determination and belief that all students can and will perform to the highest level.

As a United Learning academy whose motto is ‘The Best in Everyone’ you will be someone who wants the very best for all young people, irrespective of their background. We are earnest in our commitment to safeguarding our young people.

I hope you find the information you need in the accompanying pack and am sure you will find other useful information from visiting our website. You are also warmly invited to contact us by phone or visit Marsden Heights Community College ‘in action’ and meet our fabulous pupils and staff. Please visit our website: www.marsdenheights.co.uk

I look forward very much to welcoming you to our school.

With kind regards

James Delve
Principal

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