Sixth Form and Destinations Programme Officer
Ark Schools, London, W12 7TF2 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
26 November 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
14 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time (standard hours 9am – 5.30pm)
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 months
Full-time equivalent salary
- £33,000 to £37,000 (depending on experience)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Key Requirements:
- Right to work in the UK
- Educated to degree level or equivalent, or at least 3 years’ relevant work experience
- Extensive knowledge and practical experience of high quality CEIAG provision in secondary schools (ideally 11-18), and of delivery against the Gatsby benchmarks
- Knowledge and experience of working with schools/students to overcome barriers to post 16 and post 18 progression
- Knowledge and experience of the apprenticeships landscape
- Knowledge and experience of virtual learning environments and online platforms that support destinations work. Beneficial if one of these is Unifrog
- Comprehensive IT skills, particularly in working with MS Office, Excel and cloud-based storage. Evidence of basic manipulation of data to support with analysis and reporting. Desirable: experience working with online community platforms
- Experience of working with and influencing a range of stakeholders, particularly schools and employer partners
- Highly organised, detail oriented and systematic in delivering high-quality work against ambitious objectives
- Ability to work methodically/multi-task, thrives in a fast-paced environment
- Highly collaborative and flexible in approach, able to adapt to changing circumstances and priorities
What the school offers its staff
Benefits
- Our hybrid working model aims to offer the best of both worlds, striking the right balance between in-person collaboration and remote working. You will work a minimum of two days per week in our state-of-the-art office in West London allowing you to connect with colleagues, with the flexibility to work remotely, or in the office over the remaining days
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with each year of service up to 30 days after 3-years’ service. This entitlement is pro rata for part time employees. This entitlement excludes bank holidays
- Full office closure between Christmas and New Year
- Regular social events, monthly free breakfast, and daily fruit
- As an Ark employee, you will have the opportunity to be part of the TPT (The Pension Trust) scheme, our workplace pension scheme where we make an 11% contribution; you are not required to contribute towards this scheme unless you choose to. Depending on your role you may also be entitled to LGPS/TPS which is a defined benefit scheme where you contribute a percentage based on how much you earn (as do we) in exchange for a guaranteed amount in your pension pot every year
- Access to high-quality professional learning throughout your career, offering both face-to-face sessions and a bespoke online learning platform
- Access to Ark Rewards scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers, interest-free loans available for season tickets or a bike, gym discounts offering up to 40% off your local gym and free eye tests
Flexible working opportunities
- In addition to our current hybrid working arrangements, employees can request to work fully remotely for up to 10 working days a year, whether this be in the UK or abroad
- Our flexitime policy allows you to work your hours around our core hours of 10.00 - 16.00, helping you prioritise your work-life balance and personal commitments
Further details about the role
Reports to: Head of Destinations
Location: Currently operating hybrid working in our West London Office
Contract: FTC (12 months)
Pattern: Full Time(standard hours 9am – 5.30pm)
Interviews: 06/12/2024
The Sixth Form and Destinations Programme Officer role is an exciting opportunity for someone to use their passion for developing careers education to impact hundreds of young people each year. The role will play a fundamental part in delivering Ark’s mission: to make sure every student leaving an Ark secondary school has the choice of progressing to a good university or directly into a professional career.
The Sixth Form and Destinations Programme Officer will support Ark’s secondary schools to achieve the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Career Guidance. They will also develop network resources to support students interested in securing high quality apprenticeships, along with other projects that support Ark students securing ambitious post 18 destinations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work directly with schools to improve the average number of Gatsby Benchmarks achieved by secondary schools in the Ark network
- Support and monitor schools’ completion of evaluation activities and analyse results to inform strategic planning of destinations support activity
- Support schools to embed Unifrog in their career’s programmes, increasing student logins and completion of progress tasks
- Act as the main point of contact for secondary CEIAG/Gatsby and Unifrog support and guidance, and collaborate closely with the Head of Destinations to enhance the CEIAG community across Ark
- Maintain and develop relationships with top providers of degree/higher apprenticeships to support comprehensive apprenticeships IAG in schools, effective parental engagement and aspiration/information events
- Leverage Ark’s partnerships with employers and develop new partnerships (including FE providers) to create an extensive schedule of events and opportunities that map to the specific needs of Ark schools
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across the Sixth Form and Destinations team to support progression to high-quality destinations
- Contribute proactively to the wider development of Sixth Form and Destinations team strategy
Commitment to safeguarding
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. In order to meet this responsibility, we follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.
All employees must undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.
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About Ark Schools
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- recruitment@arkonline.org
We’re an international charity, transforming lives through education. We exist to give every young person, regardless of their background, a great education and real choices in life. In the UK, we’re a network of 39 schools, educating around 28,500 pupils in areas where we can make the biggest difference and we’re recognised as one of the highest achieving academy groups in the country. We want to change the lives of children everywhere, not just in our own schools. So, we create and incubate Ventures designed not only to help pupils in Ark schools, but also to improve education systems.
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