Careers Lead

6 months ago


Southampton, United Kingdom Acorn Education and Care Full time

**Full Job Description**:
**_At OFG, we work smarter so you can spend more time doing what makes you happy_**

**_ How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four*?_**

**_ Our colleagues’ wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we’re always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s work/life balance. We’re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent)._**

**_ 4DWW will be rolled out within our school, when we have a full complement of staff, and within the next year - so there’s never been a more exciting time to join us #teamOFG_**

**Job Title: Career Lead**

**Location: Dibden Park School, Southampton**

**Salary: Up to £25,000 per annum**

**Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday 08:30-16:30**

**Contract: Permanent, Term Time only**

If you are looking to join a dedicated team in a school that will welcome your ideas and forward-thinking to create a positive learning environment for young people, we would like to hear from you.

**About the role**

To implement and evaluate the Careers and Employability Strategy and education programme. Responsible and accountable for the delivery of the school’s programme of career education as well as the facilitation of information, advice and guidance from the Regional Futures Advisor. To make sure that the school meets the Gatsby Benchmarks as well as other assorted Legislative responsibilities.
- Supporting the teaching staff, administrators, external partners and others who deliver careers education.
- Advising the senior leadership team on policy, strategy and resources for career guidance and showing how they meet the Gatsby Benchmarks.
- Reporting to senior leaders, regional future’s advisors and governors.
- Reviewing and evaluating career guidance and providing information for school development planning, Ofsted, Compass Plus assessments and other purposes.
- Preparing and implementing a career guidance development plan and ensuring that details of the careers programme are published on the school’s website.
- Understanding the implications of a changing education landscape for career guidance, e.g. technical education reform.

Essential Desirable Qualifications & Training
- Level 6 Careers Lead or CEIAG Qualification
- Further In-Service Staff Development and Training Experience
- Work within schools or with young people in an advisory role
- Leadership and Management Experience Personal Skills
- Organisational and administrative skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Coaching and mentoring skills

**About us**

Dibden Park School is a brand-new school based in Southampton**. **Dibden Park School will place 60 students and will cater to students with social and emotional mental health and other complex needs. This is an exciting opportunity to grow and develop with a new staff team in a newly established independent special school.

We are part of Acorn Education and can promise you plenty of challenges, and a rich variety of opportunities to develop your career.

We provide Education and Care across a number of schools and homes nationally. Our specialist SEN provision, coupled with our expertise within residential care means we offer thousands of vulnerable pupils across the UK a holistic, wraparound care, residential and education service, empowering them with everything they need to flourish.

**Why join Acorn Education?**

**Benefits**

**Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including**:

- Life Assurance
- Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
- “Your Wellbeing Matters” - access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

**And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including**:

- A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
- 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
- Cycle to Work Schemes
- Electric Car Purchase Scheme
- Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.
- **_You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy._**

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