Head of Careers and Ucas

3 months ago


Nottingham, United Kingdom Nottingham High School Full time

**Primary function**

To have overall responsibility for the coordination and running careers and UCAS for all students at Nottingham High School.

**Specific Responsibilities - Careers**
- **Plan/Oversight **_
- Create a stable, meaningful & workable programme of Careers education for our Senior and Junior Schools
- Involve all stakeholders: students, staff, parents and alumni, local businesses
- Anticipate and meet students’ needs at key junctures
- **Possible events**_
- Lunchtime Careers events
- Careers clinics
- Careers fair (Hold in Infant and Junior School and in Senior School)
- Careers skill challenges
- Assemblies
- Career Mentor scheme
- Trips (UK & abroad)
- Apprenticeship Roadshows
- Morrisby careers assessments
- Careers interviews (compulsory for key year groups and voluntary for all other students)
- Careers advice to ONs
- Options advice & support
- **Options**_
- To provide key advice alongside staff to all students about their option choices, this could involve:

- Morrisby assessments (and detailed feedback) inform choices
- 1-1 Careers appointments
- Referrals to career mentors as appropriate

**Specific Responsibilities - UCAS**
- Take on the Role of UCAS Coordinator, taking the lead for the full process, signing off at the final stage alongside the Assistant Head (11-13)
- Provide training to all relevant staff involved in the UCAS process
- Support Tutors with reference writing, and students with personal statements
- Deliver all UCAS material to the Sixth Form, including assemblies and lunchtime talks
- Develop and present at UCAS Parents’ Evenings, Oxbridge Evenings and university options events
- Work closely with the MDV and Oxbridge coordinators
- Develop the School’s provision for international university applicants
- To be the School link with UCAS.
- To be aware of the requirements of university admission tests. To put in place a programme for preparation for the tests as appropriate. To liaise with the Examination Officer to ensure admission test registration is in place.
- To maintain an up to date set of information for gap year opportunities.
- To maintain records of leavers’ university and careers destinations and to research university and career development trends.

**The Person**
- This may or may not be a teacher/ex-teacher. Please note this post does not come with a teacher’s pension.
- Will need to work alongside both academic, pastoral staff and support staff.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £36,000.00-£39,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (preferred)

Ability to Commute:

- Nottingham, NG7 4ED (required)

Ability to Relocate:

- Nottingham, NG7 4ED: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person



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