Careers and Progression Officer

1 week ago

Canterbury, United Kingdom EKCGroup Full time

**About The Role**:
EKC Group are seeking to appoint a highly motivated student centred Careers and Progression Officer at EKC Canterbury College to support our students in deciding their next steps.

As a Careers and Progression Officer you will lead a client-centred vocational progression programme of careers education. Providing comprehensive information, advice, guidance and careers education. You will support the progression of existing and potential students to internal college programmes, employment, Higher Education, partner organisations or self-employment.

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees. Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:

- Competitive salary and holiday entitlement
- Access to 100's of online discounts via our Rewards Scheme (Inc. Restaurant, Grocery, Retail, Gym, Holidays)
- Access to cycle to work, car leasing and tech purchasing schemes
- Generous pension scheme - 18% employer contribution
- Being part of a company with a Eco-Sustainability focus of being Net-Zero
- Time off for your child's first day at school, moving home and for interviews
- My 10 Days initiative - bid for up-to 10 days off work to pursue voluntary work
- Being part of Community Days and Annual Staff Celebration Day

**About You**:
We are seeking to appoint a motivated individual with a background in careers guidance, who is passionate about creating and delivering, inspiring and enriching careers provision to young people and adults.

You will ideally have a Level 6 qualification in Information Advice and Guidance or have a willingness to work toward this.

You will be able to demonstrate creative thinking skills.Someone who can create and deliver enriching careers sessions for all students at the college, supporting strong work and academic outcomes.

You will have a good understanding of Career Education and Guidance work in a Further Education environment and be confident in delivering group-works/presentations to groups.

**About Us**:
**Outstanding Ofsted Provider**

East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted.

**Commitment to Safeguarding**

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.

As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.

If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.

**Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion**

We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.

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