Job Title:
Careers Adviser
Sheringham and Stalham High Schools
4 days per week* (see below)
Time to be spent as required across both schools.
Responsible to:
Careers Leader at each school
Grade:
Scale: F
Point: 12-17
Actual Salary: £17506 - £19062
Hours of work:
8.15 – 4.15pm Monday – Friday
28 hours per week
Term time plus 1 week
Core Purpose:
1. To provide professional career guidance services, including personal guidance interviews, in order to
improve pupils’ skills, knowledge and understanding for career planning and management.
2. To promote a positive image to all, through ways of working and in communication with others
3. To liaise and communicate effectively and efficiently with others to ensure coordination of activities and
approach
4. Maintaining good public relations; assisting visitors to the school in a calm, sympathetic, efficient and
helpful way together with promoting a positive image of the school.
5. If not already achieved: Complete Level 6 Training in Careers Guidance. This will be provided if necessary
with additional time for completion* (see above)
Key Areas of Responsibility:
Personal Career Guidance
• To conduct client-focused, impartial, personal career guidance interviews with pupils which challenge and
support them to make informed, realistic and adaptable career decisions based on self and opportunity
awareness, aspirations, motivation, confidence and approach to learning and which, if necessary, broaden
their horizons.
• To generate and maintain client records electronically in support of personal guidance interviews, including
a summary of agreed actions/action plan.
Careers Information
• Use expert knowledge of careers information and labour market information and Intelligence to enable
pupils to identify, access, interpret and utilise valid and current information that is relevant to them,
including the appropriate use of information technology, e.g. social media and web-based information
sources.
• To organise careers fairs and other relevant activities in conjunction with the Careers Leader in line with
the CIEAG programme
Career Guidance Programmes
• To provide advice to the Careers Leader on the range of resources and the role of opportunity
providers, other education, training and employment providers and relevant others e.g. Enterprise Co-
ordinator/Adviser in the development and delivery of the career guidance programme in school and
the achievement of the Gatsby Benchmarks.
• To facilitate career-related learning activities in groups with pupils.
• To assist, where relevant, with the monitoring, evaluation and reporting on the effectiveness of the
career guidance programme in achieving the Gatsby Benchmarks and the Quality in Careers Standard.
Networking, Consultancy and Advocacy
• To refer to specialist services if required to support specific needs of pupils e.g. young people with
SEND.
• To communicate with relevant external agencies and networks for the benefit of pupils and the
enhancement of the career guidance programme.
• To involve parents and carers, where relevant, in the career guidance programme and support
provided to their child and attend parents’ evenings as required.
Professionalism
• To abide by the relevant legislation, codes of professional practice and conduct and school policies.
• To abide by all measures to safeguard young people.
• To reflect on practice and engage in continuous professional development to further develop the skills
and knowledge required for professional practice and to keep up to date with developments in the
sector.
• If not already achieved work towards and complete Level 6 training in Careers Guidance.
Health and Safety
1. Be aware of the responsibility for personal Health, Safety and Welfare and that of others who may be affected
by your actions or inactions.
2. Co-operate with the employer on all issues to do with Health, Safety & Welfare
Continuing Professional Development
1. In conjunction with the line manager, take responsibility for personal professional development, keeping up-
to-date with developments related to teaching and learning and personal development, behaviour and welfare
which may lead to improvements in the provision of the academy.
2. Undertake any necessary professional development as identified in the School Improvement Plan taking full
advantage of any relevant training and development available.
Person Specification
This should describe the qualifications, experience, skills and knowledge which are essential to do the job to a fully
competent level.
Essential
Qualifications
• Good numeracy/literacy skills. GCSE (or equivalent) in Maths
and English.
• Strong track record of continuous professional development
• ICT literate with excellent keyboard skills
Experience
• Good experience of maintaining computerised records and
systems.
• Proven track record in good interpersonal skills Experience of
work at a similar level within a complex organisation
Skills/Knowledge
• Able to work as part of an effective team focussed on
delivering high quality provision
• ICT skills – general and specific to role
• An ability to communicate effectively with teachers, students,
parents and multi agencies
• Good research and planning skills
• Patience, resilience, tolerance and a genuine understanding
of the difficulties that students may encounter with their
school and home life
• The ability to find creative and imaginative solutions to
problems
• Good knowledge of policies relevant to the role
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to prioritise and manage workload
• Ability to work in an organised and methodical way and have
sound organisational and coordinating skills
• Shows a personal commitment to safeguarding and
promoting the welfare and rights of young People
• Appreciates the significance of safeguarding and interprets
this for all individual children and young people whatever
their circumstances
General
Information
All work performed/duties undertaken must be carried out in accordance with relevant Trust
policies and procedures
Job holders will be expected to be flexible in their duties and carry out any other duties
commensurate with the grade and falling within the general scope of the job, as requested by
management.