Careers Adviser

ASPIRE, GROW, SUCCEED

• Are you an organised, proactive professional with a passion for supporting young people to explore their future pathways and achieve their ambitions?

• Would you like to thrive in a professional, fast paced school environment, working alongside a supportive team committed to excellence and student success?

If so, we would love to hear from you

The challenge for all of us at Allerton Grange School is to continue to grow and improve as a community, ensuring our students are well prepared, confident and ambitious for their future.

We offer a wide range of opportunities to help students develop their aspirations, supported by a strong careers curriculum that enables them to move on to positive destinations after Year 11 or Year 13. The Careers Adviser will play a key role in this, supporting students throughout their journey and ensuring they receive high-quality advice and guidance, alongside access to appropriate college, university, apprenticeship and employment opportunities.

This role is 30 hours per week, term time only, plus four additional days (training days/days during the summer holidays to support exam results). We are committed to flexible working and welcome discussions around flexible arrangements.

Our Culture

We are proud to be a school delivering an exceptional quality of education. We are true to our core values and enable our employees to engage in challenging and rewarding work, whilst at the same time supporting them to aspire, grow and succeed. We believe that engaged, motivated and happy staff are the foundation of a successful school community.

Our Values

The Allerton Grange values are the behaviours and qualities that are valued in fellow employees and our staff community. At Allerton Grange, we place particular emphasis on the following values, behaviours and qualities. This means we are looking to recruit and promote people who live these values on a daily basis. 

• Integrity

• Compassion

• Community

• Humility

• Emotional Intelligence

• Courage

• Critical Thinker

• Collaborative

• Diligent

• A Role Model

The challenge to us all at Allerton Grange School is to continue to improve and grow as a community. We need to unlock the skill, passion and discretionary effort that undoubtedly exists within our teachers in order to reinforce the status of our wonderful profession as well as promote individual wellbeing. We also want to ensure that our teachers feel able to make the next steps in their career but we also wish to create a culture here at Allerton Grange School that encourages them to stay and grow with us.  

The successful post holder will:-

• Be a Level 6 qualified Careers Adviser with experience delivering high-quality, impartial advice and guidance. 

• Support and inspire students to make informed decisions about their next steps, including college, university, apprenticeships and employment. 

• Work collaboratively with pastoral and curriculum teams to support students and families. 

• Deliver targeted support, including working with students at risk of becoming NEET. 

• Contribute to the wider careers programme, including events, visits, assemblies and partnerships with employers and providers. 

• Provide personalised support through careers interviews, plans and liaison with families and external agencies. 

• Support key transition points, including GCSE and A Level results days. 

• Communicate effectively, show strong organisation and contribute positively to whole-school improvement.

We will offer:-

• A talented, supportive staff team and a culture rooted in professional growth. 

• Excellent benefits including a generous pension, enhanced leave, strong wellbeing support, access to a wide range of discounts and initiatives, and a clear commitment to flexible working, with requests for varied working arrangements welcomed as part of our approach to staff wellbeing. 

• Outstanding facilities, including free onsite parking with EV charging points, gym access, and a modern, well resourced building. 

• A strong focus on staff wellbeing and work–life balance, underpinned by a fair workload charter and staff voice framework. 

• A Headteacher, Leadership Team and Governing Body dedicated to creating a school of outstanding practice. 

• Excellent professional development opportunities, including a subject specific CPD model aimed at deepening subject knowledge. 

• The opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of young people within a diverse, inclusive, truly comprehensive community.

If you share our values, ambition, have a proven track record, and relish a new challenge we look forward to receiving your application.

If you would like to apply for this post please download the application pack from this site or contact the school directly. The pack will include further details about the post, including how to apply.

Appointments are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and safeguarding recruitment checks. If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history, and an online search of publicly available information will be conducted as part of our due diligence process.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from individuals of all ages, backgrounds, identities, and circumstances. We are committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion in everything we do, and we aim to build a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds and the wider community. Our recruitment practices are designed to be fair, inclusive, and accessible to all. We are happy to discuss and provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

This role is UK based. You must have the legal right to work in the UK. If you are not a UK or Irish citizen, or covered by the EU Settlement Scheme, you must hold a visa that permits employment in this role.