Head of Careers and Employability

The Role:

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a thriving, diverse, co-educational independent day school on the outskirts of Bristol. We are looking for a dynamic and highly capable Head of Careers and Employability, to coordinate and deliver the careers and employability provision of our Senior School whilst contributing to the wider life of this busy holistic school community. This post is offered from October 2023.

The successful candidate will be knowledgeable of current good CEIAG practice, innovative, highly organised and have excellent people management and communication skills. They will develop excellent relationships with local and national businesses, professional organisations and higher education institutes, as well as with parents and guardians, to ensure students receive outstanding career support.

Hours and Salary:

This is a part time role, working 30 hours per week over 4 or 5 days, including a 30-minute unpaid lunch break. These hours are to be worked during term time and INSET days, with two additional weeks during the school holiday period.

You will receive a competitive salary depending on skills, experience and qualifications, a holiday allowance based on 25 days per year plus 8 bank holidays pro-rata. Staff benefits include free lunches during term time, free on-site parking and use of the school’s sports facilities.

About the School:

Collegiate School occupies a glorious thirty-acre campus and has all of its facilities on-site. We are easily accessible from the motorway network, with approximately 800 students aged from 3 to 18.

We are proud of our high academic standards and our innovative approach to the development of teaching and learning across the school. We value the range of opportunities we provide for our pupils outside the classroom. In our recent ISI report the school was judged excellent in all areas; raw examination results are consistently good, value-add scores are high and we have waiting lists in most year groups.

Important Dates:

We reserve the right to invite candidates for interview prior to the closing date where we have sufficient suitable applications. Therefore, we encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 1st October 2023.

Interviews are anticipated to take place during week commencing 2nd October.

Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

The safeguarding responsibilities of the post include:

- To promote the safeguarding and welfare of children and young persons for whom they are responsible or come into contact with;

- To be supportive of and committed to the School’s policies on Child Protection;

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.