Careers Co-Ordinator

Job overview
Position: Careers Co-Ordinator

Salary: United Learning Support Pay Scale, Band 3 Professional points 6 - 10 (£27,758.00 - £30,454.00 actual salary)Location: Salford, Greater Manchester

The Vacancy

Do you want to be part of a transformational team at one the most rapidly improving schools in Salford, with a drastic increase in Progress 8 and attainment scores over recent years? Would you like to join an Academy with an extremely positive staff survey response around Leadership support, alignment, vision and investment from staff as well as a Leadership Team who understand that work-life balance is important to getting the best outcomes for all?

Rated 'Good' in all areas by OFSTED (July 2023) the academy has a relentless focus on high standards in all that we do. Built on the values of ambition, respect and resilience we have a strong and growing reputation in our local community for very high expectations from our students in terms of behaviour and respect, whilst striving hard to be inclusive and ensure that the students are aspirational for their futures.

We are looking to recruit a Careers Co-Ordinator who will lead 1:1 and small group careers and destinations discussions; develop our work experience programme; target opportunities from partners to the right pupils and evaluate their impact; use data in a sophisticated way to make sure all pupils access the full range of activities we have to offer.

Please see the job description for full role details

We are part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.

We are working hard to become a more diverse organisation – which is key to our commitment to bringing out the best in everyone. We welcome applications from everyone committed to this ethos and would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented in the Group as a whole. We always appoint on merit.

What We Can Offer You!
Health cash plan, giving you money towards essential medical treatment
Employee Referral Scheme
Staff discount scheme to save you money on shopping, gym memberships, holidays and more
Bespoke career pathways for every member of staff with high quality training and development for every stage in your career
Start every term with an additional Inset day set aside for your own planning (in addition to the usual five INSET days - giving you eight in total)
We provide high quality training and development for every stage of your career
We offer the opportunities for flexible working
The benefits of working in a successfully multi-academy trust and full access to ongoing CPD
Cycle to Work Scheme
Access to a comprehensive wellbeing programme, providing support with issues from legal and financial to family and housing: access to free counselling and other wellbeing support

To Apply: Please complete the attached application and submit to rebecca.waters@albionacademy.co.uk by 12 noon on Wednesday 29th May.

Visits to the school are actively encouraged. Please contact rebecca.waters@albionacademy.co.uk to arrange.

The Albion Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust safeguarding processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. This post is subject to Enhanced DBS Clearance and barred list check. CV's will not be accepted

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