Careers Adviser

We are looking for a level 6 qualified Careers Guidance specialist to join our well-established Careers Advice service at Nottingham College. We will also consider an individual who is currently undertaking this qualification, should they meet the other essential criteria as below.

Working as part of the Nottingham college careers team, we believe that every individual deserves the chance to pursue their dreams. Our team is dedicated to providing exceptional guidance and support, helping clients navigate their career paths with confidence and clarity.

If you re ready to embark on a rewarding journey where you can inspire and empower others on their next steps in education, training of employment, we want to hear from you!

You will work alongside a passionate team of careers professionals who share your commitment to making a difference and along the way you can have access to ongoing training and development opportunities to enhance your skills and advance your career.

You should be an experienced, motivational, enthusiastic and flexible Careers Adviser who can support the delivery of our college careers strategy, enable services to meet the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks and work collaboratively with colleagues across the college curriculum and professional service teams to retain our quality assurance standard through Matrix.

In this high paced role, you should enjoy working with a wide range of students to support and guide them to navigate their way through a range of careers education experiences and support their progression into Higher education and through to employment. You should have a broad range of experience of working with young people and adults across all levels of education, both 1:1 and in group settings to deliver careers guidance.

In this role you will deliver services face to face on any of our campuses, telephone and or Virtual delivery through Teams will be available to suit the needs of your clients. You will also engage and make use of digital platforms which ensure the service reaches the maximum number of clients it can.

You will work closely with curriculum managers, heads of student experience, personal development leads and the college Careers Leader to create inspiring careers education activities including careers events for students, ensuring that they meet individual needs and aspirations. You should have a real passion for providing a high-quality careers guidance service, some experience of working with vulnerable learners and learners with SEN would be advantageous to support transitions into further study or work.

You will be expected to design and deliver high quality group sessions to a wide range of clients and have detailed knowledge of relevant developments in careers education and up to date knowledge of local labour markets and issues relating to learning and employment.

You will be expected to work flexibly and independently but will be supported as part of a wider Careers Advice Team, schools outreach team and Student Operations team. You will possess excellent networking skills which will allow you to foster positive relationships with the wider Student Services team wellbeing and additional learning support as well as personal development tutors and wellbeing mentors and the work experience team.

The post will be shortlisted against the essential and desirable criteria at application stage from the person specification. Please ensure that you have a look at this specification attached to the Role Profile and complete your application directly from this, as these specifications are an integral part of the selection process.

Closing date for applications is 11th December 2024 5pm

Interviews/assessments are planned for week commencing 7th January 2025.

Nottingham College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of our students and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks including employer references and an enhanced DBS check will be required for this role.

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