Careers Education Lead

Careers Education LeadSalary: Up to £35kHours: Full time, 37 hours per weekContract Type: Permanent. 43 days’ holiday. 17% pensionLocation: ExeterClosing Date: 26/09/2024Bags of enthusiasm? Impressive networking skills? People management experience? Passionate about the difference great careers advice can make? Then read on…You don’t need a background or qualification in careers advice to apply. We’re far more interested in your enthusiasm, networking skills and people management experience. If you’re working in events, marketing, teaching, sales or another role with transferable skills, we really should be talking, especially if you believe in the power of great careers advice.We think a great careers service is all about creating an integrated, city-wide network of aspiration and advice. So, you’ll need to be comfortable giving engaging presentations and building relationships with local employers and College managers. You’ll also need to be supremely organised, overseeing an impressive programme of events throughout the year, using digital content to promote them. People management experience is a must, too. You’ll lead a team of careers advisors and be great at collaborating with staff, students and external bodies.We’re one of the UK’s biggest and best Colleges. We have over 10,000 students with wide-ranging ambitions, from the undecided to Oxbridge to Apprenticeships. Whatever their aims, we’re committed to helping all our students plan for their careers.We’ll give you 43 days’ paid holiday a year, a fantastic 17% pension contribution and we’ll pay for you to get qualified in careers advice if required. Interested? Come and meet the team, 5 - 6pm on Thursday 19th September or Tuesday 24th September 4pm - 5.30pm. Just drop us an email.The closing date for applications is midnight on Thursday 26th September 2024.Everyone’s welcome to apply for a role here, regardless of personal characteristics, including race, age, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality.We’re totally committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students, and we expect you to be too. We follow safer recruitment statutory guidance (Keeping Children Safe in Education). If you’re successful, you’ll be required to complete thorough pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. All posts at Exeter College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) mean that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975 provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications, related exceptions and further information.