Careers Advisor

CAREERS ADVISOR

Permanent 

37 hours per week

Monday - Thursday – 8.30am – 4.30pm

Friday - 8.30am - 4.00pm

38 term time weeks + 5 training days per annum and 5 further additional days

during August to support with Examination Results

Tove Learning Trust  Band H £29,540 - £33,143  FTE

Level 6 Career Development Qualification

Actual annual starting salary range: £26,060 per annum

Tove Learning Trust Band I  £33,699 - £37,280 FTE

Level 7 QCD Career Development Qualification

Actual annual starting salary range: £29,860 per annum

We require for September 2026, a Careers Advisor at Lord Grey Academy. 

The main focus of the role will be to deliver 1 to 1 and small group careers guidance, therefore a Qualification in Career Development (QCD), or a completed Level 6 Career Development Professional qualification via an Apprenticeship is essential for the role. Candidates who are on track to complete the aforementioned qualifications by September 2026 are also welcome to apply.  We will also consider candidates with Level 4 qualification who have applied for a L6 Careers Guidance qualification.

The successful candidate will be:-

• a strong communicator;

• caring and empathetic when working with teenagers;

• focussed on excellent destinations for youngsters;

• well organised, tenacious, dedicated and confident;

• an excellent role model for Lord Grey Academy students.

A vacancy booklet, information for candidates booklet and the application form are all available on the vacancies section of Lord Grey Academy’s website:

Please note the application form and information for candidates booklet are available on the right hand side of the above link. Please do look at our recruitment video of our staff talking about working at Lord Grey and our document: Why work at Lord Grey?

Completed application form and covering letter should be submitted to Human Resources at Lord Grey or emailed to View email address on tes.com by 9am on Wednesday 1 July 2026.  Interviews will be held on Wednesday 8 July 2026.

Only successfully short listed candidates will be contacted. CVs will not be accepted.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.

Tove Learning Trust

Tove Learning Trust (TLT) is a highly successful multi-academy Trust with primary, secondary and alternative provision schools across the West Midlands, Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes. We are a cross phase trust providing a high-quality education for over 11,500 children between the ages of 4 and 18. Within our family of schools we have four primaries, nine secondaries and two alternative provision schools.

As an employer of choice, we recognise every colleague is an individual, we value diversity, and work as a team to remove barriers to equity. We know that when you are ‘the best you’, whatever your role is with the Trust, you will transform students’ lives.

The Trust is committed to ensuring that all children achieve as highly as possible and we work hard to offer stimulating environments that enable every learner to progress and flourish. We have a small central team and a committed Board of Trustees that are focused on delivering outstanding outcomes.

We aim to have academies that are excellent communities of learning where children thrive on success.

You will have access to a team of school improvement directors specialising in Maths, English, Science, Humanities, EYFS and SEND & Inclusion. Our outcomes in the vast majority of our schools exceed national expectations and many of our schools are rated Good or better by OFSTED.

Employee Benefits:

• Teacher & support staff pension schemes

• Continuous Professional development (CPD)

• Training School Alliance

• Networking opportunities

• Specsavers eyecare voucher

• Free Flu vaccine

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

• Medicash - Health Cash Plan:

  • 24/7 GP Appointments & prescription services

  • Dental treatment

  • Optical care

  • Physiotherapy

  • Skinvision - skin health tracker

  • A range of essential healthcare expenses

  • Exclusive discounts on shopping & travel

The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.