Careers Adviser (Part-time)

We seek to appoint a committed and enthusiastic Part-time Career Adviser to join our team. To provide professional career guidance services, including personal guidance interviews, in order to improve pupils ‘skills, knowledge and understanding for careers planning and management.

Our School:

• The school is a genuinely inclusive mixed 11–18 comprehensive school adjacent to North Dulwich station and serving a diverse local inner-city community

• We are proud to be recognised as one of the top schools in the country for our achievement.

• We were judged ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted in 2022 again, and have been awarded “World Class School” status again in 2019

• Our GCSE students perform exceptionally well across all EBACC subjects at GCSE. We are consistently in the top 10% of schools nationally for our A-Level performance.

• The education students receive enables life-changing educational chances for everyone serving the whole community

• In the 2022 Staff Survey 88% of staff said they are proud to work at our school and 90% agreed that the school is well led and managed

• We receive 1,200 Year 7 applications, every year, for 192 places

Experience and Skills

• A minimum of two years’ experience of working with children (either paid or unpaid capacity) preferably in a secondary education setting

• A recognised interest in the importance of Careers Education in a school

• Understanding of strategies needed to establish consistently high aspirations and standards of results and behaviour

• Demonstrates high expectations which inspire, enthuse, motivate and challenge students to achieve their best

• Ability to form strong relationships with students, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds and those with additional needs

We support our staff with:

• Bike to work scheme

• Eye test provision

• Season ticket loan

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)