Careers Manager

We are working with a Further Education provider in Cambridge who require an experienced careers manager to lead their careers and work experience programmes, supporting students and apprentices. You’ll help students make the right choices around education, training and employment and assist them to get work-ready.

On a day-to-day basis you’ll be involved with:

·Leading the delivery of impartial advice and guidance to students, ensuring they receive relevant, up-to-date guidance, and are aware of what the college can offer

·Managing the delivery of career and world of work advice via drop ins, telephone, live chat, email and events

·Contributing to and continuously developing the college’s careers programme

·Working with other managers, student services and colleagues to support the progression process for students

·Ensuring that the college’s work meets the Careers Guidance Codes, as well as other key benchmarks

·Providing advice at key college events

·Providing internal reports and papers to the SMT and relevant external bodies

·Working closely with external agencies and employers

The ideal candidate for this role will have worked in further education previously, managing Careers and Work Experience services, have a Diploma in Careers Guidance and Development, and ideally have a good understanding of Gatsby Benchmarks.

This is a permanent position offering a salary of up to £37,700 per annum plus excellent benefits that include:

·Generous annual leave and pension schemes

·Staff discounts and health benefits

·Free on-site parking and gym membership

·Professional development opportunities

If this opportunity is of interest please submit your CV ASAP. Please note we consider every CV that is submitted to us, however due to time constraints and high volumes of CVs we are only able to get back to those applications that are successful.

If we have not contacted you within 48 hours, unfortunately your application has not been successful and we wish you all the best in your job search.