Overview
Join us as a Careers Adviser: Empower Futures! Do you want to work for a company where wellbeing is more than a word, it's a commitment? Somewhere where the person matters as much as the professional? Progress Careers takes this approach. Our benefits include access to discounted gym memberships, a free wellbeing app with fitness, yoga and mindfulness resources, and dedicated counselling support. Work-life balance matters with generous holidays and flexibility where possible. We invest in your personal and professional growth.
We offer:
* Professional Development: Support for professional qualifications, in-house training, including paid qualifications. Last year we invested approximately £3.5k per colleague.
* Financial Security: Death in Service Insurance providing four times your salary.
* Family-Friendly Policies: Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave.
* Health and Wellbeing Cashback: Medicash for you and your dependants, covering eye tests, optical, dental, prescriptions, and holistic treatments up to £900 annually.
* Recognition Awards: Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual Recognition Awards.
* Referral Bonus: £500 for referring top talent.
* Exclusive Discounts: MiRewards benefits platform with discounts and rewards.
* Weekly drop-ins with Senior Leaders: Connect, clarify and communicate with weekly drop-ins with our Managing Director and organisation SLT.
* Group Connection: Annual Group conference and a comprehensive benefits review.
About Progress Careers: a part of The Progress Group, comprising six business units that innovate, influence, and inspire through high-quality education and training.
Main Duties
Personal Career Guidance
* To conduct client-focused, impartial, personal career guidance interviews, supporting students/clients to make informed, realistic career decisions. Delivered in 1:1 interviews and group sessions. Advisers are expected to encourage clients to demonstrate self and opportunity awareness, raise aspirations, motivate, and generate ongoing career conversations.
* To work closely with career leads within each educational setting and to generate and maintain client records electronically in support of personal guidance interviews, including the creation and distribution of a summary of guidance.
Careers Information
* Use expert knowledge of careers and labour market information to enable students/clients to identify, access, interpret, and utilise valid and current information relevant to them, including appropriate use of information technology (e.g., social media and web-based information sources).
* To organise careers fairs and other relevant activities with the Careers Leader.
Career Guidance Programmes
* To provide advice to the Careers Leader on resources and the role of opportunity providers, other education, training and employment providers and relevant partners (e.g., Enterprise Co-ordinator/Adviser) in the development and delivery of the career guidance programme, achieving Gatsby Benchmarks and where appropriate the Quality in Careers Standards Award.
* To facilitate career-related learning activities in groups with students/clients.
* To assist (where appropriate) with monitoring, tracking and ongoing support of school leavers and destinations, providing timely data to the operational team.
Partnerships and Networking
* Refer to specialist services if required to support specific needs of students/clients (e.g., SEND).
* Communicate with external agencies and networks for the benefit of students/clients and the enhancement of the career guidance programme.
* Involve parents and carers, where relevant, in the career guidance programme and attend parents’ evenings as required.
Professionalism
* Abide by relevant legislation, codes of professional practice (e.g., CDI Code of Ethics) and school policies.
* Safeguard young people.
* Promote equality and diversity and challenge stereotyping.
* Reflect on practice and engage in CPD to keep up to date with sector developments.
Note: The above list of job duties is not exclusive or exhaustive; duties may be reasonably required within the scope and grading of the post. Job descriptions should be regularly reviewed to ensure accuracy.
Person Specification
The ideal candidate must demonstrate a passion for careers guidance, be enthusiastic, and have experience in an information, advice and guidance setting ideally with young people.
Essential
* Qualification in careers guidance (level 6 or above) or working towards L6.
* Experience in an IAG setting.
* IT literate (MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and capability with other technology platforms.
* Ability to work to tight timelines and produce high-quality work under pressure.
* Strong organisational skills; ability to prioritise and manage multiple work streams with minimal supervision.
* Confidence across multiple educational settings.
* Confidence presenting to large groups.
* Proactive and innovative in approach; anticipates issues and acts without prompting.
* Numerate with attention to detail; high standards for own work.
* Good written and verbal communication skills.
* Ability to build strong working relationships with senior school staff.
* Willingness to learn and develop new skills; collaborative team player aligned to the company mission.
* Awareness and compliance with GDPR.
* Professional representation of Progress Careers at careers events.
Desirable
* Flexible work capability; occasional evening responsibilities.
* Experience creating learning resources and lesson planning.
* Registered on the CDI Professional Register.
* Strong networks and awareness of provision within the relevant geographical territory.
Additional Information
Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, the successful candidate will require an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Progress Careers is committed to safeguarding and safer recruitment practices. All staff participate in training and development as required by company policies and practices.
The duties and responsibilities describe the post as it is at present; reasonable alterations may be required from time to time. The post holder may have access to confidential information and must maintain absolute confidentiality.
Please check our candidate pack to learn more about what we offer: https://www.flipsnack.com/C898CB66AED/progress-careers-candidate-pack/full-view.html
We’re not just offering a job – we’re offering a holistic work experience that values you as an individual. #WorkWithUs #BenefitsBeyondOrdinary #EmployeeWellbeing
How to apply
Submit your application by clicking APPLY. For queries please email us.
Diversity and Inclusion: The Progress Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, pregnancy, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, medical history, skin colour, marital status, genetic information, or parental status. All employment decisions are based on merit, job requirements, and business needs. We are committed to safeguarding all children and young people with safer recruitment practices. Details at The Progress School's website.
Note: We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role.
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