Post 16 Progress and Careers Leader

Post 16 Progress and Careers Leader

Excelsior Academy

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE15 6AF

£30,152 full time equivalent, £27,716 actual

37 hours per week, term time + 10 days

Permanent

The Trustees are seeking to appoint a Post 16 Progress and Careers Leader for Excelsior Academy from September 2023.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an ambitious and supportive team, there will be a key emphasis on supporting student destinations. This role will facilitate the progression routes for all learners, including our higher education students. You will build upon an already strong strategy for developing a careers programme for the college that meets all eight of the Gatsby benchmarks of good practice and prepares young people for the choices and transitions in education, training and employment.

Excelsior Academy is an All-Through Academy providing education for students aged 3 – 19, serving the West End of Newcastle. Working at Excelsior, you will play an important role in our continuous drive for further improvement.

The successful candidate will join a successful MAT where all Academies support each other to the benefit of our pupils and their families.  Our Academies also enjoy strong support from an experienced LST central team based in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Further details and an application pack can be downloaded from the Careers section on the Laidlaw Schools Trust website https://www.laidlawschoolstrust.co.uk/72/vacancies-1

If you wish to have an informal discussion about this post, please contact HR exahr@excelsiornewcastle.org.uk

Closing Date: 9am on Monday 19^th June 2023.

Candidates who have not been contacted by Wednesday 21^st June 2023 may assume they have been unsuccessful.

Interviews will take place: w/c 19^th June 2023.

Applications should be returned to:  exahr@excelsiornewcastle.org.uk

Please note that we do not accept CVs.

We are an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to obtain an Enhanced Certificate of Disclosure from the DBS and a range of other recruitment checks. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate their commitment to children’s safeguarding.