Careers Coordinator

The King Edward VI School is a high achieving school, with a reputation for academic excellence for all. We provide for over 1400 students from Years 9-13 and have a thriving Sixth Form of around 450 students. We pride ourselves on being a fully inclusive and truly comprehensive school built on traditional principles and high standards.

We aim to prepare all in our care to leave the school fully equipped to meet the challenges they may face, and with a sense of service to their communities. We value our positive relations between staff and students and are proud of our friendly and purposeful atmosphere.

Our dedicated staff ensure that students are challenged to meet their potential, in a supportive environment. We have a holistic view of education and pride ourselves on offering a fully rounded educational experience. It is not only in the academic sphere where our students excel. Our commitment to extracurricular activities is very strong, and we offer our students an extensive enrichment and extra-curricular programme.

We believe there is something here for everyone.

We are very proud of our staff, students and our legacy. Please take a moment to look through our website to get an insight into what our school has to offer.

We have many amazing people working here. People who are knowledgeable, passionate and committed. Some people spend their career with us, some because they’ve found their niche, others are with us because of the opportunities to grow and develop. We want great people working for us. To get the best, we will always offer the best in terms of employment and opportunity. Diversity and inclusion are important to us - we are all individual and shaped by our personal characteristics, backgrounds, knowledge, skills and experience.

The King Edward VI School is a supportive and caring school. Ensuring provision is in place for all students. We are proud of the positive relationships that are formed between staff and students and the culture of aspiration and success that underpins how we work with our young people.

We believe we provide a great place to work and in return offer a supportive staff training and ongoing CPD.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic member of staff to join our school who has the ability to:

• Systematically manage CEIAG provision across the school to support the GCSE options process and manage Post 16 and 18 transition

• Ensure KEVI is fully compliant with Gatsby Benchmarks, meets the Baker Clause and modern work experience requirements

• Manage work experience administration, with a focus ensuring all vulnerable students have access to meaningful workplace experiences

• Data management to track CEIAG activity, engagement, destinations and interventions using Compass+, OnTrack+, Unifrog and other relevant software

Working hours will be 8.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Thursday and 8.30am to 4.00pm on Friday.

The role is term time plus 5 days (including A Level and GCSE results days).