Careers Advisor

Role Title: Careers Advisor

Salary: £27,500

Contract Type: Full Time - (37.5 hours)

Reports to: Primary: The Leeds United Foundation & Education Manager Secondary: Garforth Academy & Careers Lead

Location: Garforth Academy (LS25 1LJ) The Leeds United Foundation (LS11 0ES)

Key Relationships: The Leeds United Foundation, Garforth Academy

Leeds United Foundation supported over 70000 beneficiaries last season through our twenty-five programmes embracing health and wellbeing, sports participation, and education.

Purpose of the Role: A new and exciting partnership between The Leeds United Foundation and Garforth Academy sees an opportunity to invest in Careers Information Advice and Guidance for Young People in a full-time role. The partnership seeks to appoint a Careers Advisor to inspire young people to learn, be active and develop important life skills, knowledge, understanding, confidence, and skills that they need to make informed choices and plans for their future learning and career.

Through a collaborative and coordinated approach, the successful candidate will produce and deliver a Careers, Information, Advice and Guidance Programme that will:

• Build young people’s interest in learning and education through creativity and innovation

• Bridge young people’s ability to connect with the professional working world

• Provide young people with the knowledge, understanding, confidence and skills that they need to make

  informed choices and plans for their future learning and career

• Create opportunities for enterprise, employability & personal development

• Support young people to make the right choices and progress into positive pathways.

• Ensure all activity meets safeguarding, inclusion, and quality standards.

• Complete Mid-term and End of Year Reports to the Premier League and Professional Footballers Association.

• To monitor and evaluate the success of project, gather key information and progress date in line with the

  Foundation’s impact reporting framework and the requirements of funders.

• To celebrate success and showcase the impact of our work and achievements of our beneficiaries.

This Job Description and Person Specification reflect the duties of the post as they exist at this time and may be subject to change based on the needs of The Leeds United Foundation and the Key Stakeholders. The post-holder may be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the salary and competence requirements of this post from time to time as required.

• To interview identified students in Key Stage 3, and 4 on a one-to-one and / or small groups.

• Providing additional support to students identified as at risk of becoming NEET by the School.

• Supporting students in gaining the skills required to increase their chances of a successful transition from

  secondary education to further education, training providers and employment, e.g. how to write a C.V,

  how to complete an application form/personal statement and preparing for interviews.

• To deliver apprenticeship workshops with pupils to show them how to search and apply for vacancies on

  the National Apprenticeship Website.

• Support the schools Careers Lead in organising other careers events including the school careers evening,

  options & HE days/evenings, employer insight days, HE fairs etc.

• Support the Head of PSHE regarding the delivery of a planned program of lessons and activities for

  careers education as appropriate, including developing employability skills.

• Presenting information at open evenings, parent’s evenings and other careers related events.

• Support the development of effective and continually improving careers education, careers information

  and careers guidance for the students at KS3 and KS4.

• Liaising with Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO) in supporting the transition of vulnerable

  students and those with learning difficulties.

• To liaise and negotiate with external organisations (around employment, Further Education) with and,

  on behalf of young people.

• Researching careers, options and support organisations to meet students’ needs.

• Running small group/drop-in sessions or larger presentations on all aspects of careers work.

• Using computer-aided guidance packages, skills assessment tools, psychometric tests and personal

  inventories.

• To use, and where appropriate, establish IT systems for administrative tasks, such as recording

  interactions with and tracking students.

• Ensure the programme meets the requirements of the participants and as set out by the key stakeholders

  (The Leeds United Foundation and Garforth Academy)

• Attend meetings with the Key Stakeholders to present developments and progress towards Key

  Performance Indicators.

• Project Monitoring - Complete all Monitoring and Evaluation requirements as set by the Key

  Stakeholders.

• Ensure the programme meets the Minimum Operating Standards as directed by the Key Stakeholders.

  From time to time and where deemed appropriate, the Key Stakeholders may make changes to the structure of KPIs or minimum operating standards during and after the first year of delivery. Any such changes will be formally communicated in writing by the Key Stakeholders

• Attend meetings, events, and/ or mandatory training (for the duration of the times specified) as required by the Key Stakeholders.

• Develop working relationships with employers, colleges, universities and training providers.

Other Duties

• To be aware of and abide by all the School / Leeds United Foundation policies and procedures, in particular Safeguarding and Equality Diversity & Inclusion

• To assist at school open days/mornings, functions and with extra-curricular activities.

• To attend staff INSET sessions and key staff meetings.

• Required to undertake other duties commensurate with the salary and competence requirements

  of this post from time to time as required.

About the Organisation: The Leeds United Foundation is a Community Charity, we march together to support health, wellbeing, education, and sports participation for all.

Our package includes:

• Competitive salary

• 34 days holiday (including bank holidays)

• Pensions contribution

• Personal growth and development

• Staff training

• The opportunity to work with young people and change lives and inspire the young people in the local area.

• Access to discounted offers

• Access to internal events

• Access to external events

Person Specification

Essential Qualifications

• Level 6 qualification in Careers Guidance & Development

• eg: NVQ level 6/Level 6 Diploma in QCG or equivalent

• CDI accredited.

• High standard of literacy and numeracy

• Relevant NSPCC Safeguarding or

  equivalent.

• DBS Checked

• Minimum 5 GCSE passes grade A-C (or

  equivalent) including English and Maths

Essential Experience

• In Careers Education, Information & Guidance

• In managing one’s own time in a work placement

• Experience of working with young people at KS 3 & 4

• Experience of working with a management information system

Desirable Experience

• Experience of working in a school or college environment.

Essential Knowledge & Skills

• A passion for maximizing the career opportunities for every individual pupil.

• Understand the role of a School Careers

  Advisor

• Be an effective and confident

  communicator, having a good command of English, both spoken and written, appropriate to a variety of audiences.

• Ability to work as a team and on one’s own.

• Ability to communicate the school’s values and a desire to promote the image of The Leeds United Foundation/The Premier League and the School

• Ability to work in new and challenging situations.

• Ability to use current Windows based packages including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, software relevant to Careers.

Desirable Knowledge & Skills

• Ability to support the extra- curricular life of the school including extracurricular activities.

Personal Qualities

• Be able to advise and motivate young people.

• A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

• To display the highest levels of integrity and complete trustworthiness and discretion.

• Be a problem solver, and to be able to reflect upon one’s own practice.

• Be highly organized with the ability

  to prioritise and work to tight deadlines whilst retaining a professional composure.

• A commitment to continuing professional development.

• A commitment to target setting and the monitoring of such progress towards such targets.

• A commitment to development planning and development of effective monitoring and evaluating strategies.

• Have an excellent punctuality and attendance record.

• Display excellent teamwork skills.

• Flexible, versatile, and self-

  motivated.

• Confident

• An awareness of the importance of confidentiality and data protection.

• Conversant with relevant educational issues and developments within the specific field but also in more general areas.

• Be involved in the extra- curricular life of the school.

Other

• Full/Clean UK driving license

• Emergency First Aid

Closing Date: 13th October, 2025