Careers and Pathways Officer

Job start date: 22 April 2024  

Hours per week: 36.5 term time only  

Broadway Academy
The Broadway
Birmingham
B20 3DP
Telephone number: 0121 566 4334

Email: broadway@hays.com

Contract type: Permanent

Are you passionate about ensuring the best life chances for young people? Ready to use your experience and skills to develop a high quality CEIAG service for Broadway students?

If you are innovative, highly effective and have excellent networking skills, join us and make a difference to our students’ futures.

Broadway Academy Trust is rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted and constantly striving for excellence.

Our Careers’ Service and Vision

We are committed to ensuring that every student receives the guidance and resources they need to make informed decisions about their future. Our dedication to excellence is shown by our consistent achievement of 100% in the Compass+ evaluation, highlighting our success in meeting the Gatsby benchmarks. We are committed to providing high-quality careers education, information, advice, and guidance (CEIAG) that aligns with best practices and industry standards. Through engaging and relevant activities, we empower students to explore their interests, develop essential skills, and make considered choices about their future pathways. We are dedicated to ensuring compliance with the Provider Access Legislation, offering planned activities that provide students with meaningful encounters with employers, further education institutions, and apprenticeship providers

The Role

We are looking for someone who:

• has experience of working with students and staff to raise aspirations re. future education / career pathways through the provision of accurate, up to date information, advice and guidance

• will ensure we have excellent links with local employers for work experiences placements, Careers and other programmes

• can support the strategic development of our careers’ education, information and guidance for young people

• will facilitate the contribution of colleagues and a range of partners to young people’s career learning, planning and development

• is experienced in designing and selecting curriculum resources, activities and services to meet young people’s career needs

• has excellent ICT and administration skills

Why you should join us

You will get a real opportunity to make a difference within a school which encourages students and staff to be aspirational. We have an innovative partnership with a well-regarded school in the independent sector. Staff development is a priority for all, and we provide structured CPD. Staff wellbeing is a priority, and the Trust supports this through an employee assistance programme. If you are keen to work in a successful and growing academy trust which encourages staff to aim high in their own careers, this could be a great opportunity for you.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Come and have a look around and speak to the department.

To arrange a visit, seek more information or request a full application pack, please contact our recruitment contact

Paul Hunt.

 You can also visit our dedicated recruitment website

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.  

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.  

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.   T

his post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.  

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.  

Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.