Careers, Advice & Guidance Adviser - Level 4

College location:  This is a Cross-College role based at East Surrey College(Redhill) and John Ruskin College (Croydon)

Salary:  £33,439 - 34,444 (Subject to qualifications, skills, and experience)

Hours:  Full time (Monday - Friday 8:45 am - 5 pm)

In this exciting role, you will need experience of working in an educational setting providing Careers IAG, have employability skills and the ability to inspire, motivate and relate to young people.

 Main responsibilities of this role include:

• Providing outstanding careers guidance, counselling and information to learners in line with the College’s formal entitlement for students
• Organisation of the college’s careers resource area in working in partnership with the LRC, tutorial provision and Employer Services team
• Researching and providing up to date reports that promotes local and national career opportunities and local market information and to keep learners and tutors informed of new developments and trends
• To provide a drop in service and appointment service for learners
• Train staff on HE applications, UCAS, employability skills and up to date careers IAG 
• Apprenticeship careers workshops 

The successful candidate must have:

• Diploma in Careers Guidance or relevant specialist careers qualification at Level 3 and willing to work to Level 4.
• Up to date and authoritative knowledge of careers guidance work and developments in education / FE / HE employment and careers matters
• Experience and knowledge of offering and delivering careers IAG to KS4 up to level 4 learners as well as standard 16-18, apprenticeships and adult employability programmes on an individual basis or group basis
• Be committed in delivering high quality, independent and client focused career advice in one to one guidance sessions and other activities.
• Demonstrate excellent communications and interpersonal skills, strong planning and organisational abilities and great attention to detail

If this advert sounds like you and you would enjoy working in a forward thinking, friendly, fast paced, changing environment with state of the art facilities, we would love to hear from you. In return, we offer a competitive salary, as well as staff benefits such a choice of two excellent pension schemes, life assurance, free onsite parking and access to our fully equipped gym along with discounted in house Spa and Salon treatments.