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The Thomas Lord Audley School
CAREERS ADVISOR
Pay Range: Local Government Scale 6 to 7
Actual Salary from: £21,207 - £25,955 (Points 13-24)
This post is 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Start Date: September 2025
The Role
The Thomas Lord Audley School is looking to recruit a Careers Advisor. The successful candidate will provide careers guidance for our young people and will help to ensure the school meets the statutory requirements for careers. As part of the role you will also oversee our reprographics department.
Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert early should we receive an overwhelming response.
Some of your key responsibilities will include:
- Manage the provision of careers and labour market information
- Liaise with tutorial managers, mentors and SENCO to identify students needing guidance
- Plan a systematic and structured careers offer to ensure that no child is left behind
- Provide impartial information, advice and guidance to individuals and to groups of students in relation to all aspects of their progression planning
- Photocopy and administrate other reprographics work to assist the teaching and administration colleagues as required
(The full details can be found in the attached Job Outline and Person Specification).
We're looking for you if you have:
- Level 6 Careers qualification or are willing to work towards one
- Experience working in schools
- Knowledge, or a desire to gain knowledge, in careers
Why work for The Sigma Trust, The Thomas Lord Audley School?
We can offer you:
- A Competitive Salary
- Robust school CPD training programme that enables you to flourish
- Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships
Employee benefits include:
- Excellent pension scheme
- A Health Cash Plan
- Employee Assistance Programme providing free and confidential advice
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye care plan
- Annual free flu vaccination
- Discounted gym membership at selected local gyms
- Discounted cinema tickets
- Eligible for Blue Light Card
Please note that an integration period applies to all new staff joining the Trust, to support introduction into the organisation.
Additional Information:
For additional information about the Trust and this school, please visit our website www.sigmatrust.org.uk
To Apply
To apply for this post, please follow the URL link provided below:
https://careers.sigmatrust.org.uk/Apply/U2lcc243nbWEgQXBwbGljYXRpb24gRm9ybSBOb3ZlbWJlciAyMDIzfDQxfDcyNjcxNnwxfHxGYWxzZXwyMTIyfDQwODc4ODF8MA%3d%3d?i=gILKT%2bX%2bHt8%3d
Please note that only fully completed application forms will be accepted and any CV's and accompanying covering letters will be disregarded. A Notes for Applicants document is attached for further information.
- Closing date: Midnight, Thursday 3rd July 2025
- Shortlisting date: 4th July 2025
- Interviewing date: w/c 7th July 2025
The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.
The Sigma Trust is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristics. This is embedded in our vision 'To Be Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts', where we believe we are strong and more successful working together, creating a workplace which celebrates diversity.
Information about the School
The Thomas Lord Audley School is a high performing, over-subscribed 11-16 comprehensive school with just under 800 students (capacity 840), situated to the south of Colchester. It is the "most improved school in Essex" (Essex LA September 2016). It serves a diverse catchment area including Old Heath, Monkwick, Shrub End and the villages to the south of Colchester including the community of Mersea Island.
Categorised as good and rapidly improving in its recent Ofsted inspection, it has been commended for the quality of its leadership, the standard of its teaching, and the welfare, behaviour and achievement of its pupils.
On 1 September 2016, the school joined The Sigma Trust, a partnership of schools with The Stanway School, St Helena School, Clacton County High School, Monkwick Junior School and Monkwick Infants School and Nursery. In the past, the school has benefited from the Stanway Federation’s programme of seconding high quality staff between schools and the development of wide-ranging in-service training which has led to on-going school improvement. Working in collaboration with all the schools within The Sigma Trust can only enhance this development.
Safeguarding
The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.