Senior Careers and Industry Placement Lead

East Surrey College

  • Croydon, Greater London
  • £43,814 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 2 months ago
Job TypeSupportJob CategoryVariousEmployment BasisEstablished (salaried)LocationJohn Ruskin College - Croydon, East Surrey College - RedhillSalary Range£43,813.98Closing Date07/07/2025Documents(PDF, 472.18kb)
(PDF, 164.3kb)Senior Careers and Industry Placement LeadCollege location: This is a Cross-College role that is based both at John Ruskin College (Croydon) and East Surrey College (Redhill)Salary: £43,813.98Hours: Full time - Monday to Friday 8:45 am - 5 pmAre you passionate about shaping the future of students through impactful career guidance? We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Careers Lead to head our Careers and Industry Placement team!As Lead of the Careers and Industry Placement team, you will provide line management, support, and direction to these key cross college teams. Using your deep knowledge of national guidance and legislation, as well as quality benchmarks, you will support an effective careers offer and take up across all provision and drive placement completion across T levels and study programmes.Main responsibilities of this role include:
  • Line management of careers and industry placement team
  • Work closely with the Vice Principal and Exec Director C&P to deliver the Gatsby benchmarks and Careers Strategy KPI’s
  • Promote the College with employers, sector bodies, schools, and the local community, developing effective partnerships with employers, the funding agencies, and other representative bodies
The successful candidate must have:
  • Up to date and authoritative knowledge of careers guidance work and developments in Education / FE / HE employment and careers matters
  • Confident and engaging manner with prospective partners and employers
  • Significant experience and knowledge of the education Sector and employment sectors
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, strong planning and organisational abilities and great attention to detail
  • A minimum of a Diploma in Careers Guidance or relevant specialist careers qualification at Level 6 would be highly desirable
  • Maths & English GCSE/Level 2 Equivalent
If you do not have a L6 qualification in Careers IAG but have a L4 along with experience in this area and you would be willing to obtain the L6 we would be happy to receive an application from you.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, free onsite parking and access to our fully equipped gym along with discounted in house Spa and Salon treatments.Closing Date: Monday 7th July 2025**Applications will however be shortlisted on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to interview and appoint before this closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment. As much as we would love to respond to all applicants, due to the sheer volume of applications we receive we are unable to respond to all unsuccessful candidates. If you have not heard from us within 14 days of sending your CV, unfortunately you have not been selected for the position.Please refer to the attached Job Description, Person Specification and Competency Framework and apply using the button below.Orbital South Colleges Group are committed to Equal Opportunities, encouraging applications from all sectors of the community to reflect our diverse student population. We are also committed to PREVENT and Safeguarding the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Both College Campus’ are smoke-free zones.As part of our pre-employment checks, successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS, references will be taken and evidence of all qualifications and awards will also be required before commencement of employment. Failure to do so may lead to offers being withdrawn.Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK as we do not sponsor work permits, and work permits from other organisations are unacceptable as proof of right to work in the UK.

East Surrey College