Salary: Grade 4 £33,366-£40,476 - Approximate Actual salary - £30,769 Job type: Full Time, Permanent Start date: 06/01/2025 Apply by: 28 November 2024 Job overview WAVERLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION TRUST Yardley Green Road Bordesley Green Birmingham B9 5QA Tel: 0121 566 6600 Academy Trust Careers Advisor and Co-Ordinator Grade 4 £33,366-£40,476 36.5 Hours Term Time Only Two Weeks during summer Approximate Actual salary - £30,769 To start -January 2025 Waverley Education Foundation (WEF) is a Multi Academy Trust, which operates both Waverley School and Waverley Studio College. WEF has over 1900 students on roll across the trust. It develops, brokers and delivers a range of services which support learning and leadership & management and improve outcomes for children and young people. Waverley School is an all through school for students aged 4-19. It also has a Resource Base for students with cognition and learning difficulties. In its recent Ofsted inspection in September 2021, Waverley School was graded as a ‘Good’ School. The secondary phase of Waverley School has 1174 students including those in the Sixth Form. We have state of the art facilities for learning, teaching and training and a strong staff team that are committed to the learning and development of all our students. Our core values of Humanity, Equality, Aspiration and Respect support our vision to create a learning community where we work together to achieve excellence in everything we do. “Pupils have a strong understanding of diversity, respect and tolerance, including for different family lifestyles” – Ofsted 2021 We are looking for a highly motivated and committed individual to join our team as Careers Advisor and Co-Ordinator. The ideal applicant will support all students attending Waverley School and Waverley Studio College receive excellent and impartial CEIAG; you will empower staff across the Trust to support the CEIAG agenda and to signpost students to appropriate, professional sources of IA. The ideal applicant also need to have excellent communication skills and the ability to forge strong working relationships. This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role. The successful candidate will need to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or religion. Only applications submitted on the schools application form will be accepted. Waverley School as part of the Waverley Education Foundation Trust is committed to the protection and safety of its students. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online check in line with “Keeping Children Safe in Education” The closing date for applications is 10:00am Thursday 28 November 2024. About Waverley School Waverley School 311 Yardley Green Road, Bordesley Green, Birmingham West Midlands B9 5QA United Kingdom 44 121 566 6600 Waverley School is a co-educational, all-through school located in Birmingham, West Midlands. It has around 1800 pupils across its primary, secondary and sixth-form departments. The school is part of the Waverley Education Foundation, a multi-academy trust that also operates the local Waverley Studio College. Waverley School became an all-through school in 2012 and moved to a new site in 2013. It is proud of its diverse student intake. Values and vision Waverley School values learning through diversity. Tolerance and acceptance play a huge part in its ethos, with students encouraged to show respect for other faiths and belief systems. The social development of pupils is considered to be of paramount importance to best prepare them for adulthood. Ofsted report "Senior leadership is, once again, stable. It is increasingly effective. As a result, the quality of teaching has recovered and pupils' outcomes are good and improving further." "Teaching is effective. It is particularly strong in the early years, primary phase and sixth form." "Children get off to an exceptional start in early years. They settle very well into school life and make strong progress due to the effective teaching in this well-led provision." The sixth form is effective. Almost all students achieve the qualifications they need to go on to their chosen higher education courses." There is strict accountability between governors, trustees and the executive headteacher.