Progress Education is hiring: Careers Adviser Career Advice - South Region · Pro

Overview

Join us as a Careers Adviser: Empower Futures!

Progress Careers offers wellbeing-focused benefits and a strong commitment to work-life balance, professional growth, and supportive culture. We provide extensive benefits, including discounted gym memberships, a wellbeing app with fitness, yoga and mindfulness resources, dedicated counselling support, generous holidays, and flexible arrangements where possible. We invest in personal and professional growth for our staff.

Progress Careers is part of The Progress Group, comprising six business units that aim to innovate, influence, and inspire through education and training. This centre focuses on providing professional career guidance services to students and, where relevant, others in later career stages, aligning with Gatsby Benchmarks and statutory requirements.

We are an award-winning employer recognised as Most Supportive Employer (2023 and 2024). The post involves safeguarding responsibilities and working with young people and schools/multi-academy trusts. The job holder is expected to contribute to and support the overall aims and ethos of the company and participate in training, performance management, and development as required by company policies.

Main Duties

Personal Career Guidance

• Conduct client-focused, impartial personal career guidance interviews (1:1 and group sessions) to help students/clients make informed, realistic career decisions. Encourage self-awareness, raise aspirations, motivate, and sustain ongoing career conversations.
• Work closely with career leads in educational settings and maintain client records electronically, including creation and distribution of a guidance summary.

Careers Information

• Use careers and labour market information to help students/clients identify, access, interpret, and utilise current information, including appropriate use of information technology (e.g., social media, web sources).
• Organise careers fairs and related activities with the Careers Leader.

Career Guidance Programmes

• Advise the Careers Leader on resources and the role of providers in delivering the career guidance programme, achieving Gatsby Benchmarks and, where appropriate, the Quality in Careers Standards Award.
• Facilitate career-related learning activities in groups and support monitoring, tracking, and ongoing support for school leavers, providing timely data to the operational team.

Partnerships and Networking

• Refer to specialist services for specific needs (e.g., SEND).
• Engage with external agencies and networks to benefit students/clients and enhance the programme.
• Involve parents and carers where relevant and attend parents’ evenings as required.

Professionalism

• Adhere to legislation, codes of practice (e.g., CDI Code of Ethics), and safeguarding measures.
• Promote equality, diversity, and challenge stereotyping.
• Reflect on practice and engage in continuous professional development to stay current in the sector.

The above list of duties is not exclusive or exhaustive; tasks may be assigned within the scope of the post as required. Job descriptions should be regularly reviewed to reflect the post.

Person Specification

The ideal candidate will have a passion for careers guidance, enthusiasm, and experience in an information, advice and guidance setting, ideally with young people.

Essential

• Qualification in careers guidance (level 6 or above) or working towards L6.
• Experience in an IAG setting.
• IT literacy (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and capability with other technologies.
• Ability to work to tight timelines and produce high-quality work under pressure.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple work streams without close supervision.
• Confidence working across multiple educational settings and presenting to large groups.
• Proactive, innovative, anticipates issues, and maintains attention to detail.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to build strong relationships with senior school staff and collaborate with colleagues; GDPR awareness.
• Willingness to learn, develop new skills, and represent Progress Careers professionally at events.

• Existing registration on the CDI Professional Register (Desirable).

• Experience creating learning resources and lesson planning (Desirable).
• Strong networks and awareness of provision in the geographical area (Desirable).

Additional Information

There is an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check due to access to children and/or vulnerable adults.

Progress Careers is committed to safeguarding and safer recruitment practices. All staff participate in training, performance management, and development as required by company policies.

This post may require occasional evening duties (flexibility). The job involves handling confidential information; maintain strict confidentiality at all times.

How to apply: Submit your application by clicking APPLY. For queries, please email recruitment@theprogress-group.co.uk.

Note: We are unable to provide Visa sponsorship for this role.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Progress Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, pregnancy, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, medical history, or parental status. All employment decisions are based on merit, job requirements, and business needs.

Safeguarding is a priority; details of safer recruitment practices can be found on The Progress School’s website.