Careers Lead

Careers Lead

Full Time

H6 - £25,380 - £27,546 depending on experience

Term Time plus one week (5 inset days)

Required ASAP

We are seeking to appoint a Careers Lead to join our school support staff. The successful candidate will be very well organised, detail-oriented, and have the ability to work well as part of a team to ensure the quality of careers education and guidance.

Reporting to the Deputy Headteacher, the Careers Lead is responsible for delivering effective careers guidance, careers education, and information for students. To design, select, and provide curriculum resources, activities, and services to meet students’ career needs. To organise and co-ordinate a range of professional guidance and career planning to enhance student employability.

There is scope for ongoing professional development within this role to reflect personal aspirations and skills.

The Academy offers:

A friendly working environment with supportive and caring colleagues

Generous pension benefits

Onsite catering facilities

Excellent facilities with significant recent investment

All staff encouraged and supported in their professional development

Desirable location to live or work with great transport links and perfectly located for job seekers from Herts, Beds, Bucks and North and West London

The Adeyfield Academy is set in the heart of the community of Hemel Hempstead and is a mixed, all ability 11-18 sponsored Academy and part of the Ambition Education Trust. We welcome visits from potential applicants. Please contact our HR Administrator on 01442 406020.

Closing Date for application & shortlisting: 17 September 2026 at midnight

Interview Dates: From 20 September 2026

Job Start Date: Immediately when available

Prospective candidates are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible as the school reserves the right to close the advert should we feel able to appoint an appropriate candidate.

The Adeyfield Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to a post at The Adeyfield Academy is subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, as well as other pre-appointment checks including an online check, as outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education. The Adeyfield Academy is part of the Ambition Education Trust based in Hertfordshire. Our aim is to build on our proven track records of maintaining exceptional standards and driving continuous school improvement. We are building a collaborative partnership of schools which will provide an exceptional educational experience, both within and outside the classroom, by promoting excellence and stretching challenges.

We are committed to the aim of ensuring that everyone who applies to work for us receives fair treatment and we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, disability, race, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership and caring status. We expect all our staff to demonstrate a commitment to advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations.