Careers Leader

Miltoncross is an academy at the heart of its community that has very high aspirations for all of itsstaff and 1000 students. We operate by the core values of Work Hard. Be Kind. No Excuses in orderto foster a learning community where everybody values each other and everybody values the power of learning.

We are located on the West of Portsmouth and access is easy from the M27 or A27. Many staffcommute easily from Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and West Sussex either by car or bypublic transport.

Staff and students enjoy their days in an excellent modern building with comfortable classrooms,offices and superb facilities.We offer a supportive and unified working environment where we all have the same simple butambitious goal: Every young person will leave us having exceeded expectations; academically,personally, and socially because we believed in them, challenged them and never settled for less. Inorder to ensure that we are achieving the highest possible standards we all come together every

Tuesday at 2:30pm to embark upon professional development that is tailored to the needs of theschool, department and individuals.This role is integral for the success of our students and so we are looking for an applicant who isdetermined to ensure that young people are well prepared for their future lives. The successfulcandidate will have previous experience of working with young people in education, youth workand/or careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG). They will be well supported toplan and implement a strategy for developing a careers programme for the school that meets all eightof the Gatsby benchmarks of good practice and prepares young people for the choices and transitionsin education, training and employment.

You will be required to lead the academy’s work on meeting all of the Gatsby Benchmarks over time,thus ensuring best practice in helping students make the strong and ambitious post 16 education andcareer choices.

Applicants must be friendly, enthusiastic and have excellent communication and interpersonal skillsas they build strong relationships internally with staff and students but also importantly with externalproviders.

If you are interested in this role and would like to discuss it further or visit the school, please contactthe Hayley Forbes - Deputy Headteacher (Hayley.forbes@miltoncross-tkat.org) who will be happy todiscuss with you or arrange a visit.

Please note that suitable applicants will be interviewed at the earliest opportunity and if a suitable beidentified, we reserve the right to close the advert early. As such we would recommend interestedapplicants to apply as soon as possible.

Safeguarding

TKAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff andvolunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment will be subject to the full SaferRecruitment process, including an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

Equal Opportunities

TKAT is committed to equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates,regardless of any protected characteristic for example race, gender, sexual orientation, disability orage. All applications are treated on merit. This includes applications from individuals wishing to workfull time, part time or on a flexible basis.