Careers Lead & Advisor - Inspire Student Futures in High Wycombe

Holmer Green Senior School is a popular 11 to 18 school with over 1250 students, including a large Sixth Form. The school has a range of newly built modern facilities which now include a purpose-built English and Maths block, new cafeteria, fitness suite, as well as a modern Reception area.

We are delighted to be offering an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, innovative and passionate practitioner to support our students in their preparation for life after school. The successful candidate will provide information, advice and guidance to students and their parents/carers in Key Stage 3, 4 and 5 in order to help them make realistic choices about future education, training and work. They will promote and highlight careers across the school so that HGSS students are highly aspirational and knowledgeable about their next steps, and will manage key documents including the Compass tool and the Gatsby benchmarks.

At HGSS we:

• Give staff the freedom to be creative and passionate about their subject areas.
• Strive to stimulate each student’s enjoyment and love of learning.
• Work as a team to ensure that no student is left behind - all have an enriched experience.
• Ensure that all students are supported and challenged to become polite, independent, resilient, confident and articulate individuals, who are aspirational and ambitious.
• Insist on a culture of rights, respect and responsibility. We’re a kind school - and we are proud of how our students uphold our values of working hard, being kind and having passion.
• Have an ethos that is inclusive, where each individual in the school community is valued and there is a focus on wellbeing as well as achievement.
• Deliver high quality professional learning for staff, developing strong and sustainable partnerships where innovative practice is jointly developed and linked to educational research and high-quality teaching and learning.
• Promote outstanding leadership at all levels to realise our vision.

Benefits of working at HGSS include:

• Exceptional team environment where all staff are valued.
• Excellent Continuing Professional Development with high quality CPD programs.
• 8 INSET days rather than the usual 5.
• Paid lunch duties plus free lunch.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme.
• Many opportunities for career progression.
• Extensive department resources and facilities.
• Two-week October half term: Providing staff and students with an extended break during the autumn term.
• Enrolment in the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
• Free use of the new fitness suite.

Please note due to the high volume of applications we receive; we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we receive applications that meet the criteria. Therefore, it is advised to submit your application as early as possible as some interviews may take place, and the appointment may be made before the closing date is reached for the post.