Careers Leader

Careers Leader

Location: South Birmingham

Start Date: Sept 2025

Contract type: Full Time

Salary: Competitive, Based on Experience

Monarch Education is proud to be supporting a forward thinking and inclusive school in South Birmingham in their search for a Careers Lead to join their team from September 2025. This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated and strategic individual to lead the development and delivery of a comprehensive careers program that prepares students for successful transitions into further education, training, or employment.

Job description:

Being a school careers leader, you will have some key responsibilities which include:

• Design, implement, and evaluate a whole school careers strategy.
• Coordinate a wide range of careers related events, workshops, employer visits, and information sessions.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with external organisations, employers, and education providers.
• Deliver or be willing to train to deliver one to one careers interviews.
• Support students with different pathways.
• Collaborate closely with the school to track and guide student progress beyond school.

Requirements:

• Experienced in careers education, guidance, or a related field.
• Careers Guidance qualification (or willingness to train).
• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• A proactive and student focused approach.
• Passion for helping young people achieve their potential.

Monarch Education are proud to be a leading recruitment specialist in the Education industry. We are passionate about our people and the services we provide to our candidates. Working with Monarch Education will give you access too:

• Flexible working opportunities
• Affinity Academy – continuous learning and development!
• A Refer a Friend Scheme giving you a bonus of up to £200
• Exclusive vacancies within local Schools and Multi Academy Trusts
• Competitive daily rates

To learn more about us and what makes Monarch one of the leading education recruitment providers nationwide – please visit our website – About Us – Monarch (monarcheducation.co.uk)

Monarch Education are committed to providing equal opportunities for all candidates and welcomes applications regardless of sex, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, religion and belief pregnancy and maternity or disability as well as adhering to strict Safeguarding procedures.

Affinity Workforce Solutions and Monarch Education are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and young people and expects all its temporary workers to share these commitments. As this role involves working with children on a daily basis, regulated activity is that any successful applicant’s applications will, accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to 2 employment references, an enhanced DBS check and a right to work in the UK check.

This vacancy is based in the United Kingdom. Monarch Education operate in the UK and can only process applications from candidates who are currently UK residents and eligible to work in the UK. Whilst we will endeavour to contact you following your response, due to the high volume of applications we regret that this cannot always be possible. If you have not had notification from us within 30 days please take your application as not being successful this time but we will keep your details on file for future opportunities.