Careers Leader

School Careers Leader

Location: Birmingham (B28)

Start Date: September 2025

Contract Type: Full time

Salary: Competitive, Based on experience

About the Role:

Monarch Education is proud to be working in partnership with a school in the B28 area of Birmingham to recruit a passionate and experienced Careers Leader. This is a key leadership role within the school, ideal for someone who is committed to helping young people explore their future pathways and make informed decisions about their education, training, and employment. As the Careers Leader, you will be responsible for developing and delivering a high quality careers education, information, advice, and guidance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the strategic planning and delivery of the school’s careers programme.
• Develop partnerships with local employers, training providers, and further/higher education institutions.
• Organise careers events, workshops, employer visits, and work experience opportunities.
• Provide one to one and group guidance to students on career pathways.
• Monitor and evaluate the impact of the careers programme and report to senior leadership.
• Ensure the school meets statutory guidance.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of labour market trends and opportunities.

Candidate Requirements:

• Experience in careers education, guidance, or a related field (school-based experience preferred).
• Careers Guidance qualification (or willingness to work towards it).
• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to build positive relationships with students, staff, and external partners.
• Enhanced DBS check (or willingness to obtain one).

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.