Careers Advisor

Job Title: Careers Advisor
Location: Secondary School
Contract: Short-term, 3 weeks
Start Date: Monday 9th March

Looking for a short-term role where you can make a real difference to young people at a crucial moment in their journey?

We’re working with a friendly secondary school who need an experienced Careers Advisor to step in for three weeks from 9th March. It’s a focused, rewarding role supporting students with their next steps, whether that’s further education, apprenticeships, or the world of work.

What you’ll be doing:

• Offering 1:1 careers guidance to secondary-aged students

• Supporting pupils with post-16 and post-18 pathways

• Helping students feel confident about their options and future choices

• Working closely with school staff to deliver clear, practical advice

This role would suit someone who:

• Has experience delivering careers guidance in a school or education setting

• Is approachable, organised, and great at building quick rapport with young people

• Understands current education, training, and employment pathways

• Can hit the ground running and enjoy a short, impactful placement

Why this role?

• Short-term commitment with real purpose

• Lovely school environment and supportive staff

• A chance to genuinely shape student outcomes in a short space of time

Interested? Get in touch to chat through the details and see if this one’s right up your street.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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