Job description

Salary: £23,888-£26,111
Contract: Permanent
Location: South Bristol Skills Academy, Bristol, BS14 0DB, United Kingdom, with travel to our other campuses

There’s never been a better time to join the fantastic team here at City of Bristol College, a rapidly improving college, judged “Good” by Ofsted in January 2023. With recent investments in our already outstanding teaching facilities, the College has a great deal on offer for both staff and students.

City of Bristol College is seeking a passionate and experienced Careers and Employability Advisor to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in guiding and supporting our diverse student body towards successful careers. Your expertise will help students explore their career aspirations, develop employability skills, and secure meaningful employment opportunities. As a pivotal member of our team, you will contribute to our mission of empowering individuals through education and enhancing our community's economic prosperity.

Our Benefits:

• A generous holiday entitlement of 26 holiday days, plus bank holidays pro-rata for part time roles. Also, 10 closure days which fall over Christmas to spend time with friends and families.
• Membership to the Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions of 18.0 %
• Great discounts on hair and beauty treatments offered on site
• Family-friendly policies including flexible and hybrid working working, compassionate leave, enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, parental leave, job share and fostering friendly leave
• Up to 3 days paid volunteer leave
• Excellent facilities including study centres, City Salon, multi-faith prayer rooms, bike storage, City Restaurant (situated at College Green and at SBSA), refectories
• Cycle to work scheme
• A variety of online shopping discounts and offers and cash health plan
• Plus a supportive package to ensure continuous professional development.

About the role:
As a Careers and Employability Advisor at City of Bristol College, you will play a crucial role in delivering a professional and student-centred Career Education, Information, Advice, and Guidance (CEIAG) service. Your primary objective will be to inspire individuals by showcasing the diverse opportunities available in education, training, and employment. You'll provide inclusive support tailored to individual needs, fostering aspirations and facilitating positive student outcomes.

Your responsibilities will include ensuring compliance with Gatsby Benchmarks, Matrix Standards, and Ofsted requirements across the college. Collaborating closely with teaching staff and personal development tutors, you will embed careers guidance into the curriculum and support the design and delivery of comprehensive careers programmes and workshops. Engaging with local labour market information, you'll empower students to make informed decisions about their career paths.

Additionally, you will contribute to progression activities, monitor student attendance and progress, and facilitate workshops on essential employability topics. Your efforts will contribute to high application to enrolment conversions and positive student destinations.

Contact us:
If you would like to find out more about this role, please contact the recruiting manager marg.ahmad@cityofbristol.ac.uk who will be happy to discuss the role in more detail.

About us:
At City of Bristol College, we have one goal: to help our students succeed. We offer the widest range of academic and vocational qualifications in the area, with more than 1,000 courses available from entry to degree level. We provide education and training to approximately 12,000 students each year. The College is made up of five centres across Bristol and each centre offers excellent, well-equipped, purpose-built facilities. In addition, we have a wide range of community partners allowing us to offer courses in venues across the city. More information about the College can be found on our website.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

We are also committed to becoming a Trauma informed setting. We recognise that some of our students have experienced adversity and Trauma and that for some, these experiences may be an ongoing part of everyday life. With this awareness a Trauma Informed approach is embedded in how we work in all departments across the college and this is enhanced by regular staff training and support.

City of Bristol College is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. The search of the online presence will be conducted for the successful candidates. All new employees to the College are required to complete and obtain an enhanced DBS disclosure. A copy of our Safeguarding Policy can be found on the College website.

Closing date: 16th September
Interview date: 25th September