Tameside College
Apprentice Careers and Progression Adviser
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Apprentice - Careers and Progression Adviser for Inclusion
Job Details
- Hours: 36 hours
- Type: Fixed term role for 30 months
About the Role
This Apprentice role offers an excellent starting point for anyone looking to build a career in careers guidance, combining hands-on experience with a Level 6 Careers Development qualification through a 30-month fixed-term apprenticeship. You will be joining the careers and progression team within student services within the college and benefit from structured training, ongoing support, and mentorship from experienced careers professionals to help your practice and development.
Responsibilities
- Work directly with a diverse student population, delivering one-to-one guidance sessions, deliver group activities, and carry out administrative tasks.
- Develop as an adviser to deliver high-quality, tailored careers guidance to individuals with diverse support needs, including those with SEND, EHCPs, care experience, and children of Armed Forces personnel.
- Offer careers guidance throughout the learner journey, from pre-enrolment through to progression, supporting students to achieve their full potential.
Requirements
- Motivated to make a positive impact by helping others plan and progress in their careers, while also building their own professional pathway.
- Organised, motivated to learn, and committed to completing the Level 6 apprenticeship.
- Strong interpersonal skills, empathy, and the ability to build professional relationships.
- Confidence in using digital tools.
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Benefits
- As a support colleague, you’ll go into the Local Government Pensions scheme and enjoy some really great benefits:
- Free on-site Gym at Beaufort Road
- Beauty treatments and haircuts
- Health care cash plan via Simply Health
- Saving clubs via Manchester Credit Union
- Cycle to work
- Costa Coffee on site
- Onsite bakery products at Tameside One
- The Restaurant at Tameside One
- Retail discounts
- Refectories on all sites
About Us
Tameside College has an excellent reputation and this is a real opportunity for you to make a difference in people’s lives. We’re based in Ashton-Under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, in a diverse and vibrant further education college that offers a wide range of courses including A level and advanced level vocational study programmes, Apprenticeships, and adult courses up to degree level. We aim to give all our students an exceptional experience.
We believe in excellence and we back that up with high expectations, a superb working environment (as part of the Vision Tameside £100 million+ accommodation strategy), and outstanding teaching. We also believe that attending college is about more than achieving a qualification, important though that is. This is why we aim to give learners every opportunity to develop their full potential in a supportive and friendly environment.
Safeguarding
Tameside College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and expects all staff to share this commitment. Employment at Tameside College is subject to an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) Check via the Disclosure and Barring Service and any post in regulated activity will also be subject to an additional barred list check. Tameside College will meet the costs associated with this.
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Please note Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 guidance requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore at interview with you. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who are invited to attend an interview.
Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unfortunately not able to respond to each applicant. If you have not been called for interview within 3 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
Subject to volume of applications, we may decide to close the vacancy early. Come join us on our journey to outstanding!
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We are not utilising the service of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only. Any CV’s forwarded for this vacancy will be treated as a gift and not subject to your terms and conditions.
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