Careers Consultant

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Skills & Employability team as a Careers Consultant within the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Careers Hub. This role, as part of a small team of Careers Consultants, is central to supporting local schools and colleges to deliver high-quality careers education, ensuring young people transition successfully into further education, apprenticeships, or employment.

You will work closely with senior leaders in schools, colleges, and local businesses, driving systemic change in careers education and supporting the achievement of key outcomes for Staffordshire’s young people, with a priority focus on the new Modern Work Experience guarantee.

We have 1 vacancy available:

• 1x Staffordshire Wide Role (37hrs per week) this post is fixed term until 31st August 2026 with potential for extension

Join us and you’ll help shape the future for young people in Staffordshire.

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As a Careers Consultant, you will:

• Consult with school and college leaders, providing expert advice on careers education policy and the implementation of strategic plans aligned to the Gatsby Benchmarks and the Modern Work Experience guarantee.
• Manage a caseload of schools, colleges, employers, analysing and tracking their progress to ensure maximum impact for young people.
• Manage and support the implementation of high quality, modern work experience (WEX) models within the school system including growing a countywide business network and managing the Staffordshire wide Work Experience Careers Observatory.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has extensive experience in careers education, ideally with a detailed understanding of careers policy, statutory guidance including Modern WEX and the barriers faced by schools and colleges to embed careers education into the system.
• Is confident consulting with senior leaders and managing relationships with a wide range of stakeholders including employers.
• Can analyse and present performance data and is comfortable using digital and IT systems.
• Is proactive, adaptable, and able to manage a busy workload independently whilst having the ability to engage and influence at all levels.

Interview Dates: week commencing 3rd November 2025.

For more information about the role, please contact:

• Paul Williams paul.williams1@staffordshire.gov.uk
• Carrie Abbott carrie.abbott@staffordshire.gov.uk

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.