Apprentice Careers & Progression Advisor For Inclusion
TAMESIDE COLLEGE
Greater Manchester (OL6 6NX)
Closes in 16 days (Friday 29 May 2026)
Posted on 13 May 2026
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Summary
This 30-month Level 6 apprenticeship offers hands-on experience in careers guidance within a college setting. You’ll support diverse students through 1:1 guidance, group sessions and admin tasks, while gaining a recognised qualification, mentorship and valuable professional experience.
- Wage
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£25,944 a year
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
£25,944 - £28,663
- Training course
- Career development professional (level 6)
- Hours
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Shifts to be confirmed.
36 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 June 2026
- Duration
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2 years 6 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Develop and provide Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) to learners, with a particular focus on inclusion and those with EHCPs, care-experienced students and others requiring additional support
- Learn to monitor and track the progression of specific student groups, such as those with EHCPs, through key transitions, e.g., from Level 1 to Level 2 of their course
- Collaborate operationally with relevant teams, stakeholders and management to support the achievement of strategic objectives
- Undertake the Level 6 Careers Development qualification and develop to deliver effective careers guidance to individuals and groups of learners with diverse support needs
- Support IAG activities and service delivery across the College, including participation in rotas and UCAS- related tasks
- Ensure compliance with approved quality standards and audit requirements by accurately recording guidance delivered and collecting relevant information to evaluate the service
- Work closely with other support teams within the College to maximise learner support
- Connect learners with relevant information, resources and opportunities to facilitate progression into further study, training or employment
- Maintain and develop effective internal and external partnerships to provide learners and staff with accurate, up-to-date advice, information and guidance
- Collaborate with key staff to organise careers-related events and activities
Specific Duties:
- Develop as an Apprentice by successfully completing both the course level 6 careers development programme and all work-related responsibilities
- Act as the key point of contact for careers guidance for a group of learners
- With guidance and support, manage a varied caseload of careers guidance for learners including tracking the progression of key student groups during transition periods
- Advise students on progression options and provide information on applications and processes associated with their next steps
- Support students through their Higher Education applications via UCAS
- Contribute to the regular maintenance of careers information and resources by actively researching and reviewing the most up-to-date products and services
- Develop resources to support students with their career development
- Organise events to support student progression both within the College and externally. Including follow up on individual students’ progression plans
- Advise the manager on resource needs related to careers and educational guidance
- Maintain accurate learner records and provide statistical information on service usage, in line with confidentiality and data protection guidelines
- Liaise and collaborate with staff across the College to support students’ progress
- Maintain effective communication with internal teams and external agencies to ensure students receive accurate and up-to-date advice, information, and guidance
- Assist the Careers and Progression manager with various tasks including in working with external agencies and partners to establish networks and ensure effective communication
- Contribute to enrolment and progression activities, ensuring the quality of guidance provided to learners
- Collaborate with members of the Student Hub team to support the health, safety, and wellbeing of individual learners, referring to colleagues or external agencies where appropriate
- Contribute a wide range of college events such open days, enrolment and specific employability events
Where you'll work
Beaufort Road
Ashton-under-Lyne
Greater Manchester
OL6 6NX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
EDUCATION AND SKILLS TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
Training course
Career development professional (level 6)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Reflection and self-evaluation: set and achieve target and objectives for professional development, based on self-assessment and feedback from line-management, peers and clients, and identify strategies to manage the effects of change on self and the development of a positive mental attitude
- Organise and deliver activities with clearly defined and measurable learning outcomes that use and blend relevant resources, client-focused techniques and approaches that best meet the needs of individuals and enable them to fully engage in their career development
- Critically analyse and compare the major models of career-related curricula within the organisation, evaluate activities in relation to defined outcomes and plan how to improve them and their own performance
- Select, tailor and apply theory, concepts and effective practice relevant to the role and client base
- Provide critical insight in the contemporary world of work and learning, and analyse the implications of these for clients
- Explore and clarify expectations and agree the aim, purpose and scope of the career development activities with the client
- Build and sustain positive and constructive working relationships, resolve conflicts constructively in ways that do not undermine confidence
- Engage and sustain relationships with employers and opportunity providers, individually or as part of organisational networks
- Adapt activities and collaborate with other professionals to ensure that activities support and do not discriminate against clients with additional needs or who experience disadvantage
- Prioritise the needs of all clients and workloads in order to provide fair and balanced provision whilst maintaining personal well-being
- Record and analyse the outcomes of referrals so that examples of success and failure can be monitored and shared
- Maintain appropriate records of client interaction, to explain their use in helping clients to effect change and to satisfy organisational monitoring arrangements
- Use information technology and web-based resources with confidence in the support of career development activities (digital literacy)
- Prioritise need and provide on-going support to clients through a variety of different types of intervention and media
- Raise client awareness of options and broaden horizons by introducing them to unfamiliar new ideas and sources of information, challenge and support them in reframing their thinking and encouraging their career adaptability
- Equip, empower and encourage clients to undertake an assessment of their knowledge, skills, abilities and characteristics
- Apply a knowledge and understanding of theories, models, frameworks and pedagogic approaches to support the development of an individual’s career management skills
- Understand and make effective use of occupational information and local regional, national am international labour market intelligence, including its relationship to societal developments, e.g. technological trends, policy-making, potential bias or partiality
- Equip clients to use technology effectively in their career management (digital literacy)
- Understand and apply appropriate research strategies to obtain, interpret and tailor information to meet the needs of clients and others, including the appropriate use of primary, and secondary sources, and information technology, e.g. social media and web-based information sources
- Reflection and self-evaluation: set and achieve target and objectives for professional development, based on self-assessment and feedback from line-management, peers and clients, and identify strategies to manage the effects of change on self and the development of a positive mental attitude
- Organise and deliver activities with clearly defined and measurable learning outcomes that use and blend relevant resources, client-focused techniques and approaches that best meet the needs of individuals and enable them to fully engage in their career development
- Critically analyse and compare the major models of career-related curricula within the organisation, evaluate activities in relation to defined outcomes and plan how to improve them and their own performance
- Select, tailor and apply theory, concepts and effective practice relevant to the role and client base
- Provide critical insight in the contemporary world of work and learning, and analyse the implications of these for clients
- Explore and clarify expectations and agree the aim, purpose and scope of the career development activities with the client
- Build and sustain positive and constructive working relationships, resolve conflicts constructively in ways that do not undermine confidence
- Engage and sustain relationships with employers and opportunity providers, individually or as part of organisational networks
- Adapt activities and collaborate with other professionals to ensure that activities support and do not discriminate against clients with additional needs or who experience disadvantage
- Prioritise the needs of all clients and workloads in order to provide fair and balanced provision whilst maintaining personal well-being
- Record and analyse the outcomes of referrals so that examples of success and failure can be monitored and shared
- Maintain appropriate records of client interaction, to explain their use in helping clients to effect change and to satisfy organisational monitoring arrangements
- Use information technology and web-based resources with confidence in the support of career development activities (digital literacy)
- Prioritise need and provide on-going support to clients through a variety of different types of intervention and media
- Raise client awareness of options and broaden horizons by introducing them to unfamiliar new ideas and sources of information, challenge and support them in reframing their thinking and encouraging their career adaptability
- Equip, empower and encourage clients to undertake an assessment of their knowledge, skills, abilities and characteristics
- Apply a knowledge and understanding of theories, models, frameworks and pedagogic approaches to support the development of an individual’s career management skills
- Understand and make effective use of occupational information and local regional, national am international labour market intelligence, including its relationship to societal developments, e.g. technological trends, policy-making, potential bias or partiality
- Equip clients to use technology effectively in their career management (digital literacy)
- Understand and apply appropriate research strategies to obtain, interpret and tailor information to meet the needs of clients and others, including the appropriate use of primary, and secondary sources, and information technology, e.g. social media and web-based information sources
Training schedule
This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this employer
Based in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, Tameside College is a further education college that provides the next steps from school to university and employment. We also offer a range of apprenticeships as well as adult and university level courses.
After this apprenticeship
- A possible permanent position within the organisation upon successful completion and subject to performance
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EDUCATION AND SKILLS TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000031524.
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Closes in 16 days (Friday 29 May 2026)
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