Career Development Professional Apprentice Level 6 August start
Soar Valley College
Leicester (LE5 6LN)
Closes in 13 days (Saturday 20 June 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 5 June 2026
Contents
Summary
This 30-month Level 6 apprenticeship offers hands-on experience in careers guidance within an 11-18 school setting. You will support diverse students through 1:1 guidance, group sessions and admin tasks, while gaining a recognised qualification, mentorship and invaluable professional experience.
- Wage
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£22,785 a year
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Please note salary is training grade pay and will rise to a higher grade if permanently appointed.
- Training course
- Career development professional (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday to Thursday, 8.00am to 4.00pm.
Friday, 8.00am to 3.30pm.
39 Weeks per year (Term time + 1 week during holidays to be used flexibly and to include training days).
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 19 August 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
What you'll do at work
- Undertake the Level 6 Careers Development qualification and develop to deliver effective careers guidance to individuals and groups of learners with diverse support needs
- Develop and provide Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) to learners, with a particular focus on vulnerable groups of students and others requiring additional support
- Work with outside agencies, including Connexions, and relevant internal staff, such as the college’s alternative provision co-ordinator, to support student transition
- Monitor and track the progression of specific student groups
- Collaborate operationally with relevant teams, stakeholders and management to support the achievement of strategic objectives
- Support IAG activities and service delivery across the college
- 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 career-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 Post 16 and Higher Education applications
- 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 relevant managers 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 relevant managers with various tasks, including 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 to a wide range of college events such as open days, enrolment and specific employability events
- Support with the administration and quality assurance of Work Experience placements
Where you'll work
Downing Drive
Leicester
LE5 6LN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CALL OF THE WILD (DEVELOPMENT) LIMITED
Training course
Career development professional (level 6)
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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
You will receive on the job and off the job training from our experienced team as well as the accredited apprenticeship training provider, Call of The Wild Training. Your success is important to us all, and we will do all we can to support your studies and learning with us. On successful completion of your apprenticeship, you will be awarded the Career Development Apprenticeship Level 6 (degree level).
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4-9)
- Maths (grade 4-9)
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
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Build positive relationships
Other requirements
If your application is successful, you will receive a call from us within 2 weeks. We always offer constructive and helpful feedback after the interview process if you're not successful to help you in future applications. If you don't receive a call and would like feedback, please email sarah.cripps@saladskills.co.uk
About this employer
The City of Leicester College is a vibrant and popular 11–19 school with a commitment to the highest level of pastoral care and academic achievement. We are a truly comprehensive multi-cultural school offering unique opportunities for all students.
Our ‘motto’ Ambition for All reflects our aim to challenge every member of our community to be the best they can be, in every aspect. This motto is underpinned by our four Character Pillars; Intellectual, Moral, Community and Performance. We have found time and again that this programme develops academically able students who have the courage to take the opportunities that come their way while being kind to those around them. This success is shown in our examination results and fantastic character of our students.
We have an extremely diverse community and respect, civility and honesty are at the heart of what makes The City of Leicester College such a wonderful place to work and to learn. Students and staff from all backgrounds can come and have their differences respected and their contributions valued. Student success is numerous and varied; from young sports men and women performing at national level, to academic brilliance gaining places at the Oxbridge Universities. Students excel in the arts, which we are passionate about and see as essential to developing the whole person.
City of Leicester College - Ambition for All
After this apprenticeship
The in-school support is excellent, and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with and learn from experts. Previous apprentices have gained employment in the school and are still in post today; whilst this cannot be guaranteed, what we can say is that you will be very well-prepared for the next stage of your career, be that with us or elsewhere.
The position offers you a:
- Guarantee of working in a fast-paced environment
- Chance to develop skills and knowledge in a growing organisation and an opportunity to take on more challenging responsibilities
- Opportunity to take on more challenging responsibilities
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CALL OF THE WILD (DEVELOPMENT) LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000035385.
Apply now
Closes in 13 days (Saturday 20 June 2026 at 11:59pm)