Head of Careers

Wycombe Abbey is a world class full-boarding school for girls, located on a beautiful site in the centre of High Wycombe. With its distinctive heritage, magnificent 170-acre campus and impressive resources, the School provides an outstanding education for 650 pupils aged 11-18.  

It has been at the forefront of girls’ boarding education for the last 125 years. Superb academic outcomes are the School’s hallmark and pupils regularly secure places at the most prestigious universities across the globe. Known for its world-class education, Wycombe Abbey encourages curiosity, innovation, leadership and delight in learning among its pupils.

Careers aims to inspire, inform and support pupils at Wycombe Abbey in preparing them for their future career. Recognising that we live in a rapidly changing world where young people are likely to enjoy a series of careers in their lifetime, we focus on empowering pupils to take control of their own career path and equip them with the necessary skills, confidence and resilience.

We are seeking a dynamic and pupil-centred Careers specialist to develop and maintain an exceptional programme of Careers education and guidance throughout the School, guiding and advising girls on all matters relating to Careers. The Head of Careers will work collaboratively with the Deputy Head (Academic) and proactively contribute to our vision to be a leader in girls’ boarding education and a world class school with a Careers provision that is recognised as exceptional.

This is a new role which presents an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to build on our current provision to develop a world class career department at Wycombe Abbey.

The successful candidate will teach a significantly reduced timetable.

Wycombe Abbey has its own salary scale which compares favourably with other independent schools and is well above that of the maintained sector. 

To apply: Please see the job profile document for full information about this role. To apply, please complete an application form and submit this, together with a covering letter, to the Headmistress, Mrs J Duncan by selecting “Apply for this job”.

Should you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact the HR Team on 01494 895575 or hr@wycombeabbey.com 

Closing date for applications: Sunday 10 November 2024.

Interview date: Tuesday 26 November 2024.

We reserve the right to appoint to this position before the closing date, should we receive a high volume of suitable early applications.

Wycombe Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions.
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

Further information regarding filtered convictions, please refer to Filtering Guidance by the Ministry of Justice and Nacro Guidance. 

We are an equal opportunities employer. Registered Charity No. 310638.