Careers, Information, Advice and Guidance; CIAG Coordinator

Careers, Information, Advice and Guidance (CIAG) Coordinator

Job Reference /128560/8710

Number of Positions: 1

Contract Type: Part Time / Permanent

Salary Range:

Working Hours: 18.5

Location: Varied Locations / Vulcan Works, Northampton

Closing Date: 06/07/2026

Job Category: Education

Organisation: North Northamptonshire Council

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• A pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill‑health protection.
• Lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council.
• Generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days.
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work‑life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

The CIAG Coordinator is responsible for providing comprehensive careers, information, advice, and guidance services to students within the Adult Learning Service. They will play a key role in supporting students in making informed decisions about their education, training, and career pathways, ultimately enhancing their employability and progression opportunities.

• Plan, coordinate, and deliver a comprehensive CIAG service to students, including one‑to‑one guidance sessions, group workshops, and careers events.
• Provide impartial information, advice, and guidance to students on a range of education, training, and career options, tailored to their individual needs and aspirations.
• Deliver workshops, seminars, and presentations on topics related to career exploration, employability skills, CV writing, interview techniques, and job search strategies.
• Lead on the service MATRIX accreditation.
• Advise senior leadership and curriculum teams on policy, strategy and resources for CEIAG.
• Work effectively with the full range of support services to ensure marketing, enrolment and support enhances the curriculum offering and recruitment, including supporting planned marketing and promotional events.
• Support tutors providing initial information and advice.

• Demonstrate awareness/understanding of equal opportunities and other people’s behavioural, physical, social and welfare needs.
• Comply with the Council’s policies and procedures, including safeguarding, financial regulations, promotion of equalities, customer care, agreed audit actions and health and safety.
• Understand the council’s commitment to Corporate Parenting and take responsibility to support this commitment, enabling the council to be the best corporate parents possible to children and young people in our current and previous care.
• Carry out any other duties which fall within the broad spirit, scope and purpose of this job description and which are commensurate with the grade of the post.

Our Values and Behaviours

Customer‑focused, Respectful, Efficient, Supportive, Trustworthy.

Disability Confident Employer

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).