Careers and Enrichment Leader

Position: Careers and Enrichment Leader (Fixed Term up to 1 year)
JOB TITLE:

Careers and Enrichment Leader (Fixed Term up to 1 year)

START DATE:

As Soon As Possible CLOSING DATE: 15th October 2026 INTERVIEW DATE:
Thursday 22nd October 2026 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT SALARY: £51,773 (RLG1) to £57,137 (RLG5)- pending 3.5% cost of living increase plus Local Government Pension Scheme LOCATION :
Oasis Restore in Rochester, Medway, Kent. WORKING PATTERN: 39 hours per week and some unsociable hours DISCLOSURE LEVEL:
Enhanced Can you help a child see possibilities for their future that they may never have considered before? At Oasis Restore, we believe every child should have the opportunity to discover what they are good at, experience new things and develop genuine aspirations for their future. Covering some long term absence within the team, as our Careers and Enrichment Leader (fixed-term) , you will build partnerships with employers, education providers, charities and other organisations, creating an exciting programme of enrichment and careers opportunities for children at the country's first secure school.

You will coordinate activities and events, support careers education and work with individual children to help them explore routes into education, training and employment. This is not just about careers advice. It is about opening doors, broadening horizons and creating opportunities . You will need to be an excellent relationship-builder, a natural organiser and someone who can see potential in children even when they may struggle to see it in themselves.

If that sounds like you, we would love to hear from you. The role and what we are looking for? You do not necessarily need to have followed one particular career path. What matters is that you can bring people and opportunities together, build strong external partnerships and turn good ideas into high-quality experiences for children. You will be someone who: has a genuine belief in the potential of children and young people can develop positive relationships with children, colleagues and external partners is confident building networks with employers, education providers and community organisations is organised, creative and able to coordinate a varied programme of activities can combine appropriate challenge with encouragement and support communicates confidently with a wide range of people understands the importance of safeguarding and professional boundaries can remain flexible, reflective and calm in a complex environment.

Our Academy Oasis Restore is the country's first secure school that is a proof-of-concept policy initiative funded by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). Oasis Restore's mission is to transform the life chances of children aged 12-18 years in the criminal justice system through delivering psychologically informed, integrated practice that centres on trusted, safe relationships between staff and children. Oasis Restore is a learning community that embeds hope, stability, and opportunity for children beyond the secure school.

To read more about us please visit our website (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). Our offer to you As a newly established subsidiary of the Oasis Charitable Trust, you will enjoy the benefit of being part of a national organisation that aims to support all staff to reach their full potential and a once in a lifetime opportunity to create, develop and grow a new collaborative and innovative values-based organisation.

As well as this you will also benefit from the following opportunities: A mixture of one to one and group reflective practice, coaching & regular line management/supervision sessions Experience an Appraisal policy that decouples pay and performance. An elected staff forum to listen to, and act on staff feedback. Access to the Local Government Pensions Scheme (a competitive, defined benefit pension scheme) Access to a funded cash plan health scheme Access to an EAP service 33 days annual leave including bank holidays, rising to 35 days after two years.

Subject to meeting basic eligibility criteria, be entitled to up to 8 weeks full-pay and 18 weeks half-pay paid maternity/adoption/shared parental leave (based broadly on the NHS Employers scheme). Subject to meeting basic eligibility criteria be entitled to up to 3 weeks fully paid paternity leave. Paid time off to attend antenatal appointments (those staff who are either pregnant or whose partner is pregnant) Have a structured and bespoke induction training plan A training offer bespoke to our context leading to a level 4 qualification in the…