Work at PACA

On this page you can find all information about jobs vacancies and careers at Portslade Aldridge Community Academy, including teaching vacancies, administration and support staff jobs, and the careers opportunities PACA offers.

See Us In Action

We would like to offer potential candidates the chance to come and see the academy in action and to spend time with staff and students, to experience PACA at its best, prior to making an application. If you are making an application and would like to visit us first please use the contact details below.

Vacancies

CIAG Careers Advisor 

Location: Brighton And Hove, United Kingdom

Salary: SCP 21 – 26: FTE - £30, 825 - £34,843 (52 week salary), £26,513 - £29,969.67 Pro Rata (Term Time Only Salary)

Education Phase: Secondary

Working Pattern: Full-Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Application Deadline: Friday, 25th October 2024

About BACA:

The academy opened in September 2010, and a year later moved into its brand-new building, equipped with new sports, entrepreneurship and IT facilities, and a dedicated sixth form area.

BACA is in the unique position of having two higher-education establishments, Sussex and Brighton Universities, in its immediate proximity. This enables the academy to work closely with them, share their expertise, access their resources and give students a taste of Higher Education.

About PACA:

Portslade Aldridge Community Academy is an 11-16 state funded Academy. PACA is part of the Aldridge Multi-Academy Trust. As a group of schools we are collectively committed to developing all members of staff through our whole school coaching programme.  

About the Role:
An opportunity has arisen to join the Aldridge Education team as a Level 6 qualified Careers Advisor. The successful candidate will hold this qualification or be willing to undertake it (this will be funded by the trust).

We are looking for self-motivated, innovative, careers advisor to work in our two Brighton schools. Our aim is to ensure all our pupils have access to high quality careers guidance and activities, across their time in an Aldridge school. This role will require travelling between schools in the local area.

As a member of Aldridge Education staff, you will be a key member of the Personal Development team in school, and contribute to the ongoing development of careers.  This is a pivotal role, guiding young people in making successful, aspirational plans for their next steps.

The role will involve arranging, conducting, and recording careers meetings, across all age groups, alongside supporting the Careers Leader with other careers related activities as required to support the strategic careers plan.

You will lead on 1-2-1 careers meetings, but also group work with younger students, and some work supporting parents/careers.  Where schools have sixth form provision, we would anticipate you working alongside our sixth form teams to ensure pupils are ready for their next steps with university, apprenticeships, or employment.  There will be careers events both in person and virtually, and you may be required to support with these.

As this is a new position, we are keen to hear from individuals able to bring their own ideas to the role, enabling them to make a positive contribution to the career’s education of all of our pupils.  

There is the option for the role to be term time only or 52 week depending on the successful candidates preference. The term time only salary aligns with the pro-rata figure whereas the 52 week salary aligns with the FTE figure. 

The postholder will work 37 hours per week.

Further details about the role including the full job description and person specification can be found by following the link to apply.

Completing the application
Candidates will need to create an account and are asked to complete all the standard information required on the application form. Please also address the mission alignment and capacity to meet the requirements of the Essential and Desirable criteria of the Person Specification and Job Description. CVs are not accepted as part of the application process.

We may interview candidates ahead of the closing date so early application is advised. The Academy reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the advertised closing date. The advert may be closed at any time. 

Disclaimer:

Any unsolicited CV`s sent to any member of our HR team on a speculative basis will not be recognised nor will we accept liability for any fee or commission should we subsequently employ a candidate who applied to us directly or was introduced by an instructed agency that may also have been submitted speculatively by an uninstructed agency.

* Please note we only accept applications submitted via our website

About Aldridge Education:

​BACA and PACA are members of the Aldridge Education family of schools.

​Aldridge Education is a charitable Trust of entrepreneurial community schools and colleges that help young people to reach their potential. We support our schools’ Principals and teachers in rapidly improving the quality of education on offer at early years, primary, secondary and sixth-form levels in order to transform the life-chances of our students.

Operating Norms
​We believe that the way we operate at all times and with all partners is of paramount importance.
​Our agreed operating norms are as follows:

• We are Aldridge Education
• The standard is excellence
• We champion equality
• We’re in the work together
• We behave with integrity
• We lead by example
• We use time well

References

Candidates are advised that references will be taken up immediately after shortlisting. Candidates are asked to ensure that their referees are aware of the need to respond within the timescale set. In all cases two professional references are required.

Safeguarding Statement: 
Aldridge Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. 

A copy of Aldridge Education’s Child Protection policy is available on our website at www.aldridgeeducation.org 

Following successful application, Aldridge Education will carry out the necessary prohibition checks for all teaching staff, as well as for all candidates undertaking regulated activity. 
If you are shortlisted for the position you are applying for, you will be required to complete a Declaration giving details of any relevant criminal offences and other relevant information relating to our safeguarding duty. Further information will be provided on that form. 

Given the nature of the Trust’s activities and the regulatory framework it is subject to, any offer of employment will be made conditional upon a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and barred list check carried out by the Trust (where applicable to the role in question). It is an express condition if you are appointed to the role that you join the DBS update service. 
 
If you are shortlisted for the position you are applying for, Aldridge Education will undertake online searches (including social media) in accordance with KCSIE 2023. 

This role is considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means standard and enhanced DBS checks will now always show all unspent records, including youth conditional cautions, meaning some previously unrecorded details will now be disclosed.

Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

More information on The Disclosure & Barring Service can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check.

Equal Opportunities
To know and adhere to Aldridge Education equal opportunities policy and equalities legislation and implement in relation to job responsibilities in employment and service delivery.
A copy of Aldridge Education’s Equality and Diversity policy is available on our website at www.aldridgeeducation.org – This can be found in the About us section of our website. Aldridge_Education_Equality_and_Diversity_Policy.pdf (aldridgeeducation.org)

Key Benefits of working for Aldridge Education

• Aldridge Benefits scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible working opportunities
• Free on-site parking
• Generous annual leave allowance which increases after 5 years' service
• Opportunity to join the Teachers Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme
• Refer a Friend scheme

• To apply for the role please click on the following link: Every Candidate Portal - View Job Details

Trust Data Manager 

Salary: £24,357

Education Phase: Secondary

Working Pattern: Part-Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Application Deadline: 1st September 2024

Interview Date: W/C 9th September 2024

About Aldridge Education

Aldridge Education is a charitable Trust of entrepreneurial community schools and colleges that help young people to reach their potential. We support our schools’ Principals and teachers in rapidly improving the quality of education on offer at early years, primary, secondary and sixth-form levels in order to transform the life-chances of our students. 

About the Role

We are seeking to appoint a Trust Data Manager. This post sits within the national team at Aldridge Education and works with and for the Trust’s Head of Data and Analytics. As an organisation that values data and seeks to be evidence-based in all things, this post will involve a combination of working with data that supports Trust-wide activity along with supporting schools in a range of daily activity. The post holder will support the data team’s mandate to link and develop all areas of Trust data and to standardise approached to data collection and management informed by good practice. The postholder will ensure the integrity of the school’s MIS, employing a rigorous system of checks to identify issues and will work collaboratively with other teams to help improve access to data, and data quality across key areas.

Further details about the role including the full job description and person specification can be found by following the link to apply.

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Completing the application
Candidates will need to create an account and are asked to complete all the standard information required on the application form. Please also address the mission alignment and capacity to meet the requirements of the Essential and Desirable criteria of the Person Specification and Job Description. CVs are not accepted as part of the application process.

We may interview candidates ahead of the closing date so early application is advised. The Academy reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the advertised closing date. The advert may be closed at any time. 

Disclaimer:

Any unsolicited CV`s sent to any member of our HR team on a speculative basis will not be recognised nor will we accept liability for any fee or commission should we subsequently employ a candidate who applied to us directly or was introduced by an instructed agency that may also have been submitted speculatively by an uninstructed agency.

* Please note we only accept applications submitted via our website

Operating Norms
​We believe that the way we operate at all times and with all partners is of paramount importance.
​Our agreed operating norms are as follows:

• We are Aldridge Education
• The standard is excellence
• We champion equality
• We’re in the work together
• We behave with integrity
• We lead by example
• We use time well

References
Candidates are advised that references will be taken up immediately after shortlisting. Candidates are asked to ensure that their referees are aware of the need to respond within the timescale set. In all cases two professional references are required.

Safeguarding Statement: 
Aldridge Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. 

A copy of Aldridge Education’s Child Protection policy is available on our website at www.aldridgeeducation.org 

Following successful application, Aldridge Education will carry out the necessary prohibition checks for all teaching staff, as well as for all candidates undertaking regulated activity. 
If you are shortlisted for the position you are applying for, you will be required to complete a Declaration giving details of any relevant criminal offences and other relevant information relating to our safeguarding duty. Further information will be provided on that form. 

Given the nature of the Trust’s activities and the regulatory framework it is subject to, any offer of employment will be made conditional upon a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and barred list check carried out by the Trust (where applicable to the role in question). It is an express condition if you are appointed to the role that you join the DBS update service. 
 
If you are shortlisted for the position you are applying for, Aldridge Education will undertake online searches (including social media) in accordance with KCSIE 2023. 

This role is considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means standard and enhanced DBS checks will now always show all unspent records, including youth conditional cautions, meaning some previously unrecorded details will now be disclosed.

Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

More information on The Disclosure & Barring Service can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check.

Equal Opportunities
To know and adhere to Aldridge Education equal opportunities policy and equalities legislation and implement in relation to job responsibilities in employment and service delivery.
A copy of Aldridge Education’s Equality and Diversity policy is available on our website at www.aldridgeeducation.org – This can be found in the About us section of our website. Aldridge_Education_Equality_and_Diversity_Policy.pdf (aldridgeeducation.org)

Benefits

Key Benefits of working for Aldridge Education

• Aldridge Benefits scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible working opportunities
• Free on-site parking
• Generous annual leave allowance which increases after 5 years' service
• Opportunity to join the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme
• Refer a Friend scheme

To apply for the role please click on the following link: Every Candidate Portal - View Job Details

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