Be Part of Shaping the Future of Careers Education
We are the national body for careers education in England, delivering support to schools and colleges to deliver modern, 21st-century careers education.
The Careers & Enterprise Company is a great place to work. We operate within a fast-paced and collaborative environment. We are brought together by one thing: our passion to ensure young people get the best possible start in life and are supported to find their best next step.
Are you passionate about improving careers education for all young people? Do you want to amplify youth voice, influence decision-making, and help shape a system that truly listens? If so, read on.
Role Summary
The Careers & Enterprise Company is looking for passionate young people aged 14–25 who are interested in shaping the CEC’s work to join its Youth Advisory Group.
It doesn’t matter where you’re from, your background, or how much experience you have with careers education – your voice matters, and CEC wants to hear it. CEC would love to hear from you whether you are still in education, you are embarking on your career journey, you’ve left education and are still deciding what to do, or whether you are now in employment.
CEC welcomes applications from those with experience in secondary schools, colleges or further education, specialist provision (such as PRU or SEND schools), home-schooled, T Levels, apprenticeship programmes and other training. Whatever your experience, CEC wants to hear from you!
CEC would like to hear from young people who are:
- Between the ages of 14 and 25 years old.
- Living in England.
- Passionate about improving the careers education system for all young people.
As a member of the Youth Advisory Group, you will:
- Govern: play a key role in challenging and guiding CEC to embed youth voice at every level of its work.
- Enrich: help CEC design products and strategies that are more inclusive, effective, and impactful for all young people.
- Advocate: bring more young voices into the conversation and help to improve careers education for everyone in the system.
What You’ll Gain
- The opportunity to influence a national organisation.
- A platform to represent youth perspectives and inspire change.
- Access to training, skill-building, and leadership development.
- All travel, food, and event costs covered for in-person sessions.
- A chance to work as part of a team and be a part of a strong and supportive peer network.
If you're ready to make a difference, grow your skills, and help shape the future, apply now and bring your voice to the table.
Closing date: Midnight on Monday, 7th July 2025
It is our policy to review all applications within two weeks of the closing date. If you do not hear from us within three weeks following the closing date, then your application has unfortunately not been successful on this occasion. We are unable to provide feedback to candidates who have not been shortlisted and attended an interview.
Thank you!
Do you want to make a difference and contribute to The Methodist Church?
Are you a keen and experienced individual who is interested in supporting the work we do to ensure that the Church is a safe place for all – children, young people, and adults?
About the role
The Methodist Church in Britain seeks to ensure that the Church is a safe place for all – children, young people, and adults. The Safeguarding Committee plays a critical role in ensuring good governance of safeguarding and provides scrutiny and oversight of safeguarding across the Church.
About You
We are looking for an experienced, committed person with deep expertise in safeguarding and the ability to support and challenge effectively, make good judgment and come to sound decisions.
We advise you to review the candidate pack, the role description and person specification ahead of completing and submitting your online expression of interest form. The candidate pack includes some useful information about our processes.
Please note that where appropriate, successful nominees will be asked to undertake further checks, including references and a DBS check.
If you have questions about the role or require reasonable adjustments to be made at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact HR - details available on our website.
We are aiming to have a breadth of experience and backgrounds among the members of the Connexional Council, and therefore we particularly welcome applications from minority ethnic members of the Church, women, those with disabilities, and those who are still developing their careers.
Indicative Recruitment Timetable:
Closing date: 26 June 2025
Interviews Date: 28 July 2025
Provisional appointment start date: 1 October 2025
This is a voluntary position which in non-remunerated, but expenses are paid.
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