Location: | Devon, Plymouth |
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Salary: | £28,759 to £32,982 per annum - Grade 5 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 9th July 2024 |
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Closes: | 28th July 2024 |
Job Ref: | B0293 |
The Careers Service offers a comprehensive range of Faculty/School and centrally co-ordinated activities, opportunities and support for students to help them develop their skills and experiences in order to be successful in the world of work. This is an exciting chance to be part of a progressive Careers Service with a clear focus and delivery plan. You will also be working in a cutting-edge and dynamic University in a beautiful location, where you can really make a difference.
As a member of the Student Engagement and Careers Operations team, you will contribute to the delivery of a student-focused, professional, friendly and efficient student careers service and associated programmes and initiatives. One key aspect of the role is to lead our very successful career mentoring programme.
We are looking to employ a proactive and well-organised individual to work as part of a team to deliver a customer focussed, supportive and efficient programme to ensure both mentees and mentors receive an excellent experience. The role will oversee a number of student-led programmes and initiatives which may flex throughout the year and change as the service evolves. This will require liaising, organising, delivering, communicating, and working with a wide-range of students and other stakeholders across the University.
You role may not have worked in higher education before, but will bring a high level of administration, accuracy, innovation and creativity to the role, with a passion for customer service, feedback and continual improvement. You will have experience of managing high-volume, busy workloads, who are extremely organised and able to think dynamically to solve problems.
You will require previous experience of planning, organising and delivering projects and events, which support business priorities. Experience of workshop delivery and public speaking would be highly desirable. You will also be expected to demonstrate an ability to think creatively and critically, working as part of a team and challenging others to improve. You must be an excellent communicator, highly organised with an eye for detail.
You will ideally have:
For an informal discussion to find out more about the role then please contact Mark Beresford: by email at mark.beresford@plymouth.ac.uk or by telephone on 7583019595
Interviews are expected to take place week commencing Monday 5 August 2024 and you will be notified if you have been shortlisted or not.
This is a full-time position working 37 hours per week on a permanent basis.
We offer a competitive salary package and a generous pension and holiday scheme.
A summary of our comprehensive benefits can be viewed here.
Remote working is availble up to 2 days a week.
Closing date: 12 midnight, Sunday 27 July 2024
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