Placement Career Coach

University of East London

Founded in 1898, we at the University of East London (UEL) are proud to change lives through education. Our goal is to advance industry 5.0 careers-first education and provide a clear path to the jobs and opportunities of the future. We’re committed to driving diversity in the 5.0 talent pipeline, working in partnership to promote talent wherever it is found and creating a balanced, inclusive, and green future.

But we can't achieve this goal alone. We need forward-thinking, innovative, and curious individuals like you to join our community and help us craft our future. As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to work with a diverse range of people who share your passion for creating positive change. We’re an inclusive and welcoming community that is constantly moving forward, never satisfied with the status quo.

About Us

The Careers and Student Enterprise Service is the academic, career and employability nucleus of the University of East London. The goal of the Service is to support every student to achieve academically, gain the skills for the 21st century workforce, and build direct pathways to employment. The Service’s mindset has innovation and creativity at its core. To improve progression, retention and graduate outcomes, the Service utilises cutting edge technology and research, which has shown impact on our students’ satisfaction, behaviour, and outcomes.

This role is based in the Careers and Student Enterprise Service which is the career, employ-ability, and enterprise nucleus of the University of East London. The goal of the Service is to support every student to achieve career success, gain the skills for the 21st century workforce, and build direct pathways to employment. The Service’s mindset has innovation and creativity at its core. To improve progression, retention and graduate outcomes, the Service utilises innovative careers tools and resources. This is a one-of-a-kind department with highly motivated staff providing a quality service to students and alumni.

About the Job

We are looking to recruit an MBA Administrator to work under the direction of the Director of the MBA Programmes to provide PA, executive, business and administrative support to the MBA Programme and staff.

As a Placement Career Coach, within the Postgraduate Placement Team, you will play a central role in preparing students to undertake their placement year. This will include a full cycle of induction, workshop delivery, 1-2-1 coaching, undertaking due diligence activities to ensure placements meet the standard, through to supporting students while on placement and finally signposting them to additional resources and opportunities as they graduate.  You will work in a cross-organisational mode, building contacts across the university 

and as such there’s rarely a dull moment. In addition, you will support the wider Careers service representing the team at Careers Fairs, both on and off-site, as well as participating in welcome activities for new students at all levels. If the opportunity for variety, innovation, and development appeals then we look forward to hearing from you.

About You

Successful candidates should have proven  experience in 

• Preparing, supporting, and developing individuals and/or groups for placements, work experience and/or other work-based learning activities.  
• Developing and delivering high quality, interactive learning materials, paper-based and web-based and delivering skills development workshops or other training and development activities in groups and 1 to 1 setting.   
• Managing projects and creating and adhering to efficient administrative processes and having excellent IT skills with clear proficiency in using Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and use of the internet.  
• Career coaching, job placement, or recruitment. 
• working with students or young professionals, preferably in a university or placement program setting. 

Benefits Package

Here are our amazing benefits:  https://uel.ac.uk/benefits-professional-services-positions

At UEL we care deeply about your wellbeing and understand it’s about more than just a salary. It’s about the entire package on offer along with our outstanding work environment and inclusive culture. We know the market rates for this vacancy and will offer a genuinely competitive salary DOE. 

Equal Opportunities

UEL is an inclusive equal opportunities employer and are proud of our Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity achievements, including: zero gender pay gap, members of Stonewall and have won Athena Swan awards. We expect all employees of UEL to accept our EDI policy and will not tolerate discrimination in any form.

So, if you’d like to take your career to the next level with us here at the University of East London and are inspired by our environment and committed to success, we want you to apply today!