Director of Careers and Employability

The overall purpose of the role is to develop an effective Careers and Employability Team, providing leadership, direction and overall management of this service to enhance the graduate outcomes for the University’s students to enhance the graduate outcomes. The role will focus on both the strategic development and operational enhancement of the Careers Service, ensuring alignment with our strategic goals.

Requirements

The ideal candidate

As the postholder, you will play a pivotal role in the College, leading and driving the success of the Careers & Employability team. The post holder will lead on the strategic development of critical employability agendas, responding to internal and external policy drivers and to ensure the delivery of professional careers education initiatives which supports LCCA’s employability aspirations. This will involve providing regular support and advice to the Colleges senior leadership team and influencing and driving institutional policy.

As the postholder you will draw upon best practice, to ensure the College becomes an innovative provider of employability and future work information, advice, guidance and education to students, alumni & employers, working with stakeholders across the University and beyond. The postholder will ensure that the core services delivered by the Career & Employability team, are up to date, relevant and delivered consistently to support the core objectives of enhancing and developing employability and work-readiness to our students.

The role will be expected to liaise with key stakeholders internally and externally to support the successful delivery of team objectives, whilst continually driving innovation in methods of delivery and pedagogy. As such the role will be required to demonstrate a proactive interest and understanding of up-to-date teaching practices, key measures of success, and outcomes data, as well as using their expertise to steer the team’s resource appropriately and advising colleagues within and outside the wider team.

Other information

Please note: Candidates must have the right to work in the UK. Only applicants shortlisted for interview will be contacted. We do not offer visa sponsorship.

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We acknowledge receipt of your resume for a position at LCCA and sincerely appreciate your interest in our company. We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose qualifications meet our requirements. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you if you are selected to continue for the next stage of the recruitment process. We wish you every success.

LCCA is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion or belief.