Careers Consultant (Graduate Transitions)

Job reference: PSX-027500

Salary: £36,924 - £45,163 per annum depending on relevant experience

Faculty/Organisational Unit: Professional Services

Location: Oxford Road

Employment type: Fixed Term

Division/Team: Student and Academic Services

Hours Per Week: Full Time (1 FTE)

Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 02/01/2025

Contract Duration: Fixed term until 31 December 2025

School/Directorate: Directorate for the Student Experience

We have an exciting opportunity to join The University of Manchester’s Careers Service. As a Career Consultant (Graduate Transitions), your role will be to make an active contribution to the personal and professional development of our students and graduates, with particular focus on supporting graduates – delivering a high standard of skills and employability support to help them secure appropriate employment or further study. This role will be aligned to delivering activities across in the Graduate Transitions Team (part of the Operations, Student and Graduate Development team), although all staff will work collaboratively across the institution subject to the needs of the service.

You will be responsible for improving the visibility of Graduate Outcomes survey, and delivering assigned activities and projects to improve Graduate Outcomes.  This role will also deliver high quality careers information, advice and guidance to students through online and face to face sessions for individual and group sessions.  You will manage the careers provision for your area, including any individuals supporting the team and the allocation of tasks, setting of priorities and meeting of performance targets.

The Careers Service is located within our “Access, Student Employability, Success and Development” division, within the Directorate for the Student Experience. We are looking for candidates with experience and knowledge in the areas of careers and employability, graduate recruitment/training or learning and development, with a strong interest in and understanding of, delivering Higher Education careers and employability learning experiences to student and/or graduates. The successful candidate must have experience of working innovatively, collaboratively and flexibly, within a culture of continuous improvement. 

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status.  All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Jenny Sloan

Email: jenny.sloan@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Due to the University’s Christmas closure, shortlisting will not be completed until 10 January 2025, and invitations for interview will go out after this date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.

Supporting Documents

save_altPSX-027500 Careers Consultant (Graduate Transitions) Further Particulars(PDF,124KB)