Careers Adviser

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £36,130 to £45,413, with potential progression once in post to £48,149

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract up to March 2026

Working as a careers guidance professional in Careers Network, the post holder will have responsibility for delivering careers advice and guidance, and career development learning, to students within the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (EPS). The post holder will be expected to design and deliver programmes that improve the graduate outcomes of students, in partnership with Employability Tutors; and develop action plans for Schools and Programmes within their caseload.

The post holder will work with the College Careers Consultant on the implementation of the College employability plan alongside other members of the EPS careers team and across the College. They will draw upon their expertise in graduate recruitment, the graduate labour market and employment sectors, the student experience and career aspirations of STEM students, to provide a service that enhances the employability skills of our students, and engages employers, academics, student groups, and alumni. 

Main Duties

Service Provision

• Developing School action plans in partnership with Schools and undertaking activity that meets the requirements of these Plans and that can demonstrate impact.
• Analysing data from sources such as Graduate Outcomes and Career Registration and working with the Careers Consultant to develop the employability strategy for the College. 
• Supporting the University, and the College, towards a positive performance against Graduate Outcomes; ensuring best practice is being adopted in relation to comparator universities and employment trends.
• Working in partnership with academic and professional services colleagues and students, to develop and deliver a variety of employability services and initiatives; ensuring that services achieve institutional and national quality and professional standards, such as the AGCAS code of practice, and is compliant with relevant legislation and University guidelines.
• Identifying areas for improvement in practices, policies and technology and working with colleagues to implement that improvement.
• Providing careers advice and guidance to students and graduates.
• Developing and delivering employability related lectures and workshops.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience

• Educated to degree level.
• A recognised careers guidance qualification e.g. Qualification in Career Development, Diploma in Career Guidance, PG Dip. or equivalent.
• Proven experience of working with students or graduates, and the ability to provide them with an excellent customer experience.
• Project management skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Evidence of ability to work under pressure, to manage conflicting demands, and meet challenging targets.
• Evidence of being able to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
• A willingness and ability to network and to generate new leads and projects.
• Evidence of strong problem-solving abilities.

Informal enquiries to Richard Newman, email: r.j.newman@bham.ac.uk 

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