Graduate Opportunities Manager

2 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Manchester Metropolitan University Full time

About the Team:

Based within Careers and Employability, the Early Career Graduate team works with recent graduates to help them improve their future employability and career prospects. Through our work we enable and empower graduates to reach the next stage in their career journey, no matter what point in the cycle they are at.

Our work feeds into key strategic areas and is a chance to positively influence University wide graduate destination outcomes and data.

About the Role:

As a key part of the Early Career Graduate team, this temporary post involves interacting with employers of all sizes with a special focus on small to medium sized enterprises in the Greater Manchester and North-West region. Advising them on the most effective ways to recruit our graduates and using your employer engagement skills to create high quality employment opportunities.

Making sure that Manchester Metropolitan University is the first-choice destination for employers looking to recruit students and recent graduates.

About You:

You will need to be proactive and enthusiastic with an ability to work effectively in a small team which relies on each other. Your skills and experience will help the team to meet the needs of our graduates and partner employers. Helping us to successfully deliver the many projects we are involved in both internally at the University and externally across the region.

Training in the role and support will be provided but above all having a willingness to make that difference to our future graduate outcomes is the key to success.

Useful Information:

This is a fixed term role with a proposed start date of Monday 1st July 2024. The post is a fixed term 12-month contract and ends in July 2025.

To apply for this post, please submit your CV and your responses to the two questions as listed on the application portal. Please note that applicants that fail to answer the two set questions will not be considered. There is also no requirement to submit a covering letter.

Interviews will be held in-person on campus with exact dates to be advised.

For informal enquiries about the role, please contact Graham Jackson (Graduate Transitions Manager) via email on g.jackson@mmu.ac.uk for a chat.

Manchester Met University is committed to creating an intentionally inclusive culture of belonging that promotes equity and celebrates diversity. We understand the importance of having a diverse workforce and the benefits it can bring to ensuring diversity of thought and innovation in everything we do. We, therefore, encourage applications from our local and international communities, in particular people from ethnic minority groups, disabled people and people who identify as LGBTQIA+.

Hybrid working is offered for this role, where you will be able to work a proportion of time on campus and a proportion remotely. We recognise the benefits and importance of an environment that supports flexible working and are open to conversations throughout the application process.

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