Erasmus Mundus Placements, Employability and

3 weeks ago

Glasgow, United Kingdom University of Glasgow Full time

**Job Purpose**
The role is responsible for the successful maintenance and expansion of the employability and partnership activities of the School of Social and Political Sciences’ Erasmus Mundus degree programmes.

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**
1. Develop, implement and administer processes, procedures and data systems for identifying and engaging suitable partner organisations to support delivery of the Erasmus Mundus programme options, including the work placement and visiting scholar programmes, activities related to student employability, and consortium collaboration opportunities.
2. Ensure that work placement arrangements comply with all relevant employment, insurance and health and safety procedures, regulations and legislation, including completing Risk Assessments and implementing support mechanisms for students, and ensure that all participants comply with said arrangements.
4. Oversee and develop formative and summative assessment for placements, work with internal and external stakeholders and support the evaluation and quality assurance of any assessment related to placements.
5. Monitor, maintain and improve the quality of the placement programme through partner liaison, collation of feedback and provision of evaluation reports.
6. Administer the Erasmus Mundus visiting scholar programme, ensuring that programmes adhere to the requirements of the EACEA grant.
7. Support the provision of employability and skills-based learning activities for the Erasmus Mundus programmes, including sourcing and organising collaborations with partner and other external organisations in liaison with programme directors and project manager, acting as the point of contact and quality assessor for these, as well as supporting student participation in relevant external competitions, and intercultural competency training.
8. Work closely with the College Employability Team to support the rollout of best employability practice from the Erasmus Mundus programmes to other programmes within the School, supported by a co-managed intern.
9. Contribute to the development of and implement an alumni engagement strategy for the programmes, including conducting surveys of alumni and engaging with the activities of Erasmus Mundus alumni organisations.
10. Develop the programmes’ partner engagement strategies in collaboration with the programme directors and project manager and implement these, building and maintaining effective relationships to develop a community of practice between the programme and partner organisations.
11. Proactively seek feedback and build relationships with key stakeholder groups including academic staff and students to support and inform the continuous improvement of programme partnerships and student experience.
12. Attend consortium management committees and other similar consortium level forums and visit partner organisations where required.
13. Continue to upskill and work to improve understanding of relevant fields, including attending relevant events, conferences, etc, both representing the programmes and developing own professional capabilities.
14. Work closely with the Erasmus Mundus Projects Manager, Programme Directors and other academic and administrative colleagues in the delivery of the above, and undertake any other relevant and appropriate duties as directed by the Erasmus Mundus Projects Manager or Head of Professional Services.

**Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and Experience**

**Knowledge/Qualifications**

**Essential**:

A1 Ability to demonstrate the competencies required to undertake the duties associated with this post, having acquired the necessary knowledge and skills in a similar role, or: Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework Level 7 (Advanced Higher / Scottish Vocational Qualification Level 3, Higher National Certificate) or equivalent, and experience of personal development in a similar role.

**Desirable**:

B1 Process Improvement or Project Management certification (Six Sigma/Lean/PRINCE2/APMP etc.)
B2 Knowledge of other University software packages (Moodle, Qlikview, Oracle-based platforms etc.)
B3 Knowledge of Further/Higher Education policies and procedures, in particular those related to mobility or joint/multiple degree programmes
B4 Knowledge of Health & Safety/Risk Management regulations and principles

**Skills**

**Essential**:
C1 Excellent organisational and planning skills.
C2 Solutions focused with business process improvement/project management skills.
C3 Ability to positively affect/influence the performance and motivation of others
- based approaches to decision making and process improvements.
C5 Ability to quickly embrace and learn new concepts, techniques or methodologies.
C6 Effective communication and influencing skills, both verbal and written, to interact and collaborate effectively with a range of stakeholders including diverse functional areas and cultures.
C7 Ability to use own initiative, exercise independent judgement, work un

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