Careers Consultant

**Job Summary**:
Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen has an outstanding national reputation for producing highly employable and successful graduates.

The Careers Team has an exciting new opportunity for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and enterprising Careers Consultant to join our highly productive, energetic and innovative Careers Team within the University’s Centre for Employability and Community Engagement.

The Careers Team delivers advice and guidance, lectures and workshops, careers and labour market information, and employability skills sessions to applicants to the university, current undergraduate and postgraduate students, and ongoing support to our alumni community. The service is delivered through work with individual students and graduates as well as delivering to a wide variety of cohorts of students in targeted workshops and programmes many of which are imbedded into course curriculum.

A degree level qualification is essential. In addition, you should be able to demonstrate a sound understanding of the graduate recruitment market and be able to contribute to all aspects of service delivery and development, including the delivery of career management and employability programmes.

The advertised salary includes a market supplement of £4092.96 per annum (pro rata). This supplement is reviewed biennially and may be amended or withdrawn in line with agreed University pay policies.

In keeping with RGU's commitment to work/life balance you will have the opportunity to work from home for a portion of the working week and also benefit from a generous pension scheme, 46 days annual leave pro rata (including statutory days) an onsite nursery and sports centre, as well as a range of voluntary health and travel benefits.

**RESPONSIBLE TO**: Careers & Placement Manager

**RESPONSIBLE FOR**: No supervisory responsibility

**PRINCIPAL DUTIES**:

- Work with Students and Graduates
- undertake individual careers guidance interviews
- provide a drop in and quick query careers consultancy service
- develop and deliver a variety of career talks, lectures, workshops and career management programmes to enhance employability
- be receptive to innovative ways of developing service delivery taking account of the student voice and the wider experience of being a Robert Gordon university student (and graduate)
- to work in partnership and collaborate with other teams within the Centre for Employability and Community Engagement wider internal and external stakeholders in the design, delivery and development of services
- develop enhanced services and support to identified cohorts of students (including but not limited to international and widening access students) to support their understanding and developing their employability in reaching their full career potential
- Work with Academics, the Student Association and other internal stakeholders
- liaise with academic staff to develop and deliver career and employability inputs to academic courses
- to partner with, support and advise the Student Association in the development of careers/ employability related enhancement activities
- develop credible and highly productive working relationships with academic staff, professional support and service departments contributing to cross university projects and initiatives Enhancing Employability
- advise employers on graduate recruitment strategies
- contribute innovatively to the ongoing development of employer and professional body liaison
- participate in the organisation and development of Careers Fairs, constantly review and develop professional practice activities in developing students and graduates’ understanding of their employability
- liaise with academics in developing on course employability input
- contribute to the development and delivery of PDP
- liaise with employers and professional bodies to develop LMI
- develop materials to enhance student employability
- support and enhance employability initiatives across the University
- Project Work
- undertake specific projects as allocated by the Line Manager
- Other duties
- maintain appropriate records and statistical data
- report writing
- undertake regular professional development
- contribute to the efficient operation of the careers team and the wider department
- any other duties as may be required by the Line Manager

**Person Specification**:
**ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS**

**Qualifications and Professional Memberships**

**Knowledge**

Genuine interest in students.
Knowledge and interest in graduate and postgraduate recruitment market

**Experience**

Experience of supporting individuals and providing high quality customer/client service

**DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS**

**Qualifications and Professional Qualifications**

QCG/Diploma in Careers Guidance or equivalent/CIPD qualification/or significant experience in training, teaching or related field

**Experience**

Experience of work in Further/Higher Education or experience of graduate recruitment

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