Head of Careers and Employability

1 week ago


Northampton, United Kingdom University of Northampton Full time

**About the Job**

**Interview Date: w/c 21 November**

This is an exciting substantive post within the department for Enterprise and Employability, suitable for an ambitious employability professional to make a significant impact on the lives of our students by improving their future career prospects.The post holder is an important part of a multi-disciplinary employability team, responsible for increasing overall levels of graduate employment to meet the ambitious objectives set to ensure all students achieve the careers they aspire to enter. They will ensure the provision of a sector leading careers and employability service to all students including high quality information, advice, and guidance provided in line with the University’s active blended learning and integrated learner support models. Increasing the range and take up of work-related opportunities and improve pathways into graduate employment.

Working as part of the departments senior leadership team, the post holder will make a significant contribution to the University’s equality, diversity, and inclusion priorities and the achievement of the Access and Participation Plan (APP) targets and milestones. Working with colleagues, the post holder will create an integrated employability service embedding careers support, Changemaker, work related learning, and enterprise and digital skills into every aspect of the student experience.

We want you to be able to carry out your work in a way that best supports UON and our students, but also you as an individual. We understand this may vary between different areas of the university as well as from one person to another. With Smarter Working you can work with increased flexibility, if you would like to, which can facilitate greater freedom and autonomy.

**About You**

**Qualifications**

**Essential**:
An honours degree or equivalent, or related work experience.

A professional qualification in careers advice and guidance or relevant alternative experience.

**Enterprise and Employability**

**About Us**

Come to the University of Northampton and you will see that we do things a bit differently.

We are one of the youngest universities in the UK but we are already leading the way in adding value to society, which we call social impact. We have won multiple awards for our work in this area, among others, but what matters the most to us is ensuring that our students and graduates have the opportunity to make their mark on the world too. That’s why we were the first university in the UK to be named as a Changemaker Campus in 2012.

We want to break the mould of what Higher Education can be. This has led us to build a whole new University from the ground up that is designed to reflect the way that students actually learn rather than the way they are expected to learn. Waterside Campus opened in September 2018.

Our commitment to transforming lives and inspiring change is at the heart of all that we do.

**Right to Work**

**Equality**

The University of Northampton is committed to providing a vibrant, ethical and sustainable work, study and living environment that values equality, diversity and inclusion.

This commitment, along with our legal and moral obligations, provides an inclusive environment for staff, students and the public who may be affected by our activities.



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