Careers & Employability Adviser

2 weeks ago


Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom Kingston University Full time

This role provides high quality, tailored information, advice and guidance to students which enables them to successfully prepare for and acquire graduate professional experience. This will include support within and beyond the curriculum. The role will provide an excellent opportunity to contribute to the development and delivery of a programme of small and large-scale innovative employability events, designed to equip students with employability skills, and to give them exposure to the real world experience of graduate recruitment, contributing to the improvement of the University’s performance against metrics for Highly Skilled Employment for both graduates and postgraduates.

**The Person**:
You will have demonstrable skills in delivering careers advice and guidance in 1-1, small scale and large scale settings. You should be able to organise and plan your workload. You will have a good understanding of the importance of creating a calm and welcoming environment to support the student experience. You can work independently, prioritising activities and are able to communicate effectively with both students and staff. We are looking to appoint someone who is committed to supporting the University’s mission of developing sought after students.

**Directorate/Function**:
**Raise the achievement of students throughout their journeys at Kingston University**

The Directorate’s role is to provide guidance and support for learning, enhance the employability of our students, promote access, participation and inclusion, offer students the right development opportunities for them and support all student activities through collating and utilising survey data. Our activities are student-centred and developed in conjunction with staff and students. Together we provide expert advice, guidance and initiatives that supports course teams to improve teaching quality. Our careers and employability function helps students acquire professional experience and be ready to hit the ground running when starting their careers.

As a Directorate, we are service-oriented, honest and collaborative and use evidence-based approaches. We take a whole life cycle approach to student success to help improve student outcomes for students of all backgrounds.

**Further information**:
This is a full-time, permanent position with a starting salary of £37,646 per annum.

Interviews are expected to be held on 14 September 2023.

For informal enquiries, please contact Zoe Conlon, Senior Faculty Employability Partner.


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