Postgraduate External Engagement Officer - Birmingham, United Kingdom - University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

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Position Details
Academic Services

Location:
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £31,396 to £33,966 with potential progression once in post to £38,205

Grade: 6

Full Time, Permanent

Closing date: 27th May 2024

Our offer to you
People are at the heart of what we are and do.

The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university.

We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.

We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential.

With almost 5,000 professional services jobs in a wide-range of functions in Edgbaston and in our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities for you to be able to develop your career at the University.

We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate.

We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.

Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements.

We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working.

In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme.

We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.

The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site.

On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens.

Find out more about the benefits of working for the University of Birmingham

Background

This role is located within the Careers Network team (CN), which exists to help students and graduates realise the potential of their University of Birmingham experience and degree, helping them to positively shape the world around them, powering possibilities for themselves, and others, throughout their careers.

The team comprises circa 60 staff across several specialist areas supporting employability, enterprise, and entrepreneurship within and beyond the curriculum, engaging with employers, alumni, and external partners to support this endeavour.

Achieving the global ambitions of our university depends on our people - and we are proud of our highly talented and engaged colleagues, who are passionate about ensuring students are at the heart of what we do.

Role Summary

External Engagement is a key service provision within Careers Network and plays an important part in the University achieving its Employability Strategy.

Opportunities for students to engage externally both outside and within their discipline impacts across many strategic areas including graduate employability, student experience, and alumni and external engagement.

The post will develop a programme of activity for Postgraduate Taught and Postgraduate Research students informed through collaboration with employers and with a focus on employability skills development and employer-led projects.

The post will be instrumental in developing and maintaining effective relationships with a wide range of employers offering jobs, projects, work experience and internships for postgraduate students (PGT & PGR) on a regional, national and international level.

The post will also undertake group work and information sharing sessions for postgraduate students.

The post holder will be managed by the Careers Network's Postgraduate External Engagement Manager and will work within the External Engagement team, collaborating with the Postgraduate Careers Team and the University's Graduate School.

The role will directly impact on the success of the University's Employability Strategy and the UGS Strategy by offering External Engagement opportunities to our Postgraduate (PGT & PGR) students, a significant proportion of which are international students.

Main Duties

Relationship Management, Skills development, employer-led projects and events

Support the development and management of new and existing relationships with external employers locally, nationally and globally for the purpose of generating higher level skill related work experience/internship and mentoring