Careers and Employability Consultant - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Newcastle University

Newcastle University
Newcastle University
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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Salary:
£33,966 to £36,024 with progression to £44,263 per annum

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits.

We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.


Closing Date: 01 April 2024

The Role


The Student Success Unit is responsible for developing and supporting the delivery of an outstanding and distinctive student experience ensuring the most effective education experience possible.

As part of Student Success, the Careers Service supports all students and recent graduates towards a positive graduate outcome through bridging the gap between university and employment/self-employment/further study by means of effective learning and development.


Do you have a passion for Higher Education teaching delivery and onward graduate success? Then we want to hear from you.

We are looking to engage with professionals who have innovative, creative ideas to design /co design and deliver experiences to enrich our students, through supporting both their personal growth and professional development, sparking their curiosity to fulfil their potential.


You will be based within a designated Careers & Employability faculty team, supported by a Faculty Engagement Manager, with responsibility for ensuring our current students and recent graduates have access to the best possible curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular employability and enterprise provision.


This is an exciting opportunity to make a genuine difference to our student futures If this sounds like a role for you then we would love to hear from you.

This is a full time, permanent position.

Key Accountabilities In collaboration with your Senior Manager and Faculty Engagement Manager, design, develop and deliver student-facing activity, in line with your professional aptitudes and skills, this may include: Teaching small and large groups Tutoring Assessment Using your curricular expertise provide a consultancy service in your Faculty team, advising key contacts in schools on the best ways to support and develop their students' employability and enterprise skills As part of your team, find opportunities to collaborate within the Careers Service and across the University to design tailored curricular and co-curricular employability interventions for students at points of transition and choice Work with colleagues across Student Success using your expertise to lead on ensuring the design and delivery of our provision considers the needs and requirements of designated service user groups (e.g., students with additional needs, international students, Early Career Researchers, or Degree Apprentices) Using management data, work with colleagues in your team and within the schools to develop targeted approaches to addressing student needs Monitor and evaluate outcomes from activities to inform team level decisions on approaches and priorities and create relevant and effective curricular or co-curricular activities In collaboration with your team and colleagues in your allocated areas of responsibility, develop a network of academic and professional services colleagues who can champion employability and its associated benefits Work with teams across the Student Success Unit and in your designated Faculty to identify and facilitate opportunities for employers to contribute to curricular and co-curricular interventions in support of students' skills development Develop effective networks external to the institution, and with relevant professional societies, to gather and share good practice With direction and support from the Faculty Engagement Manager, write appropriate reports and papers and make presentations to a variety of audiences so that the work of the Careers Service is recognised for quality of practice Contribute to cross-service themes and lead and/or take part in cross-service projects
Undertake any other duties reasonably requested in the delivery of the Careers Service's strategic objectives including occasional out of hours/evening work

The Person

Knowledge, Skills and Experience An up-to-date understanding of the student and graduate labour market, particularly relating to students' skills development, employer selection processes and choices around employment, self-employment and further study An up-to-date knowledge of graduate employability, careers education and guidance and practice relating to teaching, learning and assessment in Higher Education A good understanding of the HE sector
- its business, latest developments and issues Evidence of experience of teaching and assessing in higher education Ability to devise and deliver interactive group sessions and workshops Self-reliance skills to manage and prioritise a complex workload Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to find collective solutions through teamwork and gather different perspectives and insights through netw
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