Assistant Director, Careers Service - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

UE09 (£54,949 - £61,823 per annum)

University Secretary's Group, Careers Service

Open Ended

Full Time; 35 hours per week

The Opportunity:

This is an exciting post within the Careers Service, where a skilled and ambitious careers and employability professional can make a significant impact on our students by supporting their career development.

The post holder will ensure the provision of sector-leading careers and employability services by leading a team of careers professionals and building impactful relationships with academic colleagues.

As part of the department's leadership team, you will contribute to the enhancement and delivery of our strategic goals and the wider University Strategy.

You will be joining a department of experienced, dynamic and engaged colleagues who set themselves high standards and are committed to supporting our diverse student and graduate body and wider stakeholders.

It is an opportune time to join as the University works on its ambitious Curriculum Transformation Programme and implements a new model for supporting students.

Your skills and attributes for success:

Professionally qualified or relevant degree or equivalent, with extensive experience in pertinent roles including previous relevant successful experience of leading and managing teams and/or projects within a professional CEIAG, or closely related, environment.
Authoritative knowledge, understanding and expertise across all aspects of policy and practice relevant to Careers and Employability, and its relevance to students and the curriculum.
Capacity to think and act strategically with a continuous awareness of the bigger picture, and a collaborative approach which can both acknowledge and work across boundaries to achieve shared success.
Ability to use and promote the use of qualitative and quantitative information to critically evaluate, demonstrate and improve the effectiveness of activities, and to inform and influence.

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Application Process:

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Please supply the following:

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CV:

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Supporting statement demonstrating your motivation and suitability for the post (
no more than 750 words):

Your perspectives on the topic " Responding to the Key Challenges Facing HE Careers Services" **(2-sides of A4 and no more than 1,000 words)

As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success.

You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme
, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more.

Click to access our
staff benefits page (opens new browser tab) for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education.

We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Echoing The University's commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, we want our Careers Service team to be reflective of our wider community.

Interviews will likely be held week commencing 30 th January 2023.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our
right to work webpages **(opens new browser tab).

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role.

International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow's greatest challenges.

Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.

Our award winning Careers Service gives careers advice to matriculated students and recent graduates to help them find personal and professional achievement and fulfilling futures by working in partnership with academic colleagues and employers.

Students are also helped to build up useful work experience through part-time and vacation employment.

Providing a world-class careers service for world-class graduates demands a challenging level of skills and talents and the highest standards of professionalism.