About the Department:
The Careers and Employability Service plays a crucial role in helping students succeed in a competitive graduate job market. We support students and graduates with the development of employability skills, advice on career options, applying for jobs and work experience, meeting employers and finding graduate job opportunities.
About this role:
In this role you will:
- Lead and innovate on careers and employability provision for international students including recruitment and conversion activities, development of targeted resources and services for students and building partnerships with opportunity providers.
- You will bring careers and employability expertise to the process of developing, implementing and evaluating project-based university-wide activity plans that make a significant impact on student experience and the employment prospects of our graduates. You will help us to identify what works, keep abreast of related sector wide developments and contribute to our programme sharing good practice across the institution.
- You will collaborate with academic departments to build packages of careers support utilising curriculum delivery, extracurricular activities and 1:1 guidance. You will enhance the career development of students at all stages of study and take a data informed approach to deliver impactful careers provision.
- You will develop appropriate e-learning resources to support career development learning such as online tutorials and sessions, webinars, short videos etc. to help engage and meet the needs of a large and diverse student body.
- You will promote the employment of students and graduates to employers and help identify appropriate opportunities such as work experience, graduate entry roles and projects to support the career development and progression of our students. You will contribute to a programme of employer-focussed events.
About You:
- Innovation will be a feature of your work, you will have the ability to translate strategy into objectives, developing action plans and turning these into impactful outcomes.
- You will be proactive and enthusiastic about embedding employability and work-integrated learning and have expert knowledge in this area. You will have a good understanding of strategies and techniques, including e-learning resource creation, to support skills development within a curriculum setting. You will have knowledge and experience of meeting the needs of learners from a diverse range of backgrounds to design and deliver tailored employability development activities.
- You will have good research and data manipulation skills with the ability to assimilate, interpret, and determine effective recommendations that will have a substantive impact on key objectives.
- You will have the capacity to influence change and be an effective and constructive team player working collaboratively with all colleagues and stakeholders. You will have the communication and influencing skills essential in building and managing positive working relationships.
- You will have the ability to plan and execute projects and deliver multifaceted high-quality services. This is a role requiring excellent organisational skills.
To apply:
Please submit your CV and a Cover Letter outlining your suitability to the role via our portal, by clicking "Apply Now"
For informal enquiries about this role, please contact Julian White j.r.white@mmu.ac.uk
Further information:
Hybrid working is offered for this role. The nature of the role requires presence on campus at certain times of year, but at other times you will be able to complete some work remotely. We recognise the benefits and importance of an environment that supports flexible working and are open to conversations throughout the application process.
Manchester Metropolitan University is committed to supporting the rights, responsibilities, dignity, health and wellbeing of staff and students through our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
We promote applications from all sections of the community, irrespective of background, belief or identity, recognising the benefits that a diverse organisation can bring and particularly encourage applications from groups which are underrepresented in the University workforce.
Our commitment to inclusivity includes mentoring programmes, accessibility resources, and professional development opportunities to empower and support underrepresented groups.
Manchester Met is a Disability Confident Leader and, under this scheme, aims to offer an interview to disabled people who apply for the role and meet the essential criteria as listed in the attached Job Description for that vacancy.
This vacancy is expected to attract a high volume of applications. Therefore, under the Disability Confident Scheme, only disabled people who apply under the scheme and best meet the essential criteria will be offered an interview.
