School Employability Manager

About the role

Nottingham Trent University is determined to improve the graduate employment outcomes for all of its students; we continue to deliver a wealth of innovative curricular and extracurricular opportunities to our students and have made considerable progress over the last few years; but there is still much to be done to achieve our ambitions.

Intrinsic to our agenda is the role of the School Employability Managers (SEMs) within each academic School.   Since this role was introduced the SEMs have been instrumental in developing the employability offer across the university along with specific School and subject based employability interventions.

The role provides an essential conduit between the employability teams and the School through school management teams, course leaders and academic colleagues and it is these relationships and influence within respective schools that is critical to the success of the role.  In this role academic credentials are key, therefore the equivalent of 0.2 FTE of the SEMs hours are allocated to school based academic duties which also enables the individual to maintain a high level of subject expertise.

With significant recent changes to enhance the Schools approach to employability, it is essential that the new candidate can pick up and continue on the path that has been started. Obviously with the ambition that this post will be focused on elevating this work to the next level and helping lead the schools research informed and strategic practice in learning for employability.

This successful candidate will also have a focus on scholarly activity and as part of this work helping identify more effective ways of sharing good practice internally will be pivotal.

Applications are sought from appropriately qualified and experienced individuals, who share our passion for employability, who can help build our reputation both internally and globally with employers and who can continue the work to improve both the short and longer term outcomes for our students within the School of Art & Design.

Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2023

Interview Date: Friday, 13 January 2023

To arrange an informal discussion or for more information about this opportunity, please contact Dr Doug Cole, Deputy Director of Employability; email, doug.cole@ntu.ac.uk

This is your career, reimagined.

NTU prides itself on being an inclusive employer. We value and celebrate equality in opportunities, and we welcome applications from people who reflect the diversity of our communities.

We’re proud of how far we’ve come. With a shared vision, we are a community of more than 4,000 colleagues, all committed to our goal of becoming ‘the university of the future’. Do you have the passion to help us to go even further? www.ntu.ac.uk

This role is open to non-UK/Irish applicants subject to current UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) rules. Please ensure that you have the appropriate right to work in the UK for this role and consult the Home Office website for further information.

Please note that this role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and successful applicants will be asked to declare any unspent criminal convictions. 

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