Faculty Employability Manager

The Careers Service plays a key role in the success of our students, working with them from the very start of their student journey to ensure they get to where they want to be when they graduate.

The Faculty Employability Team Manager has responsibility for leadership of the Faculty Employability Team’s work with faculties and their students, the development of the Careers Service contribution to embedding employability and employer relevant skills within the curriculum and leading employability partnership agreements with  schools.

Our ambition is to provide world-class, innovative support and opportunities to our students. Your leadership and support to a team of 12 Faculty Employability Advisers and Consultants will ensure delivery of high-quality, data informed careers and employability related services to students, alongside consultancy to academics. 

What will you be doing?

Over the next 12 months you will:

• Direct and oversee the work of the Faculty Employability Team (FET) providing your expert advice to ensure the team achieve individual and team objectives and contribute to positive student outcomes.
• Effectively develop your direct line reports, providing them with excellent management support, clarity of direction and empowering their personal development.
• Quickly get up to speed with the Faculties and Schools to enable you to influence and positively promote the embedding of employability and skills in the curriculum.
• Develop a refreshed approach to the delivery of Employability Partnership Agreements, building on the Service's strategy, complementing institution developments.
• Analyse management information to inform and prioritise provision, producing reports, papers and updates where necessary.
• Work closely with the other Careers Service Team Leaders to ensure agendas align, plus a collective approach to problem solving and coherent annual planning.

You should apply if

• You have a passion for working for University of Bristol Careers Service
• You have highly developed knowledge and experience of careers work in a higher education setting and/or graduate recruitment and broader sector setting
• You can work credibly with senior university academics to embed employability and drive engagement with the new Bristol Skills Framework in a curricular or co-curricular context
• You have up to date knowledge of the graduate labour market and higher education ambitions for positive graduate outcomes, ideally with significant relevant experience.
• You have substantial people and team management experience with well-developed planning and organisational skills.
• You can think strategically and innovatively, able to solve problems and instigate changes with confidence.
• You have well developedinterpersonal skills, able to influence and build relationships with a range of stakeholders.

Additional information

This advert will close at 23:59 GMT on Sunday 12th February 2023

For informal enquiries please contact Caroline Darrall, Assistant Director (IAG and Faculties) - Caroline.darrall@bristol.ac.uk

We recently launched our strategy to 2030 tying together our mission, vision and values.

The University of Bristol aims to be a place where everyone feels able to be themselves and do their best in an inclusive working environment where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential. We wantto attract, develop, and retain individuals with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives – particularly people of colour, LGBT+ and disabled people - because diversity of people and ideas remains integral to our excellence as a global civic institution.

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