Student Professional Development Coordinator

About the Role

This job is essentially a stakeholder engagement and event management role developing relationships with employers and businesses to expand the schools’ professional development offer. A key member of the SEF Professional Services Team, the post holder will be responsible for developing, and coordinating a series of professional development workshops and events primarily aimed at our Postgraduate (PGT) students and for developing initiatives to encourage students to engage with careers/professional development activity.

The post holder will also play a key role in supporting other PGT and UG career-related activities for the School, with a particular focus on production of the weekly newsletter, liaising with academics, engagement with student reps, student employability lead and supporting the student societies.

About You

You will be educated to degree level or equivalent and have experience of programme, project or events coordination. You will also have experience of administration with Higher Education. Excellent organisational skills and communication skills are essential.

About the School

The School of Economics and Finance is highly regarded as one of the top economic and finance departments. The School is renowned for excellence in research, teaching and student experience.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

The post is based at the Mile End Campus in London. It is full time, permanent position, with an expected start date as soon as possible. The starting salary will be Grade 4, in the range of £38,165 - £44,722 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance. Appointments are normally made at the start of the salary range.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as men as this group is underrepresented at this level at Queen Mary.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to Nurul Ahmed (nurul.ahmed@qmul.ac.uk).

To apply for the role, please click the ‘apply’ button.

The closing date for applications is 08 October 2023.

Interviews are expected to be held shortly thereafter.

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