Careers Manager

Location: Hybrid – London or Leicester

Closing Date: 11.59pm on Sunday 7^th April 2024 

We are seeking to appoint a Careers Manager to join a friendly, busy and supportive Marketing and Communications team at the British Psychological Society. 

You’ll be the driving force behind psychology careers guidance, by delivering the BPS careers strategy and expanding opportunities for aspiring and qualified psychologists at every stage of their professional journey. From undergraduate to chartered status, you'll provide them with relevant and engaging career information across diverse pathways, including research and practitioner psychology, new workforce roles supporting the NHS long-term plan, and psychology graduates working in other commercial settings. 

Leading our student ambassador program, you’ll recruit and empower students to promote BPS within their universities and collaborate with the student committee to design a strategy and help them deliver their objectives. Hosting regular career events, such as the Psychology Careers Festival, you'll leverage expertise from our membership and employer networks to provide comprehensive and engaging programs. 

Your impact will extend to fostering relationships with educational institutions and employers, identifying collaboration opportunities to meet workforce demands, and working with our member networks to represent the various domains of psychology to aspiring psychologists. 

You’ll have proven experience in careers advice, with strong leadership skills to build stakeholder and student relationships, and will manage a diverse portfolio of content creation and event management. 

Join us in driving meaningful change within the BPS community, empowering psychologists to make informed career choices. 

We offer a friendly, values led working culture with an excellent benefits package that includes: 

• Agile & flexible working
• Generous leave entitlement
• Occupational pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme / free eye care vouchers / Winter flu vaccinations
• Tailored learning & development
• Employee Assistance Programme counselling
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Discounts scheme with local and national organisations 

How to apply

For further information about the role, please contact Dawn Morris, Head of Marketing and Communications at dawn.morris@bps.org.uk. The closing date for applications is 11.59pm on Sunday 7^th April 2024.

To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter detailing how you meet the criteria in the job profile to hr@bps.org.uk via the 'Apply' button above.

The British Psychological Society is committed to a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, irrespective of your background or circumstances.

We are only able to accept applications that can demonstrate a right to work in the UK; we are unable to sponsor people requiring a work visa.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a sufficient number of suitable applications for the role are received. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Due to the large number of applications we receive, it is not possible to update you on the progress of the application until after the closing date.  If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.

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