Faculty Employability Adviser

The role

This is an exciting time to join the University of Bristol Careers Service as we implement our five-year careers service plan. You will have responsibility for coordinating professional employability and skills support to the Business School. You will work closely with academics to advise on and deliver curricular and co-curricular employability related activities to students. Your role will also require you to be part of the team of employability advisers and consultants based in the Careers Service.

The Business School is built on a strong tradition of scholarship and learning in business disciplines across Management, Accounting and Finance with a mission to ensure students gain the future skills needed to thrive in a changing world. We offer a range of degree programmes, including undergraduate, honours, postgraduate taught and postgraduate research.

This is a full-time permanent opportunity, working for the Business School, with line management and support from the Careers Service. You can expect professional development opportunities and a flexible working environment with a mixture of at home and on campus working.

What will you be doing?

This role involves:

• Providing consultancy to the Business School academics and associated professional services staff on the best ways to support and develop their students’ employability including the development of a school wide employability partnership agreement.
• Designing and delivering appropriate interventions which enable students to identify and articulate the employability skills they are developing within their programme of learning.
• Analysing management information (e.g. student engagement and Graduate Outcomes data) to inform provision of relevant and effective curricular or co-curricular activities.
• Working closely with other Careers Service teams and colleagues where appropriate
• Coordinating UK and international employer engagement sessions and organising employability projects  delivered by external partners
• Strategic engagement with senior school colleagues alongside taking responsibility for a budget assigned by the school for careers related activities  

You should apply if

The role requires ability to work credibly with academics to embed employability in a curricular or co-curricular context. You will need to be:

• Exceptionally organised with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Adept at planning and delivering engaging presentations and workshops using active learning approaches to a variety of student and staff audiences, both online and in person
• Confident using data and feedback to inform planning and service delivery
• Able to engage confidently with students to deliver short 1-2-1 information and advice appointments and/or drop ins
• Qualified, with a relevant professional qualification or have relevant experience in a careers and employability related setting

Additional information

Contract type: Fixed-term until 24/08/2024 or earlier return of post-holder

School/Unit: Careers Service

For informal queries, please contact:

Caroline Darrall - Assistant Director, Careers Service, caroline.darrall@bristol.ac.uk or 

Naomi Love - Faculty Employability Team manager, Naomi.love@bristol.ac.uk

This advert will close at 23:59 UK time on 04/06/2024.

Interviews are anticipated to take place on 17/06/2024.

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