Careers Adviser

Hours: This post is 0.6 FTE with a working pattern of 26.6 hours per week worked over 4 days per week for 42 weeks of the year with 10 weeks break over the summer

Contract: Open Ended

We are looking for an appropriately qualified and experienced individual to join our small team within the Careers and Employability Service, which is part of the QMU Student Services department.

You will be involved in a wide range of professional duties, including one-to-one careers guidance, group work, presentations, workshops and other careers education activities. Experience of working with academic staff to embed careers education and employability within the curriculum is an advantage.

You will be educated to degree level or equivalent, with a professional careers or careers related qualification. Ideally, you will have experience of working in a Higher Education environment, coupled with an appreciation and understanding of graduate employability issues.

You must be able to work independently and manage your own workload, whilst contributing to the continuing development of a professional, student-centred Careers and Employability Service and to the work of the wider Student Services department.

Excellent interpersonal skills, both written and verbal, team working, and the ability to establish effective working relationships with students, academic staff and employers are all essential.

For an informal discussion, please contact Dr Jessica Lindohf, Head of Student Services JLindohf@qmu.ac.uk

The closing date for this position is 23:59 on 20^th June 2025

Interviews are scheduled for 1^st and 2^nd July 2025.

Please note, this vacancy may close earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a high volume of applications.

Should you wish to apply for the vacancy please visit our vacancies page download the job description and complete an application online.

If you have any queries regarding the application process or require special assistance, please contact Human Resources by email at recruitment@qmu.ac.uk

This role does not meet the minimum requirements set by UKVI to enable sponsorship of migrant workers. Therefore, we cannot progress applications from candidates who require sponsorship to work in the UK.

As a university, we are committed to the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers alongside Concordat to Support Research Integrity and were, in fact, the first Scottish Higher Education Institute (and part of the first UK cohort of institutes) to publicly declare our commitment to its principles.

Queen Margaret University is committed to equality of opportunity for all by providing a supportive, flexible and inclusive working environment, and we welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds. Please have a look at our Diversity, Wellbeing and Inclusion Calendar

We are proud to hold an Athena SWAN Bronze Award which recognises the advancement of gender equality at QMU. Find out more about Athena SWAN here

We have a number of family friendly policies and are happy to consider job share applications.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, should you require any specific arrangements during the recruitment process please contact Human Resources on recruitment@qmu.ac.uk

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