Career Development Adviser

Full-time: 35 hours per week 

Open-ended (permanent)

The Opportunity:

Are you passionate about supporting students and recent graduates to achieve rewarding futures? Are you confident delivering presentations and workshops to groups as well as working in one-to-one settings?

We are looking for two Career Development Advisers to join our Information and Engagement team. In this new role, you will empower students by coordinating and delivering a range of career management sessions, offering 1:1 advice, and conducting practice interviews. Your work will support students in developing the skills they need to succeed in their personal and professional lives – whatever their future might hold.

In everything we do at the Careers Service, we aim to open students’ and recent graduates’ eyes to the wealth of possibilities ahead of them. Year-round, we deliver a diverse programme of activities, services, information and support. In this role, you will play a vital part in coordinating and delivering a central programme of workshops, collaborating with others across the Careers Service and beyond to ensure content is relevant, accurate, engaging and of the highest quality.

For more information about our work, visit our website https://careers.ed.ac.uk/ or connect with us on social media @uofedcareers on Instagram and LinkedIn. 

For an informal chat about the role, contact Blythe (Information & Engagement Team Leader) via csrecruitment@ed.ac.uk.

Your skills and attributes for success: 

• Confident communicator with experience in one-to-one advising and group presentations
• Knowledge of the UK graduate labour market
• Strong organisational and time-management skills
• Independence and initiative as well as team-working skills
• Problem-solving skills

Apply Before: 29/07/2025, 23:59

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