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Project Manager (Careers)

University of Reading - Student Services

Location: Reading
Salary: £36,636 to £46,049 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 9th October 2025
Closes: 7th November 2025
Job Ref: SRF52032

Closing date: 23:59 on 7th November 2025

Interview Date - 18th November 2025

Fixed Term 12 months Maternity cover

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This is an exciting opportunity to join the University of Reading’s award-winning Careers Centre as a Project Manager (Careers) leading on our Thrive mentoring programme and the Reading Experience and Development (RED) Awards.

Our Thrive mentoring programme helps students to connect with an industry professional, encouraging support, collaboration, and guidance at a key stage in their university experience, while the RED Awards are the University of Reading’s Official Skills Awards and are available to all students in order to help them make the most of extra-curricular actives and experiences on offer outside of their degree.

You will contribute to providing a transformative student experience, developing and managing programmes supporting our students to engage with professional and personal development opportunities, enabling them to articulate their achievements and secure career success.

You will be working collaboratively with the wider Careers Team, and a variety of internal and external stakeholders.

You will have :

  • Demonstrable skills in communicating with key internal stakeholders and building relationships with professionals
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills including rapport building and diplomacy
  • Experience of analysing metrics to improve future work
  • Good understanding of national trends in careers projects including supporting students with specific needs e.g. disabilities, under-represented groups
  • Excellent organisational and planning skills and the ability to prioritise, work well under pressure and meet deadlines.

Contact details for advert

Contact Name Billah Qureshi
Contact Job Title Head of Employer Engagement & Projects
Contact Email address b.qureshi@reading.ac.uk

Alternative Contact Name Bethan Bourne
Alternative Contact Job Title Project Manager - Careers
Alternative Contact Email address b.c.bourne@reading.ac.uk

The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and champions LGBT+ equality. We are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.

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