Employability Skills Advisor

Contract Type: Fixed Term - December 2026

This is a transformative moment for the Employability Service at the University of Greenwich. Through the Curriculum Shape refresh project, we’re placing employability at the core of every student’s academic and university experience. We’re enhancing every programme to ensure students receive tailored career support.

The Employability Skills Team plays a vital role in this journey. We deliver high-quality, personalised support to students while collaborating with academic colleagues to embed impactful employability content into the curriculum. This ensures career development is not an optional extra—it’s an integral part of the learning experience.

By offering one-to-one guidance, skills workshops, digital careers resources, and access to real-world experiences, we’re creating a seamless support system with Faculties that empowers students to explore their potential and take confident steps towards their future.

We are seeking to appoint a creative Employability Skills Advisor who can make an impact from day one. They should be able to demonstrate their experience of delivering workshops, developing learning materials, and providing guidance, ideally in an education setting, engaging students in preparing for their future careers.

Based at the University's historic Maritime Greenwich campus, with occasional work from our Avery Hill and Medway campuses, the Employability Skills Advisor will work in partnership with academic and professional services staff within the Greenwich Business School to provide students with a comprehensive service which is innovative and impactful.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Michael Aspinall on m.c.aspinall@greenwich.ac.uk 

Should you have any queries please contact the People Directorate Team on peopleoperationsadmin@greenwich.ac.uk

The university is a brilliant place to work. We aim to become the top modern university in the UK by 2030 and our people are truly at the heart of what we want to achieve. We offer a great set of benefits including an excellent pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement, flexible working options including hybrid working and a genuine commitment to development.

We are looking for people who can help us achieve our Strategic Plan, through the values we expect for our whole university community, of being Inclusive, Collaborative and Impactful. 

Discover why the university of Greenwich is the perfect place to shape your future – watch our Vice-Chancellor & Chief Executive's inspiring message on why you should join us Your Future Starts Here.

To apply, please visit the University of Greenwich vacancies page and complete all details, including the supporting statements (please note attached CVs and personal statements will not be seen by the recruitment panel at the application stage). 

We are committed to building a strong, diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. 

We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Time to Change Employer Pledge/Mentally Healthy Universities, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion. 

We encourage applicants to disclose experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments.

We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience, and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management

Further details: Job Description & Person Specification

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