Employability Skills Advisor

Location: Medway Campus

Contract type: Fixed term - Maternity cover 13/07/2026 - 31/12/2026

Interview date: To be confirmed

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 on a fixed-term contract to cover a period of maternity. We are looking for someone who can hit the ground running, demonstrating 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 Medway campus, with regular travel and work at the University’s Maritime Greenwich campus in London, the Employability Skills Advisor will work in partnership with academic and professional services staff within the Faculty of Engineering and Science 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 peopleoperationsdmin@gre.ac.uk

Employment Visa: Under the UK Government Points Based System scheme this role does not meet the criteria to be sponsored for a Skilled Worker Route application.

We are looking for people who can help us deliver our mission of transforming lives through inspired teaching and research, through our values.

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, care leavers, 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. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form.

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

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