Careers Education Manager

About us

UCL Careers provides career education to current students, graduates and staff of UCL, as well as recruitment solutions for employers. UCL Careers provides a ‘core’ central service accessible to all students as well as varying degrees of more ‘local’ provision within schools, faculties and individual departments. This Careers role will work as part of the School for the Creative and Cultural Industries (SCCI) at UCL East, a cross-disciplinary entity encompassing the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, the Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences, and the Institute of Education. SCCI works closely with creative and cultural industry partners to enhance student employability and provide skills development opportunities both in the UK and internationally through the newly established Global Creative & Cultural Skills Hub.

About the role

The Careers Education Manager (SCCI) will contribute to the vision and mission of both SCCI and UCL Careers by: 

• Supporting the delivery of credit-bearing employability modules as a careers expert, including providing employability-related teaching sessions, partner outreach and liaison.
• Carrying out one-to-one career advice appointments for SCCI students.
• Planning and delivering extracurricular career activities for students across SCCI in support of strategic programmes, such as the Global Creative & Cultural Skills Hub.
• Line-managing the Careers Education Officer (SCCI).

About you

We are seeking someone with a strong understanding of the creative and cultural industries, and experience in supporting credit-bearing employability modules and advising students in both one-to-one and group environment.

Please review the job description before applying, paying particular attention to the essential and desirable criteria, and ensure these are covered in your application.

We plan to hold interviews in person at UCL East, Stratford, on Tuesday 21 July.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan -Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

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