Careers Consultant (x2 posts)

About us

UCL Careers provides a ‘core’ service for all students as well as ‘local’ careers support for faculties and departments.

UCL’s Life and Medical Sciences faculties constitute one of the largest and most prestigious groupings of academics in biomedical, life and population health sciences in the UK.

About the role

The Careers Consultant will be one of a team of four Careers Consultants, and a two-strong Work-Related Learning Team, developing and delivering careers education programmes to the students across the four Life and Medical Sciences faculties.

Careers consultant–led educational activities include delivering small- and large‑group teaching (online and in person) to develop careers related knowledge and employability skills, faculty specific careers appointments and some departmental / faculty level events provision.

In addition, the Careers Consultant will deliver on some of our central service provision, including 1:1 careers guidance appointments open to all UCL students, and recent alumni, and work collaboratively on a range of central projects.

Please note we are currently recruiting for two of these posts.

About you

You should be a confident presenter and facilitator and enjoy running group sessions as well as working with students 1:1. You should enjoy, and have experience of, working with a range of stakeholders so that you are well equipped to work closely with students, academic staff, support staff and employers.

You should have a proven ability to plan, lead on and manage areas of work to a high standard and agreed objectives/outcomes.

Experience working in Higher Education, and an undestanding of the needs of grduates entering the workplace, is essential; knowledge of career areas of interest to life and medical sciences students would be beneficial.

Please read our job description carefully, paying particular attention to the essential and desirable criteria, and ensure these criteria are covered in your application.

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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