Careers Consultant

We are seeking a qualified careers professional who is enthusiastic and outgoing, an excellent communicator and listener, who enjoys working with people. You'll be able to make decisions and work independently. You'll be committed to the highest quality of customer service and student learning, as well as your own professional development, and you'll be able to demonstrate an understanding of, and empathy to the needs of a large, diverse and international student community.

The role of Careers Consultant is within the Careers & Enterprise team, working 4 days per week (0.8)with the objectives of:

• Ensuring the delivery of a high quality careers and enterprise service that embeds the learning of job seeking, career planning, enterprise and employability skills within the curriculum and through co-curricular activity
• Providing clear, timely and accessible advice about careers and enterprise to our student population, past and present, and other customers of Student Experience & Support

You'll be involved in designing and delivering the team's activities. To deliver an excellent service, it will be vital that you listen to what our stakeholders have to say. The Careers Consultants will respond accordingly to the customer feedback gathered and analysed in relation to their advisory and curriculum development services.

The team works alongside the University's Schools and other professional services, to make sure every student gets the support, information and advice they need to fully engage both with the University community and with the world of work. The team will also work closely with schools to ensure that the principles of delivering employability skills and enabling students to recognise them and market themselves accordingly, are embedded within academic activity as well as through extra-curricular interest.

This role is campus based. Agile working allows for work to be delivered on campus and if possible from home. Most of this role's working hours are standard office hours, but a minority of working hours will be on early evenings or weekends when event or service delivery requires this. This role requires a working pattern of 4 days per week (0.8 FTE) and the working pattern and days can be agreed with the Hiring Manager.

Interviews for this opportunity are planned for Friday 17th June 2022.

For an informal discussion regarding this opportunity, please contact Lee Houghton, Careers & Enterprise Operations and Innovation Manager, by email l.d.houghton1@salford.ac.uk

In recognition of our commitment to create a diverse team that draws from our widest talent pool we would particularly encourage applications from groups who are currently under-represented in the team, which in this case is Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) applicants and applicants who identify as male.

What's in it for you?

With over 200 languages spoken across Greater Manchester, we want to create an inspirational, inclusive learning and working environment, celebrating the diversity of our University community in our everyday conversations. Our student population is already incredibly diverse and we want to ensure this is reflected across our colleague profile as well.

To help you, we have wide ranging colleague support networks, promoting awareness events throughout the year and giving you the opportunity to share your experiences with others. Our extensive faith centre facilities reflect our continuing commitment to support the student and colleague experience and the beliefs and values you bring to our community.

There is a varied benefits package available through 'MySalford' where you can tailor your benefits to suit your own lifestyle - everything from additional annual leave, savings on High Street shopping, travel discounts as well as health and wellbeing support. To maintain work/life balance (and to help you through this pandemic!) you can connect to work from wherever you are, whether it's our Peel Park Campus, MediaCityUK or your couch at home, the tools are there for you to do your best work from your chosen location.

However you identify, whatever your pathway has been to get here, come and join us at the University of Salford where we are all proud to belong - watch us in action here!