The Careers Centre is seeking a careers adviser to work in our creative and proactive team. We educate, inspire, and empower our students and graduates to equip them with the lifelong career management and enterprise skills they need to create meaningful and fulfilling careers, whatever their ambitions.
Our careers advisers offer education, training, advice, and guidance to help our students and graduates explore what makes them curious, focus their plans and interests, and feel empowered to realise their career ambitions. Partnership working with our local and global stakeholders is at the heart of what we do, and we work closely with a range of partners including academic schools, professional service units, alumni, employers, and student societies.
You will be educated to degree level and have, or be working towards, a professional qualification in career guidance. You will have experience of working in career guidance or a related setting, and/or experience of working in a university or graduate recruitment, as well as excellent interpersonal skills, a commitment to evidence‑informed practice and a passion for high‑quality service delivery.
In addition to the salary on offer for this position, there are a wide range of benefits for staff working at the University of St Andrews. The package for the Careers Adviser includes:
* Financial contribution to relocation (subject to eligibility)
* Membership of the USS Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions of 14.5%
* A hybrid working environment, including partial homeworking where appropriate and a range of family friendly policies, supporting work‑life balance
* Staff discount scheme for local and national goods and services
* Free staff parking, employee Carshare and Cycle to Work Schemes and subsidised local bus travel
* Subsidised sports membership, reduced tuition fees on degree programmes for staff, access to training and development opportunities including LinkedIn Learning, access to library facilities, salary sacrifice scheme
At St Andrews, equality, diversity, and inclusion are central to who we are and form a core pillar of our University Strategy. We are committed to creating a fair, inclusive and supportive workplace, reflected in our participation in national diversity charters and awards, including Athena Swan, Carer Positive and the Race Equality Charter.
We particularly welcome applications from people from Black, Asian, minority ethnic and minority religions backgrounds and from LGBTQ+ and disabled people
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