MSc Careers Manager
About The Role
The University of Bath, School of Management is ranked among the top UK business schools, with a renowned reputation for business education and international research. We are looking to appoint a full-time MSc Careers Manager.
The post-holder will form a key part of the School of Management’s Employability Team, with specific responsibility for the School’s MSc Careers Team. This is a critical role, supporting the Head of Employability to deliver on MSc careers in support of the School’s commitment to postgraduate student employability.
The MSc Careers Manager is responsible for the day-to-day running of the MSc Careers Team, overseeing its activities and contributing to its strategic leadership. Excellence in delivery requires extensive Professional Services support and expertise that tailors careers support and guidance to the distinctive needs and aspirations of the School’s MSc students.
Built upon detailed knowledge of the career progression landscape for MSc graduates and an ability to work collaboratively with students to explore varied opportunities, MSc Careers provides comprehensive, up-to-date, individualised careers guidance and support across the School's highly differentiated MSc programmes. The post-holder works alongside academics with careers support duties for the School's MSc students or those in comparable roles. Such roles are held by the Associate Dean for Education, the Director of Teaching for Postgraduate Programmes, and the Directors of Studies for the MSc programmes.
Line management forms a major part of the role, dealing with student and company issues that arise, plus managing staff development, annual leave, sickness, and other operational responsibilities.
Main Duties And Responsibilities
* Manage the MSc Careers Team, designing, managing, and delivering careers support including credit-bearing and co-curricular experiential learning activities to enhance employability.
* Develop an understanding of changing student and employer requirements and use that to continually refine and improve career support and employability offerings.
* Lead acquisition of information and feedback on employer recruitment processes, particularly to reflect the origin of our students.
* Maintain close liaison with the University Careers Service and other external agencies and organisations is essential.
More information relevant to the role can be found here:
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About You
You Will Bring:
* Excellent organisational skills with the ability to use initiative, multi-task, and prioritise effectively.
* A strong interest and understanding of global working practices and higher education institutions.
* Diplomacy, tact, and cultural awareness to develop strong links and provide embedded and co-curricular employer opportunities in the UK and internationally.
* Excellent communication, interpersonal, and team-building skills are needed to lead and support the School of Management’s MSc Careers Team. You will also engage with companies, students, and other stakeholders.
* Significant recent experience of careers guidance or careers development learning programmes in a business or education environment.
* Excellent training skills, including the ability to design and deliver innovative and appropriate workshops to large and small groups.
* A good understanding of the graduate labour market and recruitment and selection processes.
Further information
This role is offered on a full time (36.5 hours per week) permanent basis.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Ben Smith, Head of Employability on bms23@bath.ac.uk, however please ensure that you submit your application through the university's website.
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
What we can offer you
Benefits
We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:
* Free counselling services through Health Assured
* Cycle to work scheme
* Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
* Staff discount at Team Bath gym
* Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
* Staff discount on language courses
* Generous employer contributory pension schemes
* Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
* A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
* Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
* Local discounts and more
* A family-friendly workplace
* An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
* Relocation allowance
* Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
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Further Details
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Terms and Conditions of Employment
Right to Work in the UK: We do not assess immigration or right to work status until offer stage. Being invited to interview does not guarantee you are eligible for visa sponsorship and all offers are conditional on meeting right to work requirements. Further information is available on our application support webpage.
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