Job Description
Careers Support Officer
Salary: £24,000 per annum, pro rata
Contract: 2 year fixed term
Hours: 21.75 per week (0.6 FTE)
Location: Cambridge, CB2
The Role
Our client is committed to helping its students prepare for life beyond university. They seek to provide opportunities for students to build on their academic achievements, gain successful employment and embark on fulfilling and rewarding careers.
A key element in achieving this aim is the provision of enhanced careers support, delivered by a first Careers Support Officer. The postholder in this new role will support the Careers Tutor in delivering a careers service tailored to individual student needs, leveraging the involvement of the College’s alumni community to complement the service offered by the wider Careers Service provided at University level.
The Careers Support Officer will also proactively identify, collate and follow up offers of internships and work experience, as well as organise careers events including drop-in sessions, workshops, and external speakers.
About the Employer
This is a wonderful opportunity to work for one of the oldest establishments in Cambridge. Regarded as progressive and informal, it is renowned in its field for achieving the highest levels, whilst also being welcoming, forward-thinking, and inclusive.
Located in the heart of Cambridge city centre, the site is extraordinarily beautiful and famed for its gardens that overlook the River Cam. These gardens are widely renowned as some of the best in the area and are valued by all those involved, as well as their guests. A Grade I listed building is at the centre of the site and is unique among the ancient buildings of Cambridge in having maintained its architectural integrity over the course of its history.
Salary and Benefits
The annual salary will be £24,000 per annum pro rata, this is a part time role 21.75 per week (0.6 FTE) on affixed term contract for 2 years.
In addition to the salary you will be entitled to a free lunch when working in College, membership of a defined contribution pension scheme and you will be eligible for a bonus every year .
Closing date: 27th of October 2025
Interviews will take place on the morning of 5 November 2025.
Please note that the right is reserved the right to close the vacancy early if we find a suitable candidate
To Apply and for more information
Click the job board apply button to be taken to the next stage where you can find out more information and complete your application by following the instructions (you may need to scroll down).
This organisation is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
This employer is committed to treating all job applications on their merit irrespective of sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, marital status or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity or gender, where any of these cannot be shown to be a requirement of the job concerned. Recruitment, selection and promotion procedures will be monitored to ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and treated on the basis of their relevant merits and abilities.
No agencies please.