Overview
Join to apply for the Placement Career Coach role at University of East London.
Salary: £39,824 to £45,281 per annum inclusive of London Weighting.
Location: Docklands Campus. Post Type: Full Time. Post Type: Permanent. Closing Date: Friday 10 October 2025. Reference: 1738-25-PS.
About Us
The Careers and Student Enterprise Service is the career, employability, and enterprise nucleus of the University of East London. The goal of the service is to support every student to achieve career success, gain the skills for the 21st century workforce, and build direct pathways to employment. The service’s mindset has innovation and creativity at its core. To improve progression, retention and graduate outcomes, the service utilises innovative careers tools and resources, which has shown impact on our students’ satisfaction, behaviour, and outcomes. This is a one-of-a-kind department with highly motivated staff providing a quality service to students and alumni.
The University of East London (UEL) is a vibrant, diverse, and forward-thinking institution dedicated to transforming lives through exceptional education and career-focused opportunities. As a careers-first university, we have been proudly preparing students for the jobs of the future for 125 years. Vision 2028 underlines our commitment to reshaping education for the benefit of all. We empower students from all backgrounds with the skills and opportunities to excel in today’s dynamic world. UEL was recognised as the University of the Year for Teaching Quality in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025. UEL ranks: 1st in London for Student Experience (National Student Survey 2024); 3rd in London for Teaching Satisfaction (Guardian University Guide 2025).
About The Job
Are you passionate about helping international students develop their employability, secure meaningful work opportunities, and grow their career confidence? If so, this could be the role for you.
As a Placement Career Coach, you will support international postgraduate students as they prepare for, secure, and succeed in their placement year. You will deliver engaging employability workshops and provide tailored one-to-one careers and job coaching. You will guide students through the practical aspects of their placement journey – from applications and interviews to ensuring placements meet compliance standards – and provide ongoing support while they are in the role. You will help students reflect on their experiences, connect them to wider careers resources, and prepare them for graduate opportunities. You will collaborate with colleagues across the university, build relationships with employers, and represent the Careers Service at careers fairs, employer events, and student welcome activities.
About You
You will have a genuine passion for empowering students to secure and succeed in their placements as a vital step in their career journey. With experience of working with international and home students and a background in careers, employability, or job coaching, you will know how to guide students through the challenges of finding, applying for, and thriving in placement opportunities. You will be confident delivering both group employability workshops and personalised one-to-one coaching. You will be ambitious and results-driven, combining creativity and initiative with strong organisational skills to ensure the smooth sourcing, administration, and monitoring of placements. You will build positive relationships with employers, colleagues, and partners, enabling you to create opportunities that meet compliance standards while supporting students’ career aspirations. Most importantly, you will be motivated by making a lasting difference to students’ employability and placement success. You will enjoy a role that offers variety, innovation, and the opportunity to shape the journeys of ambitious international students and help them take confident steps toward rewarding global careers.
Responsibilities
* Deliver engaging employability workshops and provide tailored one-to-one careers and job coaching for international postgraduate students.
* Support students through the placement journey: applications, interviews, compliance standards, and ongoing support during placements.
* Help students reflect on their experiences and connect them to wider careers resources to prepare for graduate opportunities.
* Collaborate with colleagues across the university and build relationships with employers; represent the Careers Service at events.
Qualifications and Skills
* Experience of working with international and home students within a careers, employability, or job coaching context.
* Ability to deliver group workshops and provide personalised coaching.
* Strong organisational and relationship-building skills with employers, colleagues, and partners.
* Motivation to make a lasting difference to students’ employability and placement success.
Benefits
At UEL, the salary is competitive and dependent on experience. A full benefits package is available; details can be explored here: https://uel.ac.uk/benefits-professional-services-positions
Equal Opportunities
UEL is an inclusive equal opportunities employer and proud of its Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity achievements. We expect all employees to accept the EDI policy and will not tolerate discrimination in any form. We are a disability confident employer and welcome reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process.
Additional Information
Please note this advert may close earlier than the deadline if many applications are received. If you are ready to join, apply today.
To contact the recruitment team: +44 20 8223 3000 x 4600 or jobs@uel.ac.uk. CVs without a completed application form will not be accepted. At UEL we are committed to building a community which values diversity and inclusion.
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