About The Role
Can you help ensure our WBS students are equipped with the confidence, network, knowledge and career management skills to enable them to compete effectively in the global jobs market and maximise their career potential?
We are currently looking to strengthen our committed and collaborative WBS CareersPlus team with the appointment of an enthusiastic, reliable, proactive, and experienced Careers Coach to support our students.
The successful candidate will support the career development of our students by providing one-to-one coaching and guidance, both face to face and online, organisation, design and delivery of group workshops/webinars, providing e-guidance and acting as first point of contact for student queries.
Some evening and weekend work will be required.
About You
With a proven track record in graduate/experienced hire recruitment and development or a HE careers service, applicants will need to be excellent communicators with the professional credibility, energy and flexibility of approach to work with a demanding, dynamic and diverse caseload.
The ability to work on your own initiative to successfully deliver innovative programmes to prepare students for their future careers and to work with our Employer Relations team to help promote WBS talent to recruiters will be essential.
There will also be opportunities to lead on bespoke projects and new initiatives to develop the service and increase student engagement, so tenacity, drive, pro-activity and strong work ethic will also be required.
How to Apply
CLOSING DATE: Wednesday 19 March 2025 at 11.55pm
To apply, please click ‘Apply’ below and submit an application form by the closing date. Please plan for any potential delays as you will not be able to submit an application past this deadline (even if you opened the form at, say, 11.30pm).
Please attach a CV and cover letter.
* Your CV should include your most recent employment experience, any other relevant experience, and education history.
* Your cover letter must detail with examples how you meet each of the essential criteria found in the Job Description document below (desirable criteria too, where possible).You should also explain your motivations for applying.
What we Offer
We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.
We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working. We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.
Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)
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