Ref Number
B06-00206
Professional Expertise
Student Well-being and Registry
Department
Vice-Provost (Education and Student Experience) (B06)
Location
London
Working Pattern
Full time
Salary
£36,433-£41,833
Contract Type
Fixed-term
Working Type
Hybrid
Available for Secondment
Yes
Closing Date
13-Aug-2026
At UCL, we're shaping the future of higher education—and the people who will shape the future.
Our Strategic Plan 2022–2027 puts students at the heart of everything we do, creating a future-focused education that equips them with the skills, opportunities and confidence to thrive. The newly established Higher Education Development & Support (HEDS) Institute brings together UCL Arena and UCL Careers to connect outstanding education with meaningful employability outcomes.
As part of UCL Careers, you'll join a collaborative, innovative team that helps thousands of students and graduates access life-changing opportunities while building strong partnerships with employers across sectors.
In this job, your responsibilities will fall into three main practice areas: the provision of one to one advice to individuals regarding their applications for internships, jobs or further study for the UK and globally; the delivery of interactive group work on various aspects of recruitment and selection; and research into current trends in recruitment practice across a range of industry sectors which will involve collaboration with other careers staff as well as direct outreach to employers in the UK and globally.
You will work with a diverse range of clients: undergraduate students, taught Masters students and research students (including those undertaking a PhD) from any of UCL’s eleven faculties. As well as developing expert knowledge of common graduate recruitment practices across industry sectors in the UK and globally, you will also be expected to develop in-depth specialist expertise in a number of more ‘vocational’ sectors such as academic research and medicine, and with regards to global recruitment practices.
Please note, the activities in this role follow the main employer recruitment season and therefore in the Autumn term you will be expected to undertake approximately 5 hours of one to one student application advice appointments per day. This will decrease in the Spring and Summer terms in line with student demand.
This is a fixed term post until May 2027.
A full job description is attached to this advert.
Things you'll need in order to do this job include:
- Excellent time management and the confidence to draw conversations to an end within a given timeframe
- The ability to work alone and maintain self-motivation
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to multi-task, prioritise own workload, work to deadlines and work efficiently under pressure
- The ability to collaborate effectively with, and support, colleagues in achieving successful project outcomes
- Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office and client management software
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills; quickly building rapport and imparting clear, specific and concise feedback in a way that is understandable and constructive to clients whose first language may not be English
- The ability to stay calm under pressure and deal effectively with challenging behaviour
- The ability to rapidly absorb information from documentation in various media (hard copy, online) and critically analyse and appraise such information
- A high level of diplomacy and tact; being able to provide critical feedback that is constructive and acceptable to the client
Experience within graduate recruitment and selection, staff development and training or careers and employability service areas, and / or experience of advising / developing skills of young adults, would be useful.
Please review the job description, paying particular attention to the essential and desirable criteria, and ensure these are covered in your application.
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
- 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
- Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
- Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
- Relocation scheme for certain posts
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
- Discounted medical insurance
Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.
These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.
