Post Title: Careers and Employability Officer
School/ Department: Careers & Employability
Salary: £18,521.40 per annum (FT Equivalent- £30,869)
Fixed-Term Contract (5 Months)- Part-Time, 3 Days Per Week
Location: On-site, Canary Wharf, London
Job Purpose
The Careers and Employability Officer will play a key role in delivering high-quality career education, information, advice and guidance to students studying at BSU Canary Wharf. Working as part of the wider Careers and Employability team, they will support students across all stages of their career development journey, helping to build career confidence, improve employability skills, and successfully navigate career development. The successful candidate will work directly with students through workshops, drop-ins and one-to-one appointments, deliver curricular and extracurricular careers support, and contribute to recruitment events and induction activities.
Careers Guidance and Student Support
- Deliver professional careers information, advice and guidance to students across Business and Management, Computing and Health and Social Care Management.
- Support students in exploring career options, identifying strengths and transferable skills, and developing career action plans.
- Provide advice on career planning, further study, job searching, entrepreneurship, applications, and interviews.
- Use labour market information to inform student guidance.
- Signpost students to appropriate university support services.
- Ensure guidance is inclusive, accessible and tailored to individual needs.
CV and Application Support
- Lead and deliver a regular careers information and advice drop-in service.
- Review CVs, cover letters, LinkedIn profiles, personal statements, and job applications.
- Support interview preparation, assessment centres and psychometric testing.
- Help students develop effective application documents.
- Maintain guidance resources aligned to student needs and labour market trends.
Workshop, Curriculum and Event Delivery
- Design, deliver and evaluate employability workshops and career education sessions.
- Deliver sessions on career planning, networking, job search strategies and professional development.
- Contribute to curriculum-based employability activity where required.
- Support careers fairs, employer networking events and guest speaker sessions.
Student Engagement Activities
- Support student inductions and welcome activities.
- Promote careers services and employability opportunities.
- Encourage participation in workshops, events and development opportunities.
Open Days and Recruitment Events
- Represent Careers & Employability at Open Days, Applicant Days and recruitment events.
- Engage prospective students and visitors on employability support available at Bath Spa University.
Record Keeping and Administration
- Maintain accurate records using university systems including Target Connect.
- Monitor engagement and contribute to reporting requirements.
- Ensure compliance with university policies and data protection requirements.
Team Contribution
- Work collaboratively across Careers & Employability and Student Experience teams.
- Participate in team meetings and continuous improvement activities.
- Keep up to date with labour market and employability developments.
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
- Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience.
- Experience providing careers, employability, advice, guidance or coaching support.
- Experience conducting one-to-one appointments or coaching conversations.
- Experience supporting CV writing, applications and career planning.
- Experience engaging diverse student groups.
- Experience designing and delivering workshops or training.
- Experience supporting diverse and mature learners.
Desirable
- Holds a Master’s degree
- Experience in UK Higher Education sector quality frameworks and policies.
Skills and Knowledge:
Essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong knowledge of graduate recruitment and the labour market.
- Ability to build rapport with students.
- Strong organisational and prioritisation skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Strong Microsoft 365 skills.
- Commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion and student success.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Student-centred and committed to positive graduate outcomes.
- Friendly, approachable and enthusiastic.
- Innovative, proactive and adaptable.
- Resilient and collaborative.
- Strong listening and coaching skills.
- Professional, organised and reliable.
- Passionate about supporting student success.
Special Conditions
- This is a 5-month fixed-term contract.
- The role is part-time, working 3 days per week.
- Working days will be agreed during the interview process.
- This is a fully on-site position.
- Occasional evening or weekend working may be required for events.
Staff Benefits:
- Generous annual leave package with 25 days plus bank holidays, supporting a healthy work life balance
- Flexible hybrid working options, including the ability to work from home
- Access to the TELUS Health Employee Assistance Programme, offering confidential counselling, wellbeing tools and 24/7 support
- Free annual eye test for VDU users, with a Specsavers voucher including up to £70 contribution towards glasses or sunglasses
- Access to Hapi Benefits, providing exclusive retail discounts, lifestyle savings and wellbeing perks
- Workplace pension scheme to support long term financial security
- Enhanced company sick policy
- Statutory Maternity and Paternity Pays to support growing families
- Ongoing training and development opportunities to support career progression
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
At Bath Spa University, we believe in the power of education to break down barriers to opportunity and to transform lives. We are the Professionally Creative for the future. Professional Creativity transcends subject disciplines, and is just as important for our sciences, education, business and law subjects as it is for our sector leading creative industries provision. We connect learners, staff and external partners with applied research and innovation. We power inclusive growth through skills development and practice based, innovation – intensive learning for all.
Our main Newton park campus is based in stunning countryside just a few minutes from a World Heritage City. We are also proud to offer courses to students at our other campuses around Bath, and in London at our Canary Wharf and Hackney sites.
An impressive 84% of our staff said they would recommend the University to a friend as a good place to work.
We are a community of colleagues, striving for excellence to ensure students thrive. Our values are:
- Respect
- Inclusivity
- Collaboration
- Sustainability
We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community. We foster inclusivity, celebrating and respecting differences. We welcome diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and genders. We consider our recruitment practices to be comprehensive and unbiased; ensuring fairness, transparency, and equal opportunity for all.
Information about visa sponsorship
Under the 2006 Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Act the University has a duty to prevent illegal working by carrying out document checks on all potential employees to confirm that a person has the right to work in the UK.
Please note that the University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are entitled to live and work in the UK.
For some vacancies (those requiring specific specialist skills or in shortage occupations) we may be able to obtain a certificate of sponsorship for a suitably qualified applicant. Due to the limited availability of sponsorship resources, not all vacancies in this category will be eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship. Sponsorship eligibility will be assessed on a role-by-role basis and is normally limited to positions that meet the University's workforce and immigration criteria.
In light of this, for most vacancies it will be unlikely that permission to work in the UK would be granted.
For further information please click here to visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
