Join Bath Spa University’s Careers and Employability department in a role supporting Juno House, our student and graduate consultancy.
You’ll play a pivotal role in turning live client briefs into career-defining experiences for our students and coach the next generation of freelancers and entrepreneurs, building their confidence and skills while managing the client relationships that make it possible.
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Build and manage relationships with external clients, charities and university departments who commission live briefs, acting as the main point of contact throughout each project.
- Coach and support students and recent graduates through the delivery of live briefs, ensuring a high standard of work and a great experience for everyone involved.
- Design and deliver engaging events and activities that build community and peer support across the Juno House cohort.
- Coach students on the practicalities of freelance careers, from pricing their work to building a portfolio and managing client relationships.
- Champion the value of live client work and freelance experience in building graduate confidence and employability.
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A confident relationship-builder who can earn trust quickly with clients, charities and university stakeholders alike.
- Experience coaching, mentoring or supporting people one-to-one
- A track record of designing and delivering workshops, resources, events or other learning activities.
- Clear, engaging communication skills, written and verbal.
- A proactive, can-do self-starter who thrives with autonomy but knows when to ask for support.
- Experience in freelance, start-up or creative-industry coaching, or a background in HE/FE employability services.
Salary Grade 6 - Starting from £33,951 rising to £37,694 per annum
The salary range shows the potential maximum pay progression in addition to any annual inflationary increase to your pay. Please note that our default position is to appoint into the lower end of the range, unless there are exceptional circumstances.
Please Note: This position is mainly based in Bath, but the post holder may also be required to travel within the region and to Bath Spa’s London and Birmingham campuses as part of this role.
Interviews - 20th August 2026
Staff Benefits
We offer a wide range of great benefits at BSU, including
- Generous pension scheme (Local Government Pension Scheme/Teacher's Pension Scheme). This is a defined benefit pension scheme which pays members a secure income for life, post-retirement
- Enhanced paid leave - 41 - 46 days depending on the role (Full Time) - more details here: https://apphub.bathspa.ac.uk/StaffBenefits
- Family friendly policies including hybrid working, flexible work environment, on-site nursery, and a sector-leading enhanced maternity scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme which offers access to on-demand GP appointments, wellbeing support and advice, and access to counselling
- Transport schemes including Electric Vehicle Scheme and Cycle to Work
- Wide range of discounts and financial benefits, accessed through and easy-to-use app
For further details about all our staff benefits, have a look at our rewards page: https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/work-at-bath-spa/rewards-and-benefits/
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.
