Purpose
Scholars School System is seeking to appoint a qualified Career Guidance professional to support our Graduate Outcomes.
The role is centred around strategic outcomes, meaning the officer is leading and supporting initiatives that ensure students are successfully transitioning into the professional workforce. This includes developing, coordinating, and delivering programs and activities that are enhancing employability, creating strong industry connections, and supporting long-term career success and embedding career planning into curriculum.
The Career Advisor plays an important role as part of the placement team, delivering strategic outcomes for the institution. Working closely with the Associate Dean of Student Success, the careers advisor will support the development of career goal setting for current and graduated students, while working with colleagues across the organisation to sustain and support SSS in meeting its key objectives and targets.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
- The duties and responsibilities are listed below, and as the needs of the institution change, the duties and responsibilities within the role may also be subject to further change.
- Offers career planning and guidance for students
- Embed into curriculum career planning and guidance from level 4.
- Provide one-to-one career support interventions.
- Coordinates the collection of final CVs, exit surveys, and graduate readiness documents.
- Builds strong employer partnerships to increase graduate employment and placement opportunities.
- Verifies that students have met all academic and placement requirements for graduation.
- Provides strong communication to all alumni, through newsletters, emails and periodic telephone calls
- Assures alumni are equipped with appropriate language to describe their graduate outcomes
- Contributes to alumni network newsletter, website and communications programme.
- Provides career advice and guidance to graduates of SSS programming.
- Manages a database of graduate outcomes, and assures timely and accurate record keeping
- Uses conditional formatting and pivot tables to assist in clarity of data storage and reporting
- Communicates to line management about any changes in graduate outcomes
- Works collaboratively as part of a team and contributes to team objectives.
- Develops a sound understanding of the operations of the college.
- Works with central services to ensure students are registered for graduation events.
- Represents SSS in external networks and events related to graduate success.
- Attends student award events, career services events and graduation events
- Commit to a programme of continuous professional development and undertake periodic training and professional development activities
Person specification
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject area
- Holds at minimum a Level 6 qualification in career guidance, ie Diploma in Career Guidance and Development. Level 7 qualification is preferred.
- Experience of UK Higher Education landscape, with minimum of 24 months work in a Higher Education administrative capacity.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
What We Offer
- Salary range is £27,000 to £30,000.
- Holiday entitlement is 28 days annual leave, excluding bank holidays.
- Up to £5k annual incentives pro-rata given quarterly on meeting KPIs after successful probationary period.
- Workplace pension scheme.
- Reward and recognition programme.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- 5% annual increase per year on completion from your start date of service and on meeting KPIs.
- Complimentary lunch provided on working days.
- A supportive academic environment committed to quality and continuous improvement
- Opportunities for professional development aligned with academic support practice
Pay: £27,000.00-£30,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
