Graduate Employability Specialist

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The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role empowering graduates of University of the Arts London (UAL) to do what they love and embark on successful careers in the creative industries.

At UAL, we believe that everyone should be able to achieve their creative ambitions. Working collaboratively across UAL courses, we enhance students’ employability and creative attributes through experiential learning and access to industry.

As the Graduate Employability Specialist, you will plan and lead a programme of services and opportunities for UAL graduates, such as workshops, webinars, events, and other learning opportunities to support UAL graduates to access graduate level employment opportunities.

Working in collaboration with the marketing team you will develop a programme of tailored communications with UK and international graduates, including newsletters, podcasts, blogs etc. to help graduates understand and engage with support from the Careers Service.

Using graduate and employer data, you will develop a solid understanding of graduate needs alongside graduate labour market opportunities. You will need to build relationships with UAL alumni relations, course teams, and communications teams to promote graduate engagement.

As part of this role, you will need to travel and work across a variety of different UAL sites across greater London on a frequent basis.

About you

You will need a qualification relevant to careers development, with considerable experience in graduate/student careers development and significant understanding and knowledge of labour market trends. You will have gained experience working in Higher Education or in a creative university careers service or a company, agency or employer in the creative and cultural sector.

You will also need experience of developing, managing and delivering professional development programmes, workshops and talks for students and graduates.

Project management skills, the ability to create online learning programmes and communicate effectively with multiple audiences is equally important.

Closing date for applications, Sunday 3rd September 23:55 pm

If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Sahil Ibrahim, Resourcing Adviser via email at educationstaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

Our culture

We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.

With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.

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