Job Description

Location: Multiple Campuses
Salary: \xc2\xa339,036 to \xc2\xa342,430 per annum
Permanent
Post Type: Full Time
Release Date: 27 July 2023
Closing Date: 23.59 hours BST on Sunday 13 August 2023
Reference: 072023-348

This is a great time to be joining our Careers+ service at BCU. Following the development of the University Employability Strategy, BCU is investing \xc2\xa32,000,000 in additional resources and staffing to support our students in gaining the skills and experience to develop successful future careers. The University Strategy states: \xe2\x80\x9cWe must ensure that our graduates enter their future careers ready to achieve their potential.\xe2\x80\x9d

We are recruiting experienced Employability and Work Based Learning Consultants with an excellent understanding of recruitment and selection processes, experience of developing employability activities and opportunities, and sharing this information and expertise with others.

As an Employability and Work Based Learning Consultant you will lead, develop and manage employability initiatives to support the delivery of the university employability strategy; this includes enabling our students to gain experience of work, creating and delivering training to our students, and organising programmes to develop our students\' employability. The university is committed to ensuring all our students gain experience of professional and relevant work experience, and you will play a key role in making this happen.

Two posts are available, one of which will focus on delivery for students within the Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences; the other will focus on cross university delivery. The students and Faculties you work with may change over time depending on business need.

Both posts will involve line managing staff, and experience in this area would be beneficial.

You will be skilled in building successful professional relationships; developing, delivering and measuring the impact of training programmes and initiatives; with experience of using technology to enhance and scale up service delivery.

As a key member of a Careers+ team you will work collaboratively with your Careers+ colleagues and faculty teams to achieve the best outcomes for students.

We are an award winning and friendly team, with big ambitions to increase the number of opportunities for students to gain experience of work.

Located in the centre of the UK\xe2\x80\x99s second city, we are a university with a long heritage of innovation and of making, dating back to our origins in 1843 when we were founded as the Birmingham Government School of Design. Our students learn through doing. They are empowered throughout their educational journey, achieving significant educational gain and personal transformation.

We are also shaped by the heritage of our city. Birmingham is home to a rich and diverse range of communities. Our students reflect this rich cultural mix, and we are continuing to work to make sure that this is also reflected in our broader university community.

Come and be part of a university that is truly transforming \xe2\x80\x93 there has never been a better time to join us.

For further information please email

Closing date 13th August

It is anticipated interviews will take place w/c 21st August. If you\xe2\x80\x99re unable to attend during this week, please disclose this in your application. Further details:

The appointed candidate will normally be employed through our subsidiary company BCU Support Services Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Birmingham City University.

OUR VISION

Birmingham City University is growing in quality and standing, with an academic STEAM agenda at the heart of our ambitions. We are transforming the lives of students and their communities, and want outstanding people to join us in taking us on the next stage of our exciting journey.

Our students learn through doing. They are empowered throughout their educational journey, achieving significant educational gain and personal transformation.

There has never been a better time to join us. Come and be part of the next exciting stage of our journey.

ABOUT BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY

At the heart of our 2025 Strategy is our mission is to enable our students to transform their lives and to achieve their potential. Through our education and research, and the roles our graduates go on to play in the world, we not only support individuals to transform their lives, but we also play a part in transforming society.

Located in the centre of the UK\xe2\x80\x99s second city, we are a university with a long heritage of innovation and of making, dating back to our origins in 1843 when we were founded as the Birmingham Government School of Design.

Our heritage of making through innovation and its application through knowledge exchange, and of creative research and practice, today finds it expression in our STEAM agenda, in our research and enterprise, and in our commitment to challenge-based learning. Working across disciplines, and delivering impactful research and enterprise, interdisciplinarity is at the heart of the continuing transformation of our academic portfolio.

OUR STAFF COMMUNITY

Birmingham is home to a rich and diverse range of communities. Our students reflect this rich cultural mix, and we are continuing to work to make sure that this is also reflected in our broader university community.

Birmingham City University values the quality and diversity of our staff. Our staff and student community is defined by our core values, which outline who we are as a University and how we work with each other. Our core values are we create opportunity, we think differently, and we build community.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, continuously reviewing and improving our policies, practices, and procedures to ensure that we are promoting these in all aspects of our operations. We believe that by working together, combining our many different backgrounds and life experiences, we will empower each other to reach our full potential.

We hold an Athena SWAN Bronze award in recognition of our commitment to improving employment practices for the advancement of gender equality.

Our University is located in one of the most culturally rich and diverse Cities in the UK, and it is our ambition to be the University for Birmingham and the surrounding region. The events of 2020 have highlighted the stark inequalities that Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities face and we are committed to removing the institutional barriers that our staff and students face and improve the representation, progression and success of staff and students from all backgrounds within higher education. To demonstrate this, we have signed up to the Race Equality Charter to show our commitment.

Birmingham City University has been recognised for its progress on LGBT+ equality with a Gold award in the Stonewall Index and have entered the Top 100 Employers 2023 for LGBT+ inclusion. Meanwhile, we are Disability Confident (Committed) and are on an exciting journey to advance our University to progress through the Disability Confident scheme.

We are also a Mindful Employer, which means we are committed to supporting the mental health and well-being of our staff, and we have also signed up to the Mental Health Charter led by student mental health charity Student Minds. Furthermore, we are signed up to The Technician Commitment - a university and research institution initiative supported by the Science Council and Gatsby Foundation \xe2\x80\x93 aiming to ensure visibility, recognition, career development and sustainability for technicians working in higher education and research.

WORKING AND LIVING IN BIRMINGHAM

The youngest city in Europe with under-25s accounting for nearly 40% of the population, Birmingham is a city full of energy and enthusiasm and is a great place to live and work.

Based in the heart of England, the city is easily accessible by road, rail and air. Birmingham New Street station has recently undergone major redevelopment, while the city is at the heart of the high-speed rail network, HS2. HS2 will provide new rapid rail travel connecting Birmingham City Centre to London and the rest of the network from the new Curzon Street Station \xe2\x80\x93 adjacent to Birmingham City University\xe2\x80\x99s City Centre Campus \xe2\x80\x93 and will be one of the most environmentally friendly stations in the world.

The city\xe2\x80\x99s appetite for progression is boundless, and it has been championing innovation since the earliest days of the Industrial Revolution, reflected in Birmingham City University\xe2\x80\x99s new STEAMhouse building which opened in October 2022 and is home to an inter-disciplinary community of entrepreneurs, businesses, academic researchers, and students offering a wealth of support to companies of all sizes to boost growth through innovation to address commercial and societal challenges.

Birmingham is brimming with great theatres, museums, the world-famous Birmingham City University Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, as well as beautiful historical buildings and the iconic Library of Birmingham. It also has amazing concert and sporting venues including Edgbaston Cricket ground, which Birmingham City University has a long-standing partnership with. It is also home to the Alexander Stadium, which is the stunning new home for Birmingham City University\xe2\x80\x99s sport courses. The Stadium was one of the main event spaces for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games in 2022, which saw the eyes of the world on the city, and Birmingham City University staff and students played pivotal roles - including designing the official medals for winning athletes.

Birmingham\xe2\x80\x99s vibrant dining scene offers something for all tastes, including Michelin star restaurants, Spiceal Street at the Bullring, the Chinese Quarter, and the famous Balti Triangle.

The city also provides a great place to shop, being home the Bullring and Grand Central, the luxurious Mailbox Birmingham and the world-famous home of British bling - the Jewellery Quarter, which is home to Birmingham City University\xe2\x80\x99s School of Jewellery.

From Harvey Nichols, Selfridges and the beautiful arcades and independents, to the city\xe2\x80\x99s historic markets in Digbeth, the shops in Birmingham offer a plethora of choice.

underpin how we work in achieving the ambitions set out in our Strategy and Priorities, and are the principles that unite the way we work together and for our students.

Birmingham City University