Job Description

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. UAL is ranked second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings. The University is made up of 6 renowned Colleges: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts.

In 2022, we launched our new 10-year strategy, \'The world needs creativity\'. Our strategy has three Guiding Policies. We identified the challenges and opportunities that are most important to UAL and our future and the guiding policies are our response to each of these issues in turn. Creativity is a skill vital across the economy and society. In today\'s knowledge economy, this will become increasingly so.

To give our students the skills they need, we must change the way we teach and deliver a rich and rewarding student experience. By doing so, in partnership with our staff and students, we will ensure our students are equipped to work in sectors beyond the creative industries. Our students will have the careers they want, the economy will have the creative skills it needs, and we will build a better world.

Our culture

UAL is home to a diverse body of over 6,000 academic, professional and technical staff who support more than 21,000 students from 130 countries. We are proud of our international student and staff community and are committed to ensuring that the University offers an inclusive and supportive environment for everyone.

We are a proud Stonewall Diversity Champion and in 2022 achieved a Gold Award in the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index, helping us to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued and included at work. We are a member of the Race Equality Charter (REC), to help us reduce barriers that negatively impact Black, Asian and minority ethnic staff and students. We are a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and a member of the Business Disability Forum, which help us to recruit, retain, develop and improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.

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