JOB PURPOSE
The successful candidate will support the Graduate Employability and Progression Lead in identifying, planning, managing and monitoring opportunities for undergraduates and postgraduates to develop Graduate Outcomes and maximise the employability of UCP students.
This is a fixed term role as University Centre Peterborough (UCP) has been awarded £300,000 funding for a new and innovative project aimed at developing relationships with key local businesses to increase local employment opportunities for its graduates.
This role will primarily focus upon developing and growing local graduate employment opportunities. This is a student and employer facing role; a key part of the role will include staffing an Employability Hub to provide support and guidance to students, graduates, staff and employers.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Your main duties and responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to the following areas:
- Support the operational delivery of both short and long term initiatives in line with the Employability Strategy and funding project.
- To actively engage in identifying new and relevant local and national funding, internship and graduate recruitment opportunities.
- Identify local jobs and internships on a weekly basis including those on social media and through local recruitment agencies.
- Work collaboratively with curriculum staff to identify and create employability opportunities; mapping current curriculum employability content and delivering training to students as required.
- Support and engage with local employers, with focus upon Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
- Support students with contacting employers to arrange placements, work experience, internships, interviews, visits etc.
- Staff and provide support and training to students and graduates through the Employability Hub.
- Support and enable students to establish societies and extracurricular activities which enhance their transferable skills, leadership and work readiness as part of our wider employability strategy.
- Identify and maintain up-to-date employer, professional body, voluntary and third sector contacts within an appropriate database / CRM, identifying trends in work based learning, placement, internships and employability matters.
- Identify opportunities to showcase employer engagement and graduate outcomes to proactively promote undergraduate and employer engagement.
- Provide invites, agenda, rooms, minutes and manage visitors relating to employability and employer engagement activity.
- Deliver and report on surveys/questionnaires/interviews with students, staff and employers.
- Supporting the development of a recruitment strategy for SMEs and job vacancy writing (interpreting the role into a graduate vacancy etc.)
- To gather data, analyse and identify trends including but not limited to employers (CRM), placements, work experience, internships, talks, visits, mentors, Alumni, Graduate Outcomes, support sessions, training etc.
- Ensure Graduate Outcome personal details are ready for the Office for Student return
- Set up and manage visits by alumni, employers and undergraduate mentors with teaching staff.
- To attend internal and external meetings/reviews as required.
- Place orders and monitor project spend.
- Delivering, promoting and supporting good practice in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion, Safeguarding and the Prevent duty, ensuring compliance with College policy and procedures.
- Promoting and consistently exemplifying both internally and externally the values and behaviours of the College's vision.
- Responsibility to co-operate, and for promoting and maintaining safe and healthy working environment and own health and safety.
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people, and vulnerable adults.
- Undertaking any other duties and responsibilities commensurate with the level of the post as required.