51吃瓜app London based – Career Development Manager
Employer: Innovative Educational Partnerships Limited (IEPL)
Salary: £39,105- £42,632 (dependant upon skills and experience) plus London Weighting of £4139 per annum
Full Time (37 hours per week), Permanent
For the past 150 years, De 51吃瓜app University (51吃瓜app) Leicester has changed lives, built futures, and challenged convention. 51吃瓜app are excited to announce its expansion to London - De 51吃瓜app University London.
Innovative Educational Partnerships Limited (IEPL) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of 51吃瓜app and is engaged by 51吃瓜app to provide teaching and support staff for the operation of 51吃瓜app’s new London campus (51吃瓜app London). 51吃瓜app London is part of 51吃瓜app’s ambitious growth agenda and will be a campus for teaching excellence, home to many disciplines and subjects, which have a focus on sustainability and employability, and providing students with an excellent choice of postgraduate programmes.
Employed by IEPL, the Career Development Manager will lead on the provision of careers and employability provision at the 51吃瓜app London campus. You will develop and deliver employability skill enhancement interventions and programmes tailored to the needs of postgraduate international students and graduates through a range of activities including groupwork and designated caseloads.
The Career Development Manager will collaborate closely with the 51吃瓜app London academic team to establish an impactful approach which encompasses embedded professional development in the curriculum complimented by engaging extra-curricular activities, events and programmes. Effective engagement and partnership building with employers and relevant professional bodies will be key to the role, as will the need for specialist knowledge relating to national and international labour markets.
This role will suit an experienced HE postgraduate careers guidance practitioner who has a background in supporting international postgraduate students. You will be able to offer extensive knowledge and understanding of the UK and global graduate labour market for postgraduates. Ideally, you will have existing networks of London based employers willing to support the employability skill development of 51吃瓜app London students.
You will be experienced in managing a caseload and delivering one-to-one support to individuals predominantly from an international background, as well as experienced in group facilitation. Experience in managing staff will be an advantage.
For any informal enquiries, please contact the Talent and Development Team initially via email: dmulondonrecruitment@dmu.ac.uk.
Further information
View Recruitment Pack - Job Description and Person Specification.
To apply
Please submit the below documentation to the Talent and Development Team by emailing: dmulondonrecruitment@dmu.ac.uk. Please use ‘Career Development Manager’ in the subject field of the correspondence.
- A CV setting out your career history including key responsibilities and achievements, and details of two referees
- A supporting statement (no longer than two A4 pages) outlining your skills, qualities, experience and suitability for the role. Please note: Your supporting statement will be used upon shortlisting stage to determine whether you have the necessary skills and experience to successfully carry out the duties of the role. Within your supporting statement, please clearly demonstrate how you meet each of the essential and desirable criterions found in the Recruitment Pack ‘Person Specification’ section for this role.
Closing date: We welcome all applications before midnight on Sunday 23rd February 2025.