Careers Consultant

St Mary's University, Twickenham - Employability

Location: London, Twickenham

Salary: £38,784 per annum pro rata (actual salary £23,270.40 pa)

Hours: Part Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Placed On: 18th November 2025

Closes: 2nd December 2025

Job Ref: SMU12352

Hours: 21.6 (0.6FTE)

Permanent

Join Our Team. Careers Consultant – St Mary’s University (Part Time)

Are you passionate about building confidence in others and supporting students and graduates towards their futures? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

At St Mary’s University, we’re looking for a part time (0.6FTE) Careers Consultant to join our friendly and dedicated Employability team. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact, guiding and empowering our students to explore their options, build their confidence, and take the next steps towards fulfilling careers.

What you’ll be doing:

• Delivering one-to-one guidance and group workshops to support students with their careers
• Working closely with academic departments to embed careers and employability into the curriculum
• Creating engaging resources and events that inspire and inform
• Creating and managing projects to support key cohorts of students

What we’re looking for:

• A strong, qualified guidance practitioner, with experience in Higher Education
• A confident presenter with the ability to deliver interactive teaching
• Someone who’s proactive, positive, and approachable
• A commitment to supporting students from all backgrounds to reach their potential

Why St Mary’s?

We’re a small, values-driven university with a strong sense of community. You’ll be joining a supportive team where your ideas are welcomed and your work makes a difference every day. Plus, our beautiful campus in Twickenham is just a short train ride from central London.

Overview

As the University builds on its proud heritage, we are looking for exceptional people to help shape our future. We provide a high-quality professional environment, inspired by our distinctive ethos and Catholic mission and values. Our values of excellence, generosity of spirit, inclusiveness and respect inspire us to create an academic community in which everybody is welcomed and which puts the student at the centre of all our endeavours.

St Mary’s University is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Learn more about our EDI initiatives and work as a Disability Confident employer. Please view our detailed access guide by following the link: St. Mary's University | AccessAble

Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. St Mary’s University is holding a work visa sponsorship licence however we will not always be able to guarantee a Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship. To avoid disappointment, please ensure you meet the requirements of the Points Based System before applying as we will not be able to provide advice on individual cases. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK

Closing Date: 2 December at 23:00

We encourage all interested candidates to submit applications early to avoid disappointment as we reserve the right to close vacancies and interview the candidates prior to the advertised closing date.

Interview Date: 1st round online interviews will be held on 8 December

2nd round, face to face interviews date TBC