Director of Careers and Employability

About the Role

The Director will lead the Senior Management Team - Head of Careers Education, Advice and Guidance, Head of Employer Partnerships and Experiential Learning, and Head of Employability Services Data and Delivery - and contribute to the strategic direction, leadership and operational management of Employability Services to ensure that all aspects of the Service are aligned to the core institutional mission and strategic aims of Queen Mary 2030 and the Employability and Graduate Skills Strategy.

About You

The Director of Careers and Employability is charged with supporting the delivery of the Employability and Graduate Skills Strategy. This will be done in conjunction with academic leadership. Accountability for the Graduate Outcomes Survey results rests in Schools, overseen by Faculties, but Employability Services will play a key role in supporting them in doing so. The Director will oversee implementation of various activities and services, ensure that School Partnership Agreements are suitably ambitious and socialised to monitor their impact and make interventions where necessary. Therefore, building strong relationships across academic leadership roles is vital.

About the Department

Employability Services is committed to developing the employability of Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) students and graduates by helping them to acquire the skills and experience necessary to progress successfully to graduate-level employment, enterprise and/or further study. We work to improve Graduate Outcomes and fulfil QMUL’s strategic ambitions and employability targets by supporting delivery of the university’s Employability and Graduate Skills Strategy.

To apply

To apply for the role, please upload your CV together with a supporting statement (of no more than 1000 words) onto the Prospectus website via the link below.

If you wish to apply using an alternative format please contact Prospectus on 020 7691 1920 or email: executive.admin@prospect-us.co.uk.

Applications via the Prospectus website should be made at: https://www.prospect-us.co.uk/job/194870.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.