"Employability & Academic Societies Coordinator"

City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution. The combined university is now one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology. Our students are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting them to pursue their career and personal ambitions.

Our research is engaged, at the frontier of practice and has a positive impact on the world around us.

Background

With a rich history spanning over 125 years, City St George’s Students’ Union is the primary organisation representing every City St George’s student. That makes the Union the representative body for over 25,000 members.

Are you passionate about empowering students and enhancing their employability? Do you thrive in fast paced and values led environments where you can make a tangible impact on student communities? If so, we want you to join our team as our Employability and Academic Societies Coordinator at City St George’s Students’ Union!

Responsibilities

The Students’ Union is committed to supported student employability through annually delivering 40 in curriculum placement experiences for City St George’s students. You will lead on the development and delivery of future in curriculum placement experiences (e.g. Integrated Learning Placements and Micro-placement projects).

The successful candidate will also be integral for developing our support for academic societies empowering them to build community and engage with employers. This is a unique role that works in partnership with City St George’s Careers and Employability team to support the delivery of the Union and Universities employability programme.

Person Specification

Utilising your experience of working with and supporting volunteers, you will be responsible for the administration of academic societies. This includes overseeing and enhancing relevant administrative processes. To effectively deliver placement experiences, you'll also have experience of successful project management.

The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of the graduate labour market, in particular the relationship between employers’ and universities. This role will involve engaging a wide variety of stakeholders university departments, graduate employers and passionate academic society committee members, excellent communication skills are therefore a must.

Additional Information

Closing date for applications: 22 February 2026 at 11:59pm

City St George’s offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.