"Team Leader"

About us

UCL Careers provides careers education to current students, graduates and research staff of UCL, as well as recruitment solutions for employers. UCL Careers sits within the UCL Higher Education Development & Support Institute (HEDS) which brings together teaching, assessment and employability to support student futures.

Our University has a highly diverse student cohort, with approximately 52% of our students coming from overseas. Many of them seek global opportunities when they graduate from UCL, either in their home country or elsewhere.

About the role

In this newly created job, you’ll be responsible for developing UCL’s international Careers provision, with the ultimate aim of enhancing the careers prospects of our students that wish to work overseas. You’ll strategically develop the service through international partnerships and other appropriate platforms. You’ll also directly support our students who require careers education focused on global opportunities, working with them individually and in groups, and also facilitating events.

You’ll also be responsible for growing and leading a small team of careers professionals who will work within the global careers remit. You and your team will work proactively with employers, partners and trusted data sources to gain labour market and recruitment practice intelligence within UCL’s key regions, for use in the development of UCL’s international Careers programme. Together you’ll develop new international relationships in regions and sectors that support the career aspirations of UCL’s student body.

A full job description is attached to this advert.

About you

Skills and experience required for this job include:

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent)
• Significant experience of either working in an international setting or working with international students / employers
• Significant experience of working in a higher education setting within the careers, employability or student recruitment service
• Significant and strategic project management experience
• Experience of developing relationships proactively and reactively for mutual benefit
• Up-to-date knowledge of the global graduate labour market and the ability to spot future trends

Please carefully read the attached job description, paying particular attention to the Essential and Desirable criteria, and ensure these are addressed in your application.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.