Careers Mentoring Officer

Location: Greenwich Campus Contract type: Fixed term - 6 months: February 2024- August 2024 Interview Date: To be confirmed As part of the Strategic plan, the University of Greenwich has elevated its employability support for students, alumni, and employers, as well as growing and enhancing its apprenticeship provision. The university already has a long-held commitment to employment focussed degrees, and this department plays an essential part in ensuring the university is a sector leader in its relationships with employers and partners and is recognised as providing students with outstanding employability support. The Careers Mentoring Officer will have institution-wide responsibility for the effective oversight of career mentoring for students. The post holder will be responsible for developing and coordinating Careers Mentoring administrative aspects ensuring consistency for marketing, contracting, safeguarding, scheduling, troubleshooting and service level agreements.  For an informal discussion about the post please contact Richard Harris: r.a.harris@greenwich.ac.uk  Should you have any recruitment related queries please contact the People Directorate Operations Team on peopleoperations-vco-gre-emp@greenwich.ac.uk  Further details of the fantastic benefits and what we offer can be found here: Our benefits - what we offer  | Jobs and careers | University of Greenwich  and information on the university’s working principles: Working Principles and Guidelines | Documents | University of Greenwich. To apply, please visit the University of Greenwich vacancies page and complete all details, including the supporting statements (please note attached CVs and personal statements will not be seen by the recruitment panel at the application stage). Current Vacancies - Jobs at Greenwich We are looking for people who can help us deliver our mission of transforming lives through inspired teaching and research, through our values. We are committed to building a strong, diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We particularly encourage applications from [protected characteristic(s)], who are currently under-represented within the University of Greenwich at these levels/within these areas.  We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to  Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Time to Change Employer Pledge/Mentally Healthy Universities.we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff, and removing barriers to improve inclusion.  We encourage applicants to disclose experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form. We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management. Further details: Job Description & Person Specification