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Employability Services Manager

£37,458 - £42,135 per annum

Full Time/ Permanent

About the Role

We’re looking for an Employability Services Manager who is passionate about making a difference in students’ lives. This role is integral to our student front-line services, including campus hub operations, central workshops, events programme, and employability support.

You’ll lead a team to design and deliver innovative services that positively impact student outcomes. We’re on a mission to be sector-leading, and we need someone who shares this vision.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the strategic direction of Employability front-line services.
• Foster effective working relationships with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Assume line management and project lead responsibilities.
• Drive the evaluation and continuous improvement of service outputs.

For more details, please take a look at the role profile. We'll still consider applications even if you don't meet every single one of the requirements, so don't be put off if you don't match them perfectly. 

To apply please outline how you meet role profile and what you bring to the role. 

Interview date- If shortlisted interviews will be held at NTU City campus on 22 & 23 July 2024 

About Us

We are an award winning service, voted 1st in UK for Employability (Uni Compare 2024) We are proud of who we are and the services we provide for our students and stakeholders. We're one of the UK's most employment-focused universities and our Employability front-line and central student offer sits at the heart of our service.

You will be joining a team with a Graduate Promise like no other. If you have a passion for supporting students to build confidence, skills and experience to develop their employability skills apply today.

For any informal queries about the role or the team, please contact Debra Easter Director of Employability Services at debra.easter@ntu.ac.uk  

Join Us 

• Hybrid working - we encourage and offer a mixture of office working and working from home.  You're empowered to define how you work best for the benefits of your stakeholders.
• Flexibility - take ownership over how you get your work done.  We're open to different working patterns and approaches.
• 25 days annual leave, plus statutory bank holidays and 5 university closure days pro rata. 
• Salary Sacrifice Retirement Savings Plan with life assurance and income protection. Available to colleagues who choose to opt out of the contractual pension scheme. Minimum colleague contributions of 0% matched with minimum NTU contributions of 8%.
• Range of health and wellbeing services, voluntary benefits, discounts, and savings for all colleagues.
• Access to a wealth of formal and informal professional development opportunities to develop your skills and advance your career.
• And a whole lot more…

Come and be part of our success.  Apply today.

Safe and Inclusive

At NTU, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our students and colleagues. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team.

Please note that unfortunately, this role has been assessed as ineligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration points-based immigration system, upcoming immigration rules (4th April 2024) changes may impact on eligibility for sponsorship, we recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position.

Visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa for more information. However, applications are welcome from candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK, but who would be eligible to obtain a valid visa via another route.  Please consult the Home Office website for further information.

Please note that this role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and successful applicants will be asked to declare any unspent criminal convictions.