Career Coach

Location: Stratford Campus

Salary: starting at £35,155 per annum inclusive of London Weighting

Post Type:  Full Time

Post Type:  Permanent 

Closing Date: Sunday 14 August 2022

Reference: PS185S2022

Location Details: Stratford and Docklands Campus

Our Career Coaches are at the heart of our Careers & Student Enterprise service providing frontline support to students from career-planning to interview preparation. This multifaced and autonomous role will be supporting the Royal Docks School of Business & Law and work closely with students and academics to deliver a careers-first education. 

As a Career Coach, you will be supporting students on a one-to-one basis as well as delivering a range of topics into the classroom and we encourage applications from individuals who want to take ownership of developing the careers first content for our Business and Law school and who are eager to develop industry insights that will benefit our students. This role will sit within our award-winning careers service and you’ll be joining a committed team of professionals who are highly driven and committed to delivering against our ambitious graduate employability plan and leading transformational change as part of our Vision 2028.

The successful post holder will be an excellent communicator and able to use a variety of mediums to respond to enquiries from our internal and external audiences. Being a proactive team member, you will also positively contribute to the objectives of the wider Careers team. Using your own initiative, we will look to you to come up with creative solutions to resolve problems. In addition to this, your flexible approach will allow you to adapt quickly to unforeseen changes or new opportunities that arise. 

The University of East London is one of the most diverse and vibrant universities in the global capital. Our pioneering and forward-thinking vision is making a positive and significant impact to the communities we serve, inspiring both our staff and students to reach their full potential. Our commitment to equality and inclusion is at the heart of Vision 2028. We are building an environment of success where colleagues are supported to achieve, and our community can flourish and thrive. So, if you are looking to build your career in a dynamic, inclusive and performance-focused team and are inspired by our environment and drive for success, we want to hear from you!

A successful external candidate for this position would be employed by UEL Professional Services Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of UEL. Employees of UEL Professional Services Ltd work alongside UEL colleagues in delivery of UEL’s mission, and UEL Professional Services Ltd will adopt UEL HR policies and procedures in full. Further detail regarding employment benefits can be found at the employee benefits section of our recruitment pages.

Interviews will be held week commencing 22 August 2022