Programmes Coordinator Ref: 9397
School/department: Careers and Entrepreneurship / Student Experience division
Hours: Full time or part time hours considered up to 36.5 hours per week. Requests for flexible working options will be considered (subject to business need).
Contract: permanent
Reference: 9397
Salary: starting at £27,131 to £31,411 per annum, pro rata if part time
Placed on: 08 September 2022
Closing date: 05 October 2022. Applications must be received by midnight of the closing date.
Expected Interview date: 14 October 2022
Expected start date: ASAP
Job description
The mission of the Careers and Entrepreneurship Team at the University of Sussex is for our students to be ‘world ready’ on graduation. We deliver engaging careers and entrepreneurship education and information, alongside a distinctive menu of placements, internships, and events. We co-design our services with students and colleagues across the University to ensure it is effective, guiding students, and enabling access to skills-building, real world experience and employer connections. We support students from the time they arrive at the University until three years after they graduate.
The Programmes Coordinator will be a crucial member of the Careers and Entrepreneurship team, coordinating and supporting expansion of our innovative Career Lab programme.
Career Lab is designed to expand and diversify the basket of opportunities available to Sussex students to connect with employers, and to build skills and real world experience, prioritising students from underrepresented groups. The postholder will also support other employer engagement activities.
We are seeking a proactive, highly organised candidate, who is excited by the opportunity to initiate and develop relationships with employers, engaging them in career-transforming opportunities for Sussex students.
Please contact Andrea Wall, Employer Engagement Manager, for informal enquiries: andrea.wall@sussex.ac.uk.
The University of Sussex values the diversity of its staff and students and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
You can find out more about our values and our EDI Strategy, Inclusive Sussex, on our webpages.
Download job description and person specification Ref 9397 [PDF 115.00KB]
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How to apply
Download our professional services application form - Dec 2020 [DOC 203.00KB] and Personal Details and Equal Opportunities Form [DOC 119.50KB] and fill in all sections.
You must email your completed application, and personal details and equal opportunities form, to profservicesrecruitment@sussex.ac.uk
You should attach your application form and all documents to the email in PDF format (we are unable to accept applications as google.docs or .pages) and use the format job reference number / job title / your name in the subject line.
You can also send your application by post to Human Resources Division, Sussex House, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RH.