Job Description
UCL Careers are seeking two Team Leaders to work as part of their School of Management (SoM) Careers Team
This is an exciting opportunity for two new leadership roles within UCL Careers’ School of Management Team, focusing on the oversight and management of one of our sub-teams at either undergraduate (UG) or postgraduate taught (PGT) level. Home to UCL’s business and management research and education programmes, the UCL School of Management has forged a reputation for world-leading research and teaching in the areas of innovation management, the creation and growth of technology-intensive organisations, business analytics, and entrepreneurship. Now in a period of considerable growth, we are expanding our Careers team to ensure that every student has access to personal, bespoke support on their own unique Careers journey.
The Team Leaders will manage their respective sub-team across functions (both Careers Consultant and Employer Engagement), and work with their team and senior stakeholders to design and implement a first-class programme of careers education. This will include, but is not limited to, workshops, seminars, 1:1 coaching and application support, employer and alumni events, work-based learning activity and information management. They will also have a role delivering within this programme, the specifics of which are negotiable based on business need and the role holder’s background and experience.
The Team Leaders should have substantial experience in Careers or related work, experience of line management and people development, and experience of project management. They should be passionate about using their experience to inspire and oversee a high performing team to offer an exceptional student experience, and enjoy continuing to evolve the Careers provision and trial new initiatives. UCL School of Management’s students are a highly international and diverse student body, who most typically look to go on to work in Management Consulting, Finance or Technology. Therefore, experience in one or more of these sectors (or in HR/Recruitment in one of those sectors) is desirable, but not essential.
Team Leaders will line manage staff in their area, taking responsibility for setting overall strategy including reporting, monitoring standards and measuring the effectiveness of activities. They will also work together and with the Deputy Head of Careers to ensure learning and consistency across the team, sharing best practice and collaborating on School-wide projects.
There is the opportunity for this to be a hybrid working position, with a mix of on-campus and remote working if desired. On campus delivery for PGT students usually takes place at the School’s Canary Wharf site (One Canada Square), whilst the UG students and main UCL Careers office are based in Bloomsbury.
An overview of The Careers Group
The Careers Group of the University of London is an expertise-led, collaborative membership organisation, set up to serve predominantly, but not exclusively, the member institutions of the University of London. The Group comprises the careers services of:
- City, University London
- Goldsmiths, University of London
- King’s College London
- St Mary’s University
- SOAS
- University College London
- The University of London Careers Service
The University of London Careers Service supports both distance and flexible learning students, and those at small specialist colleges in the University’s federation including the Courtauld, Royal Veterinary College, St George’s Medical School, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the School of Advanced Study. It also provides careers provision to the Institute of Cancer Research, the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and the London Arts & Humanities Partnership.
All The Careers Group institutional services are closely aligned to the strategies for education, employability, enterprise and student experience of the institutions that they serve. This means that staff will partner with academics, professional services colleagues and students on creation and delivery of key initiatives that support the future outcomes of students. The group has over 250 staff and serves a population well in excess of 150,000 students, researchers and graduates.
The Group HQ is at Stewart House and contains the Director's office and a small central team, which supports the institutional services by coordinating recruitment and resourcing, providing professional development, supporting research and evidence-based practice, overseeing the creation and curation of shared resources, and undertaking special projects on behalf of member services and the Group as a whole. Stewart House is also the base for the University of London Careers Service.
In October 2020, The Careers Group began implementation of a new action plan for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, shaped by external expertise in inclusion, social justice and anti-racism, and led by the Director of The Careers Group, Dr Kate Daubney. This plan takes both a collective and individual approach to reviewing learning and practice in equality and diversity, striving to improve our understanding of the differences in and the impacts of lived experience both across our staff community and among our students and other partners. We are seeking to address structural inequality and obstacles to progression in our organisation through a range of actions including: establishing an internal Advisory Panel of staff of diverse heritage to inform the Group’s strategic priorities; reviewing our manager progression processes, experiences and data; and embedding approaches to building and maintaining safe spaces for all.
From October 2022, The Careers Group will offer a unique new postgraduate online learning module: Strategic Approaches to Careers and Employability in Higher Education. This module will be offered as part of The University of London’s Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. The module has been designed for global higher education colleagues with responsibility for or an interest in careers and employability strategy.
Further information
For more information on the role, please read the Job Description and Job Pack attached.
To be considered for this opportunity, please submit your application by clicking ‘Apply for job’ at the bottom of this page before the closing date at midnight on 25th September 2022.
Initial skills-based interviews will take place on 11th October 2022 followed by a final round on 26th October 2022. Please make sure you are available to attend on these dates.
If shortlisted, please notify us on tcg.hr@london.ac.uk before booking an interview if you are likely to incur travel expenses as part of your involvement in our selection process, as we will only cover these if agreed in advance.
For an informal chat about the role please contact Kate Gault, Deputy Head, UCL Careers (School of Management): k.gault@ucl.ac.uk.
We look forward to receiving your application.
The University of London is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive working environment where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We particularly encourage applications from members of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities as this group is currently under-represented in senior levels within the University. All appointments will be made on merit, based on the criteria identified in the job description.