Work Related Learning Officer - Strand, London, WC2R 2LSAbout us: The King’s Business School Careers team support our students’ career planning, application processes and professional development throughout their studies. We are a team of 13, all with a passion for our student futures and we have a friendly, helpful culture operating in a flexible environment.About the role:Do you want to build your project management skills? Have you worked as a project officer, worked in events, careers or education in the past? If so, read on and apply to join our friendly, ambitious work-related learning team who make a huge impact on our students! Our expanding work-related learning offering provides experiential development opportunities like placement years, simulation days and office visits for undergraduate and postgraduate students. These opportunities help students build confidence, skills and experience and help them to become business-ready in a fast-changing world of work. This position will support the suite of activities, including our growing micro-internship scheme, our career development modules, and lead and design new elements as we embed experiential learning further into the student journey. To achieve our ambitions, we are searching for a candidate who is highly organised, can manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously and provide excellent service for students and colleagues. In this role, you will be running projects from the beginning, creating and sharing marketing materials, managing applications, running the project and evaluating its success. Additionally, you will manage student queries, provide clear guidance, and foster engagement throughout the process. Our team strives to deliver a data- and evidence-driven provision. Work-Related Learning is now an established offering for our students, and the next phase focuses on developing and evidencing our impact. Understanding student needs and uptake and identifying opportunities and challenges will be key to shaping the future of our provision and the wider student experience. First round interviews will be held via a 30-minute call on w/c 12th JanuarySecond-round interviews will be held in person at our Bush House, London campus on Thursday 22nd JanuaryThis is a full-time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract. This position requires a minimum of 40% on-campus presence at Bush House—equivalent to at least two days per week About you:To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience: Essential criteria1. Relevant degree or equivalent work experience2. Experience in designing student-led activities and engagements that provide learning opportunities for participants3. Excellent track record of productive stakeholder engagement at all levels and with internal and external stakeholders with the ability to influence others4. Has an interest in work-related learning, and how institutes develop our students to be ready for their future beyond education5. Excellent track record of productive stakeholder engagement at all levels and with internal and external stakeholders with the ability to influence others6. Successfully organised and led in-person events and activities for a range of audiences7. Is data driven with analytical skills and the ability to interpret, report and present various forms of data to different audiences8. Natural collaborator with a positive, solutions-focused, approach and the ability to communicate effectively with diverse audiences. Desirable criteria1. Business School Experience and / or experience of working within a Higher Education environment2. Exposure to work-related, experiential, work-based learning activities in education Downloading a copy of our Job DescriptionFull details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process. At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university. The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension. We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination. When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King’s guidance. We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification section of the job description. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible. To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.
