About us:
At King’s, our purpose is to put knowledge to work for the benefit of society. Strategy 2030 builds on almost 200 years of excellence, setting out our shared ambition to respond to a changing world while remaining true to our mission. As a member of our community, you will help us deliver our ambitions across our five strategic priorities: delivering student success in and beyond the University; investing in research and education excellence; fostering innovation and entrepreneurship; building sustainable finances for a secure future; and strengthening an inclusive, collaborative and inspiring University community.
You will join the Student & Academic Services Directorate, a diverse community of professional services colleagues dedicated to supporting students throughout their journey at King’s, from enrolment through to graduation and beyond. Working closely with faculties and teams across the University, we deliver high-quality services and seamless administrative processes that enable student success and help ensure every student can thrive and achieve their potential.
We pride ourselves on being the trusted partner of choice in sourcing and developing diverse talent for organisations around the world. Our Employer Relations & Development team develop, manage and build relationships with corporates, SMEs, business chambers, non-profit organisations, NGOs and government agencies across all sectors on a global scale developing partnerships to enhance opportunity development and labour market intelligence for our stakeholders.
We are part of the Students & Academic Services Directorate, a collection of wide-ranging professional services in place to support King’s students and their education. As a directorate we manage the student lifecycle from application to graduation and beyond, to ensure a coherent and seamless student experience and effective administrative processes, working closely with King’s faculties to do so.
About the role:
We are recruiting an Employer Relations & Development Adviser to cultivate and develop engagement with employer partners, playing an important role in enhancing the global employability of our students and graduates and ensuring King’s College London remains a top-tier target institution for the widest range of graduate employers.
The post holder will be responsible for business development and opportunity provision within one of our defined industry clusters. Being data informed, they will identify target employers, build innovative strategies for physical and virtual engagement, account manage individual relationships and develop partnerships to support our strategy of integrating employability into a King’s education at all levels of study. They will also become a labour market specialist within their cluster, researching, collating and curating key information to share knowledge with our students, academics and other staff, alongside informing our work-based learning initiatives.
Advisers will also work with colleagues across Careers Education and Service Engagement to develop our digital careers portfolio and direct student engagement, including video production and workshops, curating digital ‘pathways’ and chairing panels and other events.
This is an exciting opportunity for candidates looking to cultivate meaningful relationships, opportunities and engagement with a breadth of external partners alongside delivering directly to our audiences through an innovative range of annual activities. This is an opportunity to grow your skills in business development, data-informed practice, student delivery and graduate recruitment.
We encourage applications from candidates who have experience from both within and outside of the Higher Education sector where they can demonstrate the skills needed to succeed in this role
This is a full-time post (35 hours per week) requiring regular engagement on campus, but we welcome applications from candidates seeking a flexible working pattern within necessary service operating norms. Some evening and weekend working will be necessary on occasion. You will be offered an indefinite contract.