Department: Student Experience - Careers & EnterpriseSalary: £13.99 per hour (Grade 1)Reference: 1759Location: Mile EndDate posted: 26 March 2024Closing date: 10 May 2024
About the role
This is a role for current Queen Mary students with a primary role acting as an advocate to help increase student engagement with the Careers and Enterprise Service. You will act as an ambassador to raise awareness and promote the service through promotional events around campus and online, taking a pro-active outreach role. You will also help with supporting the delivery of events involving employers and alumni.
This is a part-time, flexible, on-campus role, designed to fit around your study commitments. The role will be 10 hours per week on average for 30 weeks throughout the academic terms. Comprehensive initial training covering advising skills and core employability topics will be provided along with ongoing development opportunities and training. We would encourage you to attend the National Careers Peers Conference in November 2024, with costs covered by the Service.
Key dates and Application Information
The Assessment Centre and Interviews for this role will take place in early-mid June 2024.
The starting date for this role is w/c 2nd September 2024. You must be available to attend training on campus at Mile End from this date.
To apply please do via QM Careers Hub and search for ‘Careers and Enterprise Student Ambassador Scheme’ rather than via the QM Vacancies portal.
The closing date for applications is Friday 10th May 2024 at 23.55pm although applications may close earlier subject to volume received.
Informal enquires should be directed to Nicole Estwick, n.estwick@qmul.ac.uk Careers Consultant Team Leader (Employability Support). Further information can also be found on our ‘Become a Student Careers Ambassador’ page on the Queen Mary Careers and Enterprise website.
About Careers and Enterprise – Student Experience Directorate
The Careers and Enterprise Team’s mission is to further develop the employability of Queen Mary University of London students from their arrival at the university until three years after graduation. The Careers and Enterprise Team consists of around 60 FTE staff, working in partnership with academic schools and employers to provide inclusive careers support and opportunities to Queen Mary students and graduates. Our vision is to open the doors of opportunity for Queen Mary students and graduates by collaborating with our community. We are committed to supporting our diverse student population, distinctive for a Russell Group University, as evidenced by the Institute of Fiscal Studies/Sutton Trust report, which considers Queen Mary the top university in Britain for social mobility.
About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.
Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.
We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.
Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.