Part-time Careers Adviser for Research Staff CAREERS SERVICE Grade 8: Salary £36,862 – £44,016 p.a. (pro rata) The Careers Service at Oxford University, one of the oldest such services in the UK, serves almost 20,000 Oxford-based student clients; many hundreds of employers seeking to attract and recruit undergraduates, postgraduates, research staff and alumni; the colleges, faculties and departments of the University; and potentially the tens of thousands of University alumni. The University has built a client-focused Careers Service with high and increasing levels of engagement with undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers and employers, attracted by added value services that are efficiently provided. We are now looking to recruit a part-time (0.6 FTE, 22.5 hours per week) Careers Adviser to join the Careers Team for a fixed-term of 18 months to focus on supporting Research Staff (RS) and Research Associates (RA). The postholder will work alongside the Careers Adviser for Postgraduate Research Students and Research Staff; they will continue to support divisions and departments in assisting RS/RAs develop appropriate career management skills, building on existing good practice and extending work already undertaken. Central to this will be encouraging early use of the Careers Service and other relevant resources including developing sessions for RS/RAs to help them develop career planning skills early in their contract. The postholder will review, develop and deliver careers provision for RS/RAs, including resources for those wishing to pursue academic careers. There will also be involvement in the wider work of the Careers Service, including with colleges, alumni and appropriate employers. Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. To apply for this role and for further details, including a job description and person specification, please click on the link below: https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=100113 Only applications received before midday on 21 March 2011 can be considered. Interviews will be held on 7 April 2011. You will be required to upload a supporting statement and CV as part of your online application. Dr Claire Conway Careers Adviser The Careers Service University of Oxford 56 Banbury Road Oxford, OX2 6PA Tel: 01865 274739 E-mail: claire.conway@careers.ox.ac.uk www.careers.ox.ac.uk
Employment Opportunity: Careers Adviser for Research Staff
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