Career Services Advisor

• Faculty of Business, Economics & Law
• HEW 6
• Continuing position
• Applications Close Tuesday, 8 November 2022 at 11.00pm AEST (R-18431)

About This Opportunity

As the Career Services Advisor, you will manage and deliver a portfolio of career services and co-curricular employability activities for students in the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law (BEL).

Your focus will be on engaging first-year BEL students as they commence their UQ journey and explore career pathways. You will be working with the Faculty’s First Year Experience Coordinator to increase student belonging and retention, and collaborate with the central Employability team to provide targeted advice and experiences.

You will work within a small team of Career Services Advisors and share responsibility for planning and delivering high-quality career development learning activities such as workshops, consultations, events and special projects. You will contribute to the development of physical and online career resources and utilise UQ’s systems for data collection, evaluation and reporting.

You will stay up to date on student employability markets and assist in the development of promotional content for print, online and social media platforms, and develop and maintain connections with students, academic and professional staff and external stakeholders, including industry.

BEL Career Services Advisors work in partnership with other Faculty professional functions such as BEL International and Advancement, as well as UQ’s Student Enrichment and Employability Development team (SEED).

This position is located at our picturesque St Lucia campus, renowned as one of Australia’s most attractive university campuses, and situated just 7km from Brisbane’s city centre. Bounded by the Brisbane River on three sides, and with outstanding public transport connections, our 114-hectare site provides a perfect work environment – you can enjoy the best of both worlds: a vibrant campus with the tradition of an established university.

About You

You will have qualifications and training equivalent to an undergraduate degree in business, economics, law, human resources or another relevant field and experience in delivering training programs, career and employability development or other student engagement initiatives.

You will have the ability to design and deliver engaging learning experiences face-to-face and online, and have a sound knowledge of university degree structures, employment trends, recruitment strategies and their implications for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

The ability to work autonomously and flexibly within a team environment is essential. You will have a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, coordinate structured projects and activities, plan and deliver events, and develop effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including industry. An ability to establish effective workflows and contribute to ongoing service improvements, while meeting team and individual goals will be highly regarded.

Duties and Responsibilities Include:

• Develop and deliver a portfolio of generalist and cohort-specific career services, including (in-person and virtual) workshops and events, online resources, mock recruitment activities, industry networking opportunities and consultations.
• Engage first-year BEL students in their exploration of career pathways in collaboration with the Faculty’s First Year Experience Coordinator to increase student belonging and retention.
• Develop and maintain connections with industry professionals, employers, alumni and partners to support the delivery of quality career services.
• Stay abreast of trends in student employability markets, employer expectations and recruitment processes to ensure relevancy of services provided.
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with students, academic and professional staff and external stakeholders to achieve favourable student employability and graduate employment outcomes.
• Develop relevant marketing content for social media platforms, websites and printed collateral.
• Contribute to the development, implementation and maintenance of systems, processes and data management of all student and client activities to provide robust management reporting.

What We Can Offer

This is a full-time, continuing position at HEW level 6.

The full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $82,399.95- $88,503 plus super of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be in the range $96,407 – $103,549.

You will be able to take advantage of UQ Sport Facilities, recreation leave loading, salary sacrificing options, on-campus childcare, discounted private health insurance, cheap parking, development programs and many other benefits.

For further information, please review The University of Queensland’s Enterprise Bargaining Agreement 2018-2021.

Questions?

To discuss this role please contact Sebastian Hagebaum, Manager – Career Services on [email protected]  or 07 3346 9238

For application queries, please contact [email protected] stating the job number in the subject line.

Want to Apply?

To submit an application for this role, use the apply button. All applicants must supply the following documents:

• Cover letter (of no more than two pages) addressing the About You section
• Resume (of no more than three pages)

Please note that you will be asked to add all documents into the one upload box during the application form.

Other Information

To satisfy pre-requisite questions and ensure your application can be considered in full, all candidates must apply via the UQ Careers portal by the job closing deadline. Applications received via other channels including direct email will not be accepted.

You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.

We value diversity and inclusion, and actively encourage applications from those who bring diversity to the University. Our Diversity and Inclusion webpage contains further information if you require additional support. Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to [email protected].

If you are a current employee of the University, or hold an unpaid or affiliate appointment with the University, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

https://bel.uq.edu.au/