Grow Your Own Careers Project Officer

Grade: B

1 Year Fixed Term - Full time roles (1 FTE)

2 positions

We have an exciting Careers Project Officer opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated recent graduate who enjoys meeting and working with people and providing high levels of customer service.

You will support the Careers team to deliver objectives aligned to the University’s 2030 strategic pillar ‘Talent for Tomorrow’. Working at multiple offices across City Centre and City South campuses, the post holder will be an integral member of the team, providing customer service and direct careers information and advice to BCU students. The post will also include developing and evaluating projects for the Careers team, including engagement with students and other stakeholders, marketing and promotion of the service, and data analysis

The role provides the opportunity for being involved with a number of careers projects, activities and events, supporting BCU students in developing their employability and improving their career prospects. Particular focus will be on the range of student-facing activities associated with the Careers team and other related student facing events.

You should be a recent graduate and will be joining a vibrant and positive Careers team. Engaging with a diverse range of students different needs and interests, makes this a very rewarding role for a person who enjoys providing high levels of customer service with a flexible and adaptable approach.

Job Description

The appointed candidate will normally be employed through our subsidiary company BCU Support Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Birmingham City University. Appointees with prior LGPS membership who wish to enter the LGPS scheme will be able to do so and will be employed by Birmingham City University directly.

This vacancy is only open to Birmingham City University graduates from the academic year 2024/25. To be eligible, you must have completed your course between 1 August 2024 and 31 July 2025, and you must no longer be studying.

As you are applying for a role as part of the Grow Your Own Graduate Programme, you will need to contact a member of the Careers+ team to receive support with the application process to ensure the best chance of success. You will also receive communications around future Grow Your Own opportunities and support sessions.

Alternatively, for more information or to book a consultation, please email: [email protected].

Located in the centre of the UK’s second city, we are a university with a long heritage of innovation and of making, dating back to our origins in 1843 when we were founded as the Birmingham Government School of Design.

Our heritage of making through innovation and its application through knowledge exchange, and of creative research and practice, today finds it expression in our STEAM agenda, in our research and enterprise, and in our commitment to challenge-based learning. Working across disciplines, and delivering impactful research and enterprise, interdisciplinarity is at the heart of the continuing transformation of our academic portfolio.