About the Role
Part-Time - 14 hours per week
Fixed Term till 30 June 2024
This is an exciting opportunity to join the HE Student Support Team as a Graduate Intern working on a funded project developing Graduate Outcomes campaigns. University Centre Leeds provides students with the opportunity to study for a broad range of qualifications including foundation degrees, BSc (Hons) / BA (Hons) top-up degree programmes, Higher National Apprenticeships and Degree Apprenticeships. The Student Support Team work with students across the lifecycle providing counselling and mental health support, learning support, welfare support and progressions support. This role will work with the team to support students in understanding graduate destinations and the importance of the Graduate Outcomes Survey.
University Centre Leeds want to understand the graduate perspective and what success looks like for graduates following their time in higher education. Graduate Outcomes data is used for a range of information and regulatory purposes and the data is used in several ways, such as use by higher education providers and higher education funding and regulatory bodies, inclusion in official statistics, and research and journalistic uses, including university league tables. The results are used by these groups primarily for research and statistical purposes, but also in the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority.
The project aims to increase awareness of the survey, what the questions mean for our students, and to increase response rates. HESA advise that best practice suggests that there is value in promoting the survey during the student's final weeks of teaching as we have direct, face-to-face access to them.
What You Will Do
Working on the project, the post holder will be responsible for consulting with students and graduates to gain insights of their awareness and understanding relating to the Graduate Outcomes questions.
Using the findings from this consultation to inform development, the post holder will design, develop and produce resources, campaigns, and plans to raise awareness of the Graduate Outcomes survey among staff, students and graduates.
Working with team members the post holder will gather data regarding careers guidance across the provision and maintain our online employability/careers development space that best serves all students across University Centre Leeds.
About You
Please refer to the full person specification within the job description.
The post holder will:
- Recent experience studying Higher Education
- Knowledge of the Graduates Outcome Survey
- Experience of collecting and interpreting different types of data/ information to form action plans.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written) with the ability to communicate across the full range of students, staff and external stakeholders
- Strong teamwork skills within ability to be supportive of other team members and work cohesively with colleagues from teams across The Luminate Education Group.
Benefits
There are plenty of benefits available to our staff members, here are just a few:
- Annual leave entitlement - If you work full time, you'll get at least 27 days holiday plus bank holidays and up to 5 discretionary closure days at Christmas (pro rata for part time staff).
- Support Staff 27 days (increasing to 32 days after 5 years service)
- Academic 37 days
- Senior Management 37 days
- Generous Pension schemes
- Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Memberships and discounts - employees can sign up to various membership cards and discount schemes such as TOTUM card (formerly NUS card).
- Travel and commuting - discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
- Learning and development opportunities - including staff development days
- Employee wellbeing initiatives
- Flexible and hybrid working opportunities - this will vary depending on role requirements
About Us
At University Centre Leeds, we provide a supportive higher education environment designed to promote and enhance independent learning. We have access to industry standard equipment unique to many of our subject areas. These range from our makeup studios to practical science labs.
We are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our staff. You’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow. Choosing to work for University Centre Leeds means that you will be part of an inclusive and progressive learning environment. We hope that we will be part of the next step in your career and look forward to welcoming you to University Centre Leeds.
We are proud to be the highest rated for student satisfaction in Leeds for the third year running (National Student Survey 2022).
SAFEGUARDING
At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
We recognise, value and champion diversity & Inclusion. As we engage with a diverse student population we want to ensure we reflect that in our staff population too. For us diversity is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. It is important to us that both staff and students achieve their full potential. Diversity is important to us, but inclusion is equally, if not more important. It’s not just about having the representation but also providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyone’s contributions and perspectives.
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