Career Coach

London Business School; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

London Business School is seeking a Leadership Career Coach to support experienced professionals in their Executive MBA and part-time Masters in Finance programs. You will deliver tailored coaching, conduct impactful career skills workshops, and facilitate innovative learning initiatives. The ideal candidate has extensive coaching experience, strong communication skills, and a deep understanding of executive career pathways. Join a collaborative team to enhance student and alumni engagement and drive career success in an evolving market.

Qualifications

• Experience in coaching senior level professionals.
• Understanding of recruitment processes for executive students.
• Strong commitment to quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Engage students in managing their careers.
• Deliver high-quality, world-class coaching to students.
• Foster relationships with stakeholders and alumni.

Skills

Coaching expertise

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Collaboration

CRM systems knowledge

Education

CIPD or similar qualification

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

MS Teams

Zoom

Job description

Join our Career Centre as a Leadership Career Coach, supporting a diverse community of experienced professionals across Executive MBA, Sloan, and part-time Masters in Finance programmes. You will deliver high-quality, one-to-one coaching and career development support, helping students navigate complex career transitions, articulate their professional narrative, and achieve their ambitions in a global market. Working at the heart of the student experience, you will design and deliver impactful career skills workshops and contribute to innovative, blended learning initiatives.

You'll bring strong coaching expertise and experience working with senior professionals, with a deep understanding of executive-level career pathways and labour market dynamics. With excellent interpersonal and communication skills, you will build trusted relationships across students, alumni, and internal stakeholders, while contributing to a collaborative and high-performing team.

Main Responsibilities

• Student engagement with managing their career (% students accessing coaching, % attendance rate for workshops, effectiveness of outreach and data collection, % newsletter opening rates)
• Service quality to students “world class” (Coaching feedback, % of notes completed, student feedback on workshops, contribution to successful delivery of career initiatives in a timely manner)
• Alumni engagement & Global insights (using alumni voice in workshops, unique LBS insights e.g. nontraditional paths or international experiences captured and shared)
• Competent, collaborative and inspired team (Supervision/CPD attendance, conferences, shared learning, feedback on behaviours)
• Strong cross team working relationships with key stakeholders and other Career Management team members
• Champion change by role modelling the behavior expected from all colleagues and consider the impact of change on all processes, systems, processes, and people to ensure appropriate steps are taken for successful implementation.

Who we are looking for

• Coaching, CIPD or similar qualification or extensive coaching experience with senior level professionals.
• Understanding of the industries and markets that LBS executive students target, including knowledge of recruitment at that level, job profiles, headhunters, and career pathways. Passionate about companies, markets, and the changing world of work
• Ability to maintain high levels of energy even at peak delivery times
• Commitment to continuous quality improvement and a proactive desire to ensure a world-class end-to-end customer experience
• Collaborative team-working mind-set; flexible approach to contribute to the wider work of the Career Centre
• Comfortable using CRM systems, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, MS Teams; Zoom
• Flexibility to accommodate delivery for working professionals