Career Development Adviser (22.0 hours per week) - Internal Only

Brighton; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of Brighton is seeking a Career Development Adviser on a 12-month fixed-term contract for 22.0 hours per week, based at Brighton City Campus. You will provide careers information, advice and guidance to students and graduates, and deliver engaging employability workshops to support decision-making and planning.

Collaborating across the College of Creativity, Technology and Society and with academic schools, you will embed employability into curricula and student experiences,

Qualifications

• Experienced careers guidance or employability professional.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Passionate about supporting student success and graduate outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide careers information, advice and guidance to students and graduates.
• Deliver engaging employability workshops and presentations.
• Support students with career planning and decision-making.
• Build effective partnerships with academic schools and support services.
• Work collaboratively to ensure coordinated student support and timely referrals.

Skills

Career guidance

Excellent communication

Stakeholder engagement

Public speaking

Job description

Career Development Adviser (22.0 hours per week) - Internal Only

Student Operations and Support

Location: Brighton - City Campus

ContractLength: 12 months

ClosingDate: Monday 12 October 2026

InterviewDate: To be confirmed

Reference: SO5034-26-205

Join our Careers and Employability team and play a pivotal role in helping students, graduates and researchers realise their potential, make confident career decisions and develop the skills they need to thrive in a rapidly changing world of work.

Working collaboratively across the University, you will develop strong partnerships with academic colleagues and take a lead role in supporting courses within the College of Creativity, Technology and Society. By embedding employability and career development within the curriculum and wider student experience, you will help ensure that every student has access to the knowledge, networks and opportunities needed to succeed.

This role is central to the University's Distinctively Brighton 2035 strategy, championing employability, enterprise and career planning as key elements of the student journey. Through your work, you will make a tangible difference to students' aspirations, outcomes and future success.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide careers information, advice and guidance to students and graduates.
• Deliver engaging employability workshops and presentations.
• Support students with career planning and decision-making.
• Build effective partnerships with academic schools and support services.
• Work collaboratively to ensure coordinated student support and timely referrals.

About You

• Experienced careers guidance or employability professional.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Passionate about supporting student success and graduate outcomes.

This role is offered on a fixed term contract for 12 months, and is 22.0 hours per week, however we welcome applications form candidates seeking to job share. Whilst the nature of the role means a high percentage of the role will need to be carried out on campus, there is some option for home working, which can be arranged with your manager needs of the role.

The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non-belief), sex and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community. We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under-represented by Minority Ethnic staff. For the vast majority of our roles we operate an agile working system, with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.

Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.