Careers & Employability Consultants x 3 - (12 month fixed term)

Leeds Beckett University; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK university in Leeds is seeking three Careers and Employability Consultants for fixed-term positions to support student career development. You will engage with students, support their transitions into the workplace, and collaborate with employers to generate opportunities. These roles are part of a critical initiative to enhance graduate employability and offer flexible work arrangements. Ideal candidates should have a background in career development and a passion for helping students succeed. Excellent benefits included.

Benefits

Generous pension schemes

Excellent holiday entitlements

Flexible working

Subsidised fitness facilities

Qualifications

• Experience in Higher Education or a related setting focused on employability.
• Ability to design and deliver employability activities leading to positive outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support students in career development through education.
• Assist graduates in navigating early career decisions.
• Engage with employers to create opportunities.

Skills

Experience in employability

Career development knowledge

Ability to work with students

Facilitating workshops

Job description

Job Description

1 x 1FTE, 1 x 0.8FTE, 1 x 0.6FTE

We are recruiting for three fixed term Careers and Employability Consultant-level posts to cover parental leave during 2026 and early 2027. The roles are part of a service which brings together our Student and Graduate employability offer, with our consultancy services for Academic colleagues and Employers, to deliver positive impact on the educational (progression) outcomes of LBU students and graduates.

This is an exciting time to join Leeds Beckett University and the Employer Partnerships & Student Futures Service (previously Business Engagement). The service includes Beckett Careers & Degree Apprenticeships – this position will work within our careers team. In 2026 we embark upon our new institutional 5-year strategy where employability remains a critical focus for our University. At the same time, we will be entering a new phase in our service development, which will see an evolved approach towards responding to the employability needs of our students through partnership and collaboration across the institution. With stretching ambitions to ensure every student succeeds, the Employer Partnerships & Student Futures service will play a critical role in Leeds Beckett’s ambitions for our graduates and in our role as a leading and influential anchor institution to our region.

About The Roles And Team

The roles will be part of one of our service area teams. Working directly with Students to support their career development as part of curricular or interdisciplinary careers education and experiential learning. Working with Graduates as they make the transition into the workplace and navigate early (or next) career decision making. Working with Employers on opportunity generation and supporting employer engagement with Students and Graduates through a range of activities. Working with Academics on best practice in embedding careers and employability learning, within subject disciplines. Colleagues will contribute to distinct project and development work and bring their own specialist knowledge and experience - reflective of the breadth of expertise shared across the HE careers and employability community.

Whilst the positions may work in depth in an aspect of careers service provision, they will be part of a service-wide approach to come together on broader collaborative employability priorities that impact pan-university. In terms of team approach and ways of working - you’ll be part of a culture that encourages agility, embraces innovation and empowers colleagues as act as autonomous professionals, guided by the strategic goals of the service and University.

About You

We’re keen to hear from anyone who has experience of employability and career development learning in Higher Education, or in a related setting, and who has developed and delivered employability activity that has led to positive outcomes. We have three opportunities available on full and part-time basis (1FTE, 0.8FTE and 0.6FTE) and we’re open to exploring different working patterns and ways of working to meet that. If you’re excited by the prospect of influencing futures from within the Careers Team, then it would be great to hear from you.

Closing Date

Sunday 18th January 2026 (23.59)

Interview date

w/c 9th February (this may be subject to change)

Contact

We’d welcome the opportunity to chat to you further about the opportunities. For an informal chat, please do get in touch with Katie Cliff ([e-mail]), Head of Careers & Employability Services, in the first instance.

Application instructions

We are recruiting to these positions whilst we are finalising our service changes. We will provide further updates to candidates through the recruitment process. We ask candidates to make their application online, completing the person specification outlined for the Careers, Employability & Experiential Learning Consultant position.

Working here means you’ll also have access to a wide range of benefits including our generous pension schemes, excellent holiday entitlements, flexible working, reduced study fees, subsidised fitness facilities and a lot more.

Our student body is diverse and we’re working hard to reflect that diversity in our staff teams too. We’d welcome applications from all individuals and particularly from black and minority ethnic candidates as members of these groups are currently under-represented at this level of post. All appointments will be based on merit.

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