Employer Liaison Officer

Warwick; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Generous holiday allowance

Professional development opportunities

Flexible working

Job summary

Warwick is seeking an Employer Liaison Officer to join the Employer Connect team within Careers, Skills and Employability. You will build relationships with employers across sectors, promote student opportunities, and lead events that engage and recruit students and graduates.

A level education plus strong organisational and networking skills are essential. The role supports a diverse range of organisations and may require flexible working as part of a busy team.

Qualifications

• Business development background with experience engaging external and internal stakeholders.
• Educated to A level standard with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Strong networking skills and ability to build partnerships quickly.

Responsibilities

• Engage with a range of employers to promote opportunities for students and graduates.
• Plan and deliver events and other activities meeting employer engagement priorities.
• Develop and sustain partnerships to maximise use of careers services.

Skills

Business development

Stakeholder engagement

Event planning

Networking

Education

A level standard

Tools

CRM software

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Fixed Term End Date: 30 August 2027

Hours: Part-time, 29.2 hours per week (0.8 FTE)

About the Role

The Employer Connect team is part of Employer Engagement within Careers, Skills and Employability (formerly Student Opportunity) and supports employers seeking to attract and recruit students and graduates of the University.
We work with a wide range of organisations from multinationals to local SMEs and across a diverse range of sectors, ensuring students are able to access work experience, internship and graduate opportunities from the broadest range of sectors as they start their career journey.
As Employer Liaison Officer, you will take an active role in business development and employer engagement to maximise relationships, understand the needs of employers, and promote take up of our services. You will work with a range of employers across the arts and creative, education and public sectors, amongst others, to ensure that the range and breadth of opportunities offered by employers meet student demands and aspirations.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here) .

About You

With a business development background, you will have experience of working with external and internal stakeholders and the confidence to deal with employers with established relationships and those new to our services, listening actively and proposing and delivering events and other options meeting their student engagement priorities. You will be educated to A level standard and possess excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, and able to demonstrate strong networking skills and the ability to build rapport quickly to develop strong working partnerships.
Experience in a business development, events management or sales and marketing role would be ideal.

With experience of working with a range of internal and external stakeholders, you will have the confidence to deal with employers with established relationships and those new to our services, listening actively and helping to propose and deliver events and other options that meet their student engagement priorities. You will be a proactive self-starter, confident in approaching alumni and securing their involvement as panellists at events. You will be educated to A level standard and possess excellent organisational and interpersonal skills and be able to demonstrate good networking skills and the ability to build rapport quickly to develop strong working partnerships.

Experience in a customer-facing, events, administration, or sales and marketing role would be ideal. Experience of making initial contact with new people, whether by phone, email or social media, would be an advantage.

About the Department

Careers, Employability and Skills enables students to develop a global perspective, become culturally aware, and have confidence to achieve their full potential and vision of career success.

We work across the University to develop employability through our Employability Strategy and enhance student’s international experiences.

Please note that we work in a hot-desking environment. Please see this link to read more about how we aim to create a Positive Office Culture .

The interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, a generous holiday allowance plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.

We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here .

If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.

Warwick is committedto building an organisation ofmutual respectanddignity, promoting awelcoming, diverse, and inclusive workingand learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to berecognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.

We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here .

The University currently holds aRace Equality Charter Bronze Award,Athena Swan Sliver Awardand aDisability Smart Bronze Award.Further information on all of the University's Awards and Accreditations can be found here . The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance .

Right to Work in the UK

We wish to advise applicants that this role is not eligible for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker visa. If you do not yet have the right to work in the UK you will need to check the UK Government Website to see if you are eligible to obtain the right to work in the UK through one of the other UK immigration routes before you make your application.