Employer Relations & Development Adviser

King's College London; City Of London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

King's College London is recruiting an Employer Relations & Development Adviser to cultivate engagement with employer partners and enhance graduate employability. You will identify target employers, build strategies for in-person and virtual engagement, and manage partnerships to integrate employability into all levels of study.

You will work across Careers Education and Service Engagement to develop digital portfolios, curate events, and share labour market insights with students and staff,

Qualifications

• Experience in relationship management or business development.
• Higher education in a related discipline is preferred.
• Ability to engage diverse external partners and stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication in a multi-stakeholder environment.
• Familiarity with CRM systems and digital engagement tools.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate and develop engagement with employer partners for graduate opportunities.
• Identify target employers and create strategies for physical and virtual engagement.
• Account manage relationships and develop partnerships to embed employability in King's education.
• Research labour market data and share insights with students, academics and staff.
• Support Careers Education and Service Engagement with digital career initiatives.

Skills

Relationship management

Business development

Higher education

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

CRM

Digital tools

Education

Higher education in related discipline

Professional qualifications

Tools

CRM software

E-learning tools

Job description

About us:

At King's, our purpose is to put knowledge to work for the benefit of society. Strategy 2030 builds on almost 200 years of excellence, setting out our shared ambition to respond to a changing world while remaining true to our mission. As a member of our community, you will help us deliver our ambitions across our five strategic priorities: delivering student success in and beyond the University; investing in research and education excellence; fostering innovation and entrepreneurship; building sustainable finances for a secure future; and strengthening an inclusive, collaborative and inspiring University community.

You will join the Student & Academic Services Directorate, a diverse community of professional services colleagues dedicated to supporting students throughout their journey at King's, from enrolment through to graduation and beyond. Working closely with faculties and teams across the University, we deliver high-quality services and seamless administrative processes that enable student success and help ensure every student can thrive and achieve their potential.

We pride ourselves on being the trusted partner of choice in sourcing and developing diverse talent for organisations around the world. Our Employer Relations & Development team develop, manage and build relationships with corporates, SMEs, business chambers, non-profit organisations, NGOs and government agencies across all sectors on a global scale developing partnerships to enhance opportunity development and labour market intelligence for our stakeholders.

We are part of the Students & Academic Services Directorate, a collection of wide-ranging professional services in place to support King's students and their education. As a directorate we manage the student lifecycle from application to graduation and beyond, to ensure a coherent and seamless student experience and effective administrative processes, working closely with King's faculties to do so.

About the role:

We are recruiting an Employer Relations & Development Adviser to cultivate and develop engagement with employer partners, playing an important role in enhancing the global employability of our students and graduates and ensuring King's College London remains a top-tier target institution for the widest range of graduate employers.

The post holder will be responsible for business development and opportunity provision within one of our defined industry clusters. Being data informed, they will identify target employers, build innovative strategies for physical and virtual engagement, account manage individual relationships and develop partnerships to support our strategy of integrating employability into a King's education at all levels of study. They will also become a labour market specialist within their cluster, researching, collating and curating key information to share knowledge with our students, academics and other staff, alongside informing our work-based learning initiatives.

Advisers will also work with colleagues across Careers Education and Service Engagement to develop our digital careers portfolio and direct student engagement, including video production and workshops, curating digital ‘pathways’ and chairing panels and other events.

This is an exciting opportunity for candidates looking to cultivate meaningful relationships, opportunities and engagement with a breadth of external partners alongside delivering directly to our audiences through an innovative range of annual activities. This is an opportunity to grow your skills in business development, data-informed practice, student delivery and graduate recruitment.

This is a full-time post (35 hours per week) requiring regular engagement on campus, but we welcome applications from candidates seeking a flexible working pattern within necessary service operating norms. Some evening and weekend working will be necessary on occasion. You will be offered an indefinite contract.

About you:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Relevant work experience and/or education: We think a wide range of different work and educational experiences could support you to be successful in this role. Relevant work experience might include work in relationship management, or business development. Relevant educational experiences might include higher education in a related discipline, professional qualifications or other training


2. Proven experience of developing new and existing external partnerships effectively to broaden networks


3. Ability to successfully negotiate and influence a range of stakeholders, marketing and developing services to grow and broaden opportunities at every opportunity


4. Ability to communicate complex information clearly in a multi-faceted environment with a range of stakeholders at various levels of seniority


5. Ability to follow processes, policies and agreements to provide maximum effectiveness in delivery of relationship management and targets


6. Strong research and analytical skills, supporting operational delivery of the portfolio, constructing reports and data sets as required


7. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate clearly, concisely and persuasively in writing, and orally


8. Knowledge and understanding of the UK graduate labour market, needs of employers and the current graduate employability landscape


9. Strong digital capabilities, including usage of business communication platforms, customer relationship management systems (CRM) and e-learning tools

Desirable criteria

1. Proven experience of innovation and creativity when coming forward with new ideas and developing and reviewing new processes or initiatives


2. Knowledge and understanding of the higher education landscape, including the impact of national policy issues on work-based learning, experiential and student employability


3. Experience of delivering workshop content or training to audiences of students or equivalent.

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further information:

At King's, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university.

The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension.

We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination.

When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King's guidance.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving rapidly, and we recognise its growing role in professional work. Applicants may use AI tools to support preparation of their application, for example to research the role or structure written responses. However, applications must reflect the applicant's own work and experience. AI tools should not be used during interviews or assessment activities unless this has been agreed in advance as a reasonable adjustment.

We reserve the right to close adverts early due to the volume of applications we receive. While the closing date may change, all adverts will close at 23:59 to allow sufficient time for applications to be submitted on that day.