Assistant Relationship Manager United Kingdom
University of Warwick
Full Time
United Kingdom
32348 - 42155 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Permanent. full time position - 1.0 FTE
Do you feel excited about being able to make a difference to our student community by providing them with the tools, knowledge, confidence and connections to fulfil their career potential?
Do you have the skills needed to contribute to the purpose of our CareersPlus and Employer Relations team?
This role will support the Relationship Managers to develop and manage our global recruiter relationships, activities and events and work extensively with our employers and alumni to generate appropriate job and consultancy project opportunities for WBS students across all levels of study.
Working with companies across different sectors, you will be liaising with recruiters and line managers in global, national and international organisations through to SME’s and start-ups. You will develop, grow and maintain purposeful relationships with the aim of establishing WBS as a talent partner of choice.
Successful applicants will need excellent communication and interpersonal skills to form effective working relationships at all levels and the flexibility and ability to work on their own initiative to suggest and implement new ideas and promote the value of employer engagement both internally and externally.
Due to the nature of the position, the role would be highly suitable for anyone with previous experience of working in an external-facing role in higher education, a talent team within industry or in a recruitment agency environment. Flexibility in working hours due to planned events is essential.
We embrace hybrid working within the team based on the needs of the team, the students and other stakeholders. Expectations are that you will be in the office for at least 2 days a week.
Whilst based on the Warwick campus, the post-holder will need to work occasionally at the Shard campus in London and to travel to meet potential corporate contacts at their premises in the UK or occasionally overseas with prior agreement. The role will require occassional evening and weekend working.
Please note that interviews will take place in person at WBS in Coventry.
To apply, please complete the application form and provide a CV and Cover Letter which clearly sets out how you meet the essential and desirable criteria as highlighted in the person specification.
Please send any informal enquiries through to Kate Friend, Director of CareersPlus & Employer Relations [email protected].
Interview Date: TBC
Job Description
Job Purpose
To establish, develop and manage a comprehensive programme of graduate, experienced hire and student consultancy project opportunities for the WBS student community, including Undergraduates, Masters and MBA students, across the academic year.
To liaise with prospective employers, with a view to developing relevant, attractive and effective employer opportunities.
To be responsible for setting up and delivering on the effective operation, monitoring and review of all policies and procedures related to our project provision.
To support students with their effective articulation of skills and experience to future employers to enable WBS students to secure successful employment outcomes.
Duties and Responsibilities
Account Management and Business Development
Student Advice & Guidance
Operations Management
To establish, develop and manage a comprehensive programme of graduate, experienced hire and student consultancy project opportunities for the WBS student community, including Undergraduates, Masters and MBA students, across the academic year.
To liaise with prospective employers, with a view to developing relevant, attractive and effective employer opportunities.
To be responsible for setting up and delivering on the effective operation, monitoring and review of all policies and procedures related to our project provision.
To support students with their effective articulation of skills and experience to future employers to enable WBS students to secure successful employment outcomes.
Duties and Responsibilities
Account Management and Business Development
- To develop and manage strong working relationships with employers and alumni internationally to drive account management and business development activities and explore areas for collaboration.
- To devise, support and deliver a comprehensive programme of hybrid employer opportunities by developing relationships with key employers and identifying graduate, post-graduate internship and project opportunities for all WBS students.
- To ensure approaches to employers, sectors, organisations etc. are co-ordinated to avoid duplication, best practice knowledge is exchanged and to attend events and conferences concerned with all areas of employment to keep up to date with developments in the sector.
- To develop strong working relationships with internal teams, including those in the CareersPlus department, Global Alumni Engagement, Executive Education and central campus as well as associated bodies.
Student Advice & Guidance
- To guide and advise students through the recruitment process with key employers, and support them whilst they are on their career journey dealing with any problems promptly and effectively to ensure that maximum benefit is gained from the experience.
- To ensure that information, guidance and resources relating to employers is accurate, and up to date and is made available to students, staff and employers (e.g. through printed documents, social media, online outlets and all suitable platforms) in a timely and accessible format which promotes and encourages engagement. This will include organisation and marketing of employer relations activities for all employment opportunities ensuring that all events are planned and implemented in a professional, cost-effective and timely manner. This will require close liaison with the Careers coaches, programme teams and faculty.
- To work with colleagues and stakeholders across the University and within the School ensuring that employment guidance and preparation is appropriate to the needs of students.
Operations Management
- Upkeep of all employer records and outcomes in liaison with the relevant internal and wider University teams.
- To develop manage and maintain systems and processes to monitor and record employer relations activities, seeking the views of both student and employer outcomes, analysing and interpreting findings and reporting on the effectiveness of the activity. This will include conducting regular reviews of processes and procedures related to the Employer Relations strategy, recommending and implementing changes where necessary designed to ensure the continued effective and efficient operation of the strategy.
- To have a detailed understanding of, and to ensure compliance with, the University’s guidance and procedures regarding our employer relations provision, as well as that of relevant organisations in the HE employment landscape.
- Ensure that all related financial administration (purchase requisitions, invoice payments and budget monitoring) is processed appropriately for employer activity, visits and events.
- Preparation of data as required for WBS rankings activity in relation to graduate outcomes, careers destinations and metrics.
Whilst based on the Warwick campus, the post-holder will need to work occasionally at the Shard campus in London and to travel to meet potential corporate contacts at their premises in the UK or occasionally overseas with prior agreement. The role will require some evening and weekend working.
For further information about the University of Warwick, please read our University Further Particulars.
Warwick Business School (WBS) is a world-class business school at the heart of a world-class University, challenging assumptions and championing business as a force for good. From the pioneering research we undertake, to the students we help to shape, we are for the Change Makers who will impact the world for the better.
We were the first UK business school to be triple accredited by the major bodies (EQUIS, AMBA, AACSB) and our courses consistently rank highly (our Distance Learning MBA is first in the world, our Executive MBA is ranked first in the UK and sixth in the world, and our MSc Management is ranked first in the UK and ninth in the world).
However, we’re more than our rankings and we’re proud to be different. We’re down to earth and approachable, and we want WBS to feel like home to our students, our staff and our alumni community. We look to provide a stimulating and fulfilling work environment for all. One where you will feel supported and encouraged to grow professionally; developing your knowledge, skills, confidence and career.
Our Vision
Our vision is to be Europe’s leading University-based business school, developing transformational ideas and people that shape how we do business. This vision is supported by our three-fold mission:
1. To develop cutting-edge research that leads debate and deepens our understanding of the practice of business and management.
2. To provide a transformational learning experience, enabling our stakeholders to realise their full potential.
3. To work in partnership with policy and practice, both in terms of our research and teaching activities, to catalyse the impact of our work.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CORE values and driven by a commitment to a Change Maker mindset. We look for this shared commitment across our staff and student community.
Our CORE Values
The further development of a Placements culture within WBS has been identified as a key strategic imperative with the introduction of our new BSc Management with Placement Year and Accounting and Finance with Placement Year undergraduate degrees being introduced from September 2022. This post is critical in helping to deliver an appropriate service offering to these incoming students as well as those embarking on a placement year going forward. The WBS placement year service and offering in particular is currently a rapidly growing and evolving area to be working in.
Potential relationships being built with employers who are offering placement year and further undergraduate work experience opportunities (including summer internships, spring weeks, insight programmes and general work experience) will encompass multinational blue-chip corporates, local SMEs and not for profit organisations, with key sectors and international markets identified in line with WBS strategy, expertise and student cohort profiles.
Athena SWAN Silver Award
We are committed to supporting staff to achieve their potential. Both the Department of Chemistry and the University of Warwick hold Athena SWAN Silver Awards, a national initiative that recognises the advancement of gender equality, representation, progression, and success for all in academia. To learn more about the Department’s Athena SWAN commitment please visit our website.
The University of Warwick is one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University alliance, whose aim is to become by 2025 an open, multicultural, confederated operation of connected campuses.
Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, 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.
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 page Apply for a UK visa to see if you are eligible to obtain right to work in the UK through one of the other UK immigration routes before you make your application.
For further information about the University of Warwick, please read our University Further Particulars.
Warwick Business School (WBS) is a world-class business school at the heart of a world-class University, challenging assumptions and championing business as a force for good. From the pioneering research we undertake, to the students we help to shape, we are for the Change Makers who will impact the world for the better.
We were the first UK business school to be triple accredited by the major bodies (EQUIS, AMBA, AACSB) and our courses consistently rank highly (our Distance Learning MBA is first in the world, our Executive MBA is ranked first in the UK and sixth in the world, and our MSc Management is ranked first in the UK and ninth in the world).
However, we’re more than our rankings and we’re proud to be different. We’re down to earth and approachable, and we want WBS to feel like home to our students, our staff and our alumni community. We look to provide a stimulating and fulfilling work environment for all. One where you will feel supported and encouraged to grow professionally; developing your knowledge, skills, confidence and career.
Our Vision
Our vision is to be Europe’s leading University-based business school, developing transformational ideas and people that shape how we do business. This vision is supported by our three-fold mission:
1. To develop cutting-edge research that leads debate and deepens our understanding of the practice of business and management.
2. To provide a transformational learning experience, enabling our stakeholders to realise their full potential.
3. To work in partnership with policy and practice, both in terms of our research and teaching activities, to catalyse the impact of our work.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CORE values and driven by a commitment to a Change Maker mindset. We look for this shared commitment across our staff and student community.
- Change Makers see the bigger picture. Thinking beyond themselves and their environment, they’re open to other viewpoints and consider the ripple effect of what they do on a personal, social, and commercial level.
- Change Makers challenge the norm. Challenging the status quo and not just accepting things at face value is when real impact and change can be delivered.
- Change Makers have the drive as well as the vision. It’s one thing having a vision but having the drive and work ethic to realise a vision is another matter. Change Makers relentlessly pursue every possible solution in order to achieve their goals.
Our CORE Values
- Curiosity. We challenge, we embrace different perspectives, and we think creatively to build our future.
- Openness. We’re open to different perspectives, talking to stakeholders, listening to feedback, embracing change and pushing forward for the better.
- Restlessness. We’re not satisfied with standing still, and never stop looking for ways to improve. Constantly evaluating, we don’t stop when we’ve achieved one thing; we use all of our initiative, drive and resourcefulness to achieve more.
- Excellence At a world class university and a globally recognised business school, excellence is a given. There are no half measures at WBS.
The further development of a Placements culture within WBS has been identified as a key strategic imperative with the introduction of our new BSc Management with Placement Year and Accounting and Finance with Placement Year undergraduate degrees being introduced from September 2022. This post is critical in helping to deliver an appropriate service offering to these incoming students as well as those embarking on a placement year going forward. The WBS placement year service and offering in particular is currently a rapidly growing and evolving area to be working in.
Potential relationships being built with employers who are offering placement year and further undergraduate work experience opportunities (including summer internships, spring weeks, insight programmes and general work experience) will encompass multinational blue-chip corporates, local SMEs and not for profit organisations, with key sectors and international markets identified in line with WBS strategy, expertise and student cohort profiles.
Athena SWAN Silver Award
We are committed to supporting staff to achieve their potential. Both the Department of Chemistry and the University of Warwick hold Athena SWAN Silver Awards, a national initiative that recognises the advancement of gender equality, representation, progression, and success for all in academia. To learn more about the Department’s Athena SWAN commitment please visit our website.
The University of Warwick is one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University alliance, whose aim is to become by 2025 an open, multicultural, confederated operation of connected campuses.
Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, 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.
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 page Apply for a UK visa to see if you are eligible to obtain right to work in the UK through one of the other UK immigration routes before you make your application.
