Job Description

Ref Number

B06-00163

Professional Expertise

Student Well-being and Registry

Department

Vice-Provost (Education and Student Experience) (B06)

Location

London

Working Pattern

Full time

Salary

68,284-76,244

Contract Type

Permanent

Working Type

Hybrid

Available for Secondment

No

Closing Date

25-Nov-2025

About us

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The UCL Strategic Plan 2022-2027 outlines a vision for a 'futures focussed' UCL education that is ambitious and distinctive. It prompts us to view UCL education and student experience through the lens of current and future students to ensure we are able to meet their needs and expectations. It also recognises that 'the future' is not a given. Instead, different futures are there to be influenced and shaped by UCL students, staff and graduates through our teaching and research.



One of the aims of the Strategic Plan is to bring together teaching, assessment and employability in order to support student futures and to that end, the new 'UCL Higher Education Development & Support Institute' (HEDS) is being established. HEDS brings together UCL Arena (UCL's Education Development Unit) and UCL Careers Service. HEDS sits within the Office of the Vice Provost (Education &; Student Experience) (VPESE).

About the role

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One of seven Associate Directors (4 of whom are focused on Careers provision), the post holder will be a member of HEDS leadership team, contributing to the strategic leadership and operational management of HEDS as well as more specifically for UCL Careers Service. They will also be responsible for careers education within four of UCL's eleven faculties - Faculty of Laws; Faculty of Arts &Humanities; Faculty of Social & Historical Sciences and UCL Institute of Education. The latter 3 faculties all have programmes based at UCL East as part of the School of Creative and Cultural Industries. The core client group within the academic areas will be undergraduate and taught postgraduate students as well as recent graduates.



In this job you will lead and manage the relevant careers professionals (currently 12 staff, 8 of whom are direct reports) and manage the strategic relationship with academic staff and other senior stakeholders within the relevant faculties.



As one of four Careers Associate Directors, the role holder will also support the Director of HEDS in strategic leadership of the Institute as well as supporting operational enhancement of activities, ensuring alignment of all aspects to the core institutional mission and strategic aims. This will include providing leadership for HEDS-wide and institution-wide, careers-related projects.

A full job description is attached to this advert.

About you

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Things you'll need in order to do this job include:


A University degree or equivalent level qualification Fellowship of AdvanceHE and/or experience of employability teaching and learning in higher education Qualification in leadership and management Relevant professional qualification in careers and employability Experience within Higher Education Careers and/or a relevant employability-related setting, with exposure to a wide range of stakeholders Experience in supporting strategic organisational change and development Experience of direct line management of teams

Please review the attached JD, paying particular attention to the Essential and Desirable criteria, and ensure these are addressed in your application.

What we offer

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As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:


41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days) Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan Immigration loan Relocation scheme for certain posts On-Site nursery On-site gym Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.



We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce.



These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women