Job Description

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) is looking to hire an Internships and Work-based Learning Careers Adviser to be responsible for overseeing the delivery of the FASS Internships Scheme, which offers short-duration employability-enhancing opportunities for both undergraduate and postgraduate students across the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and the provision of departmental support for the Faculty\'s work-based learning modules.

Students in FASS study subjects including History, Law, Politics, Philosophy, Religious Studies, English Literature, Creative Writing, Educational Research, Linguistics, Sociology, Criminology, Theatre, Film, Architecture, Design and Fine Art.

We are looking for a commitment of 22 hours per week starting in September for up to 12 weeks. This role could be carried out entirely in-person, or with some remote working.

Please Note: This is a Non-Student Role. We particularly welcome applications from men and black and minority ethnic people for this role in order to increase our staff diversity in this part of the University.

Preferred start date: 4th of September 2023

Expected end date: 24th of November 2023

Interview date: 25th of Augut 2023

Location: Remotely (in the UK) and on the Lancaster University campus

Hours per week: 22



Main Duties:

• To work with departments within FASS to design and develop embedded employability opportunities within the curriculum;
• Organisation (and delivery where appropriate) of the FASS Internships Scheme;
• Working with partners (established and prospective) to develop a range of internship placement opportunities with external organisations (private, public and grant maintained);
• Promoting the Faculty\'s Internship Scheme at recruitment events e.g. Open Days, Visit Days;
• Application, and sharing good practice, of Health & Safety and risk assessment procedures relating to internship placements and their effective monitoring and review (complementing those established by the University Safety Office);
• Maintaining and expanding the quality assurance aspects of internship placement management to underpin and enhance the relationship(s) with host organisations;
• To offer internship and placement development advice and support to staff and students;
• Developing resources for departments to help reduce barriers to the development of placement components to UG and PG courses;
• Coordinating faculty based internship activity with other Careers facilitated activity;
• Supporting departments to (further) develop practices and structures to allocate and manage student placements;
• Encouraging and facilitating self-reflection by students regarding their placement (both before and after the period spent with the host organisation);
• Organisation (and delivery when appropriate) of induction training sessions prior to placement;
• Gathering of post-internship evaluation data from hosts and students;
• Ongoing monitoring of, and compilation of reports on, extent of placement activity;
• To conduct annual progress reviews of placement development for consideration by relevant committees e.g. PRC;

Person Specification

Essential:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification or work experience in a relevant area.
• Knowledge of the HE environment and the UK graduate recruitment market.
• Experience of working in a student facing role and an understanding of student employability needs.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with a demonstrated ability to engage with a wide range of organisations and groups.
• A demonstrated ability to prioritise own workload and work to a high level of accuracy.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Experience of using a range of standard office ICT applications, with the ability to learn new software applications.
• Experience of updating web pages, and creating and updating materials through different channels including social media.

Desirable:

• Experience of working in non-HE organisations (for profit; social enterprise; or non-profit).

You are required to submit a cover letter to support your application. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Please note: Unless specified otherwise in the advert wording, this role is only open to individuals living in the UK.

Under the terms of this work, we endeavour to provide the advertised number of hours however, hours are not guaranteed and that work may cease if there is a fall in demand.

Adverts that display a closing date should be treated as a guide. We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

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