Job Description

Salary

UH7 38,784pa to 46,049pa by annual increments on achieving designated skills and experience

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full Time

Job category/type

Professional/Technical

Job reference

REQ000262

Post Title:

Talent Consultant

SBU/Department:

Office of the Vice-Chancellor/Careers and Employment, Centre for Education and Student Success (CEdSS)

FTE:

1 FTE (working 37 hours per week)

Duration of Contract:

Permanent

Annual Leave:

30 days plus standard public holidays and an additional 4 days including the closure of our office between Christmas and New Year

Location:

College Lane Campus, Hatfield

The Careers and Employment Service are seeking a motivated candidate to join our innovative Graduate Success Team, to provide tailored support to students and employers. We are a friendly, positive team focused on student outcomes and creating opportunities for all. We offer flexible work locations across our two campuses including within our Careers Studio that is designed to provide an informal and supportive student environment.

Main duties and responsibilities

The successful candidate will provide a dedicated and professional customer facing service to University of Hertfordshire, employers, students, graduates, staff and alumni in the provision and promotion of work experience, shadowing, part-time roles placement, and graduate opportunities. You will develop and account manage employer relationships with local, national and international organisations to maximise work experience, shadowing, part-time roles, placement and graduate opportunities for University of Hertfordshire students and graduates.

You will design and deliver appropriate events, resources and packages to our students and graduates. These may be both face-to-face and virtual with the aim to support students and graduates into graduate roles. You will also be proactive in contacting finalists and recent graduates via email, social media, telephone and video calls to offer, guide and track them through appropriate levels of careers and employment support.

Skills and experience required

You should have experience of establishing and supporting effective relationships with employers and/or students and graduates in the context of graduate employment and work experience in the Higher Education sector. Previous proven relevant experience of recruitment, employer engagement, careers advice or similar and experience of managing a project, recording project progress and impact, reporting and evaluation is essential.

You will have excellent organisation and communication skills combined with the ability to negotiate with, engage and motivate others. You will also be digitally and data literate, with the ability to manage, interrogate and maintain large datasets and have excellent leadership, team building, and decision-making skills combined with the ability to motivate others.

Qualifications required

You will be educated with a minimum of a Degree or equivalent or substantial relevant proven experience.

Please view the job description and person specification for a full list of the duties and essential criteria. Please attach a personal statement showing clearly how your skills and experience match the Person Specification.

Internal applicants- please ensure you apply via your employee self service portal.

An appointment to this role may require an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate.

We regret that we are unable to offer UKVI sponsorship for this post; applicants will either hold UK Right to Work or demonstrate access to UK Right to Work before an offer is made.

Contact Details/Informal Enquiries:

Victoria Pinch, Graduate Success Manager, v.pinch@herts.ac.uk

Closing Date

: 18 November 2025

Interview Date:

TBC

Reference Number:

REQ000262

Date advert placed:

04 November 2025

Our vision is to transform lives: UH is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and building a diverse community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of their protected characteristics, and recognise there are different ways applicants may achieve the criteria in this document. We offer a range of employee benefits including generous annual leave, flexible location opportunities within the UK, discounted Sports Village memberships and free Active Staff sessions, personal and professional development and family-friendly policies. #GoHerts