Careers Information, Advice & Guidance Officer

Randstad has an opportunity available for an experienced Careers Information and Guidance Officer to join the growing team at Belfast Metropolitan College.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work at one of the UK's largest FE / HE colleges
• £19.04 per hour - Band 6
• Full time hours - 36 per week
• Term Time canteen
• Discounted onsite parking
• Enhanced holiday package
• Based at Titanic Quarter - may be required to work at the other campuses when necessary

Requirements

• GCSE Maths and English Grade C and above or equivalent
• Hold a degree at level 6 (any discipline), or equivalent
• Have a qualification at NVQ level 6 (or above) in careers, information, advice and guidance PLUS one year’s relevant experience in an education or training environment OR
• Have a qualification at NVQ level 4 (or above) in careers, information, advice and guidance plus two years relevant experiencing an education or training environment
• Extensive recent experience of providing advice and guidance to students.
• Experience of using IT in a careers education, Information, advice and guidance environment.
• Experience of developing working partnerships with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience of analysing data, information and producing relevant reports
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience of current careers education, information advice and guidance
• strategies for students.
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience of both the further and higher education systems and training providers in Northern Ireland.

Responsibilities

• To provide a careers information, advice and guidance service to all Belfast Metropolitan College students across all campuses
• To support the implementation of the College’s Employability Strategy
• To liaise with appropriate course tutors in the College in order to promote careers information, advice and guidance within the curriculum
• To support the UCAS application process for students seeking entry to higher education institutions and provide training and support for both staff and students involved in the process
• To participate in pre-entry events such as Open Days/Information Days and to provide advice and guidance to prospective students
• To participate in the delivery of pre-entry processes that ensure that the College’s services and courses are easily accessible and have clearly signposted progression routes to all levels
• To work with schools partnership staff in developing careers education, information advice and guidance provision with partner schools
• To develop a Widening Participation Strategy to provide an outreach careers advice and guidance service to those citizens of our community to do not see education as an option open to them
• To work with Learning Resource Centre staff to develop and maintain a careers resource on all Belfast Metropolitan College campuses, incorporating information on education, training and employment
• To work as part of the Careers Team in order to create and develop a College-wide careers education programme to be undertaken by all full-time FE/HE students as part of their curriculum entitlement

A full job description is available on request

Randstad Business Support acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Business Support is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.