This post is full time and permanent, working 35 hours per week.
The University of Westminster is recruiting a Group Mentoring Officer (Mentees) to join its award-winning Future Ready Mentoring programmes and team.
This opportunity comes at an exciting time for the University of Westminster, where the expansion of its mentoring provision forms a core component of the employability strategy, in view of long-term ambitions to offer every student a work-based learning opportunity as part of their studies.
Future Ready Mentoring offers three different types of career mentoring options to students and recent graduates to support their employability and career prospects, including the award-winning Career Mentoring Programme, Ask a Mentor service and Group Mentoring. These programmes currently support over 2,000 students and recent graduates a year, involving an extensive network of mentors who are volunteers from across our alumni, supporter, and employer community.
The Group Mentoring Officer (Mentees) will specifically focus on supporting the implementation and delivery of Group Mentoring, which provides course-embedded, industry-specific and introduction to mentoring sessions for groups of students and recent graduates from across the University. Group mentoring sessions take place as part of timetabled teaching and involve industry professional mentors who facilitate discussions on a range of topics over a series of sessions, supporting students to develop their career ambitions and confidence.
Reporting to the Senior Mentoring Officer (Group Mentoring), the successful candidate will work as part of the Mentoring Team within the Alumni Relations Office to deliver against ambitious targets for the Group Mentoring branch of the Future Ready Mentoring programmes at Westminster.
The post holder will have experience of organising events, excellent communication skills and experience of working in a student support department or related service. The successful candidate will possess strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work under pressure, on time and to the highest standards.
The University offers an exceptional benefits package, which includes 35 days annual leave, a generous occupational pension scheme, gym membership, and flexible working opportunities.
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At the University of Westminster, diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity are at the core of how we engage with students, colleagues, applicants, visitors and all our stakeholders.
We are fully committed to enabling a supportive and safe learning and working environment which is equitable, diverse and inclusive, is based on mutual respect and trust, and in which harassment and discrimination are neither tolerated nor acceptable.
The University has adopted Smart Working principles to support and further our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion aims of being an inclusive, collaborative and flexible employer. Further details of Smart Working can be discussed at interview stage.
Closing date: midnight on 23 October 2024
Interviews are likely to be held on: 31 October 2024