Careers Consultant

Description:

Trinity Business School (TBS) seeks to recruit an experienced, enthusiastic, proactive, professional, and self-motivated individual to join the growing TBS Careers & Community Team as Career Consultant.

The TBS Careers & Community Team is responsible for:

1. Consulting with diverse postgraduate business students and alumni to enable them to secure employment at appropriate levels;

2. Advancing the School’s performance in international business school rankings;

3. Growing employer engagement;

4. Developing relations with our alumni community.

Improving the international ranking performance of TBS is a key part of the 2021-2026 TBS Strategy. The TBS Careers & Community Team is crucial to ensuring TBS makes ranking progress as the career outcomes and satisfaction of recent graduates and alumni account for approximately 50-60% of the rankings. Key performance indicators of the role include criteria used by the international accreditations and rankings bodies, including but not limited to The Economist and The Financial Times rankings.

At Trinity, we are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We are ranked 3rd in the world for gender equality (Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2020) and we hold an Athena SWAN Bronze award, recognising our work to advance gender equality. The University is actively pursuing a Silver level award, which it has committed to achieving by 2025. Trinity is committed to supporting the work-life balance and to creating a family-friendly working environment. Trinity welcomes applications from all individuals, including those who may have had non-traditional career paths, those who have taken time out for reasons including family or caring responsibilities, and applicants with disabilities.

Hours of Post: Full time, 35 hours per week

Salary: This appointment will be made on the Administrative 2 Salary Scale (€ 50,981 - €59,902 per annum) at a point in line with current Government pay policy.

Post status: Permanent Contract

How to apply:

In order to assist the selection process, applicants should submit a Curriculum Vitae and a Cover Letter (1x A4 page) that specifically address the following points in their application.

• Applicants should clearly address their experience and how they obtained their knowledge in their application.
• Illustrate, through past example, their ability to work on their own initiative and resolve problems.

Applicants who do not address the application requirements above in their cover letter will not be considered at the short list stage. Applications must be submitted by the closing date specified through eRecruitment. Any Applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.