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Careers Engagement Assistant

 

Job Description

About Us

King?s Careers & Employability facilitates excellent career management and employability services supporting our students and alumni, enabling them to develop effective career skills and build a platform for future success.

 

The Role

The role of a Careers Engagement Assistant (Student Enquiries) is part of the Student Careers Engagement (SCE) Team within the Careers department. This team supports students at all levels across the institution, as well as alumni, to access information, advice, events, opportunities, and e-learning, to aid them in their career journeys. As a team, we work specifically to address the sector-wide and institutional factors and barriers that contribute to differences in progression amongst students from underrepresented backgrounds.

We are looking for 2 customer-focused individuals who can engage with our students as their first point of contact. The role of the Careers Engagement Assistant (Student Enquiries) is to provide physical and digital front-of-house services to students and visitors, offering a friendly and welcoming service. The role holder will answer a range of careers queries in person, by phone, and by email. They will use our Career Management System to arrange appointments, approve student records, and support students experiencing challenges with the system.

The role holder will also support with a range of administrative tasks as required, and there may be opportunities to work on other projects across the department as per business need.

 

Hours

              Monday 9.30am-5pm (with 1-hour unpaid lunch break)

              Tuesday 9.30am-5pm (with 1-hour unpaid lunch break)

              Wednesday 9.30am-5pm (with 1-hour unpaid lunch break)

              Thursday 9.30am-5pm (with 1-hour unpaid lunch break)

              Friday 9.30am-5pm (with 1-hour unpaid lunch break)

Total paid hours: 10hours per week (minimum)

 

Applicants must be available for at least 10 hours each week. Due to the nature of the role (job share), we are unable to offer shifts on different days/times.

 

Location

The role will be based at our offices in Bush House, Strand Campus. This is a 100% on-campus role, due to the nature of the work.

 

How to apply

Please apply through King?s Talent Bank stating in the cover letter why this role interests you and include any relevant experience and skills.

Please note that the deadline for this vacancy is Wednesday, 28th August at 11:59pm

Interviews will be held via Teams on Friday, 6th September, applicants must be available on this day for interview. 

Full training and support will be provided if successful on the Wednesday 11th September.  

You must be available for a start date on Monday 16th September. 

The role may be extended beyond the end date advertised. 

 

If you have any questions, please email danial.haq@kcl.ac.uk 



Qualifications

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Skills

While previous experience in a similar role is not essential, a background in the following would be desirable:

              A customer-facing role (e.g. retail, hospitality, healthcare)

              Proficient with using Microsoft Office, Teams and computer systems

              Excellent verbal and written communication skills

              Good knowledge of professional English, grammar and spelling

              Reliable and punctual

              Should be able to commit to the shifts stated in the job advert every week.

Please provide clear examples of how you meet the above criteria.

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The Centre of European Law at King's College London is seeking a research assistant. 

The research assistant will help with completing a literature review, as well as background initial research (ECJ case law, EU institutions documents and reports, possibly national legislation) on the rule of law and independence of judiciary. They will help with contacting and liaising with various potential partners on the project, as well as organising several in-person events in London. They will collaborate with the grants and the events team at The Dickson Poon School of Law in carrying out their tasks.



Qualifications

PhD in relevant subject



Skills

The research assistant will be a doctoral or a postdoctoral researcher seeking to obtain experience with writing a large grant application. EU law knowledge is required, as well as experience in researching EU law databases. Knowledge in the area of the rule of law, independence of the judiciary, judicial politics is desirable. Working knowledge of one or more of the following languages is a plus: French, German, Polish, Italian. 

  • Perform intense desktop research on ?middle powers? within International Relations Theory, especially in relation to Africa. 
  • Read and gather all relevant information and data related to the above topic. 
  • Establish literature availability as well as collate and examine relevant literature sources to produce :
    • A ?data dump? of relevant material
    • A literature review document across the research topic, 1500-2000 words.
  • Consider and highlight interesting avenues of enquiry that emerge from the research, and list possible further research questions. 
  • Compile bibliography (with abstracts or summary) of any and all sources consulted throughout the research. 


Qualifications

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Skills

Experience researching and learning International Relations Theory generally and Middle Powers in particular

Experience in compiling and producing a literature review

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