Careers Consultant (Life and Medical Sciences)

Careers Consultant (Life and Medical Sciences)

Ref Number B06-00155 Professional Expertise Student Well-being and Registry Department Vice-Provost (Education and Student Experience) (B06) Location London Working Pattern Full time Salary £43,374 £51,860 Contract Type Permanent Working Type Hybrid Available for Secondment No Closing Date 15-Sept-2025

About us

UCL Careers provides careers education to current students, graduates and research staff of UCL, as well as recruitment solutions for employers.

UCL's Life and Medical Sciences faculties (Brain Sciences, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences and Population Health Sciences) had a combined total of over 5,000 undergraduate students and over 6,000 taught post-graduate students in 2025. Subjects range from undergraduate degrees in psychology, pharmacy and biochemistry to a highly diverse range of specialist postgraduate degrees in areas such as human genetics, drug development, public health and global health. Further information about the faculties can be found here:

About the role

As a Careers Consultant for Life and Medical Sciences, you'll be part of a team of six developing and delivering careers education programmes to our students across the four Life and Medical Sciences faculties. You'll also conduct one-to-one careers guidance appointments.

You'll use your passion for mentoring / coaching others and for supporting personal development to provide first rate support to students. You'll also collaborate extensively with internal and external colleagues and stakeholders, both in the delivery of day-to-day careers services provision and on a range of central projects.

A full job description is attached to this advert.

Please note we plan to interview for this job on week commencing 29th September at our offices in Bloomsbury, London.

About you

To do this job you'll need enough work experience at a graduate level to provide direct experience of career management and development to our students. You'll also need experience working in / knowledge of the career areas which are likely of interest to our life and medical sciences students (for example academic research, life science industry or healthcare.) If you're a recruitment or HR professional with a degree or PhD in a relevant subject, are currently working in a role which includes significant interaction with relevant professionals, and would like to transition to a Careers environment, then we'd also like to hear from you.

Previous work experience within higher education, and knowledge of the issues facing graduates entering the world of work, would be a distinct advantage. You should also have significant experience working with a range of stakeholders so that you're well equipped to work closely with students, academic staff, support staff and employers.

Please review the job spec, paying particular attention to the essential and desirable criteria, and ensure these are covered in your application.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

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