Twin Group is an award winning provider of education, travel, work experience, accommodation and employment services.  We offer a diverse number of life enhancing services to our clients and every member of our team is essential in achieving this.

We are currently recruiting a full-time Student Engagement Officer to work in our University Placements team to support, develop, and prepare engineering and science master students for their one year industrial placement and future employment with cutting-edge employability skills.

Key Responsibilities 

• Develop the employability skills of international students through scheduling and conducting one-to-one meetings and interview preparation sessions
• To mentor and guide students in developing industry standard CVs, suitable for UK market
• To work with the Student Engagement Manager on the development of student learning materials and the delivery of workshops
• To assess the students abilities and requirements and based on that research about the roles, companies and job search platforms
• Analyse a student’s communication skills, professionalism and engagement with the programme
• Give students feedback on LinkedIn profiles and suggest areas for improvement
• Advise on professionalism, cover letters and placement requirements
• Keep records of interactions with students, both in excel and on the recruitment CRM
• Work with the Employer Engagement Officer to shortlist suitable candidates for open roles and to vet the roles and responsibilities submitted by the students
• Help plan joint university and Twin events and career fairs participation
• Engage with the university and wider team as necessary

Skills and Experience 

Essential 

• Degree or equivalent essential
• Information Advice and Guidance or Career advice experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including for non-native English speakers
• Ability to work independently on own initiative.
• Ability to prioritise your own workload and complete tasks without supervision
• Ability to adapt to changing guidance or circumstances
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build a rapport with students quickly
• Ability to work within existing systems and be part of ongoing improvements of systems
• Experience of working in teams to share information and skills in order to help all divisions of the project be successful
• Attention to detail and ability to work positively and proactively to resolve problems

Additional Information 

Salary: £25,000 - £28,000 depending on experinece
Location:  Hybrid (Remote-working & Office)

Hours: (Full time) 9am to 5:30pm, Mon to Fri 
Benefits: 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + Birthday Day off; Pension contributions; Company Sick Pay Scheme; Career development opportunities. 

In light of Covid-19 Interviews may be undertaken via Microsoft Teams. Following recent developments from COVID 19 you may see a delay in receiving feedback or interviews being scheduled. 
 
We regret that unsuccessful candidates will not be contacted. 
 
Please Note:  

The successful candidate must be able to work in the UK. 
Twin is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 
Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the DBS, where appropriate. 
 
We are dedicated to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability, or age. 

Disability Confident Employer 

Disabled applicants should indicate in the Equality of Opportunity section of the application form if they wish their application to be given consideration under the Disability Confident scheme.  

If you are invited to interview, please advise the recruitment administrator what adjustment you would require at the interview in as much detail as possible to enable arrangements to be put into place.  

We ask all applicants if they want to be considered under this scheme.  By opting-in to this scheme, you are disclosing that you have a disability solely for the purpose of the interview guarantee and we will not assume nor infer that you wish to disclose or record your disability in any other way – including any reasonable adjustments you may need if you are employed. 

Access to Work Scheme  

You can apply for Access to Work if you need support to get back to work. 

You can apply using the online service or apply by phoning Jobcentre Plus on: 

Telephone: 0800 121 7479 

Textphone: 0800 121 7579