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.

Student Engagement Officer works within the 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.

As a student engagement officer, you will support the Student Engagement Manager and the University placement team in meeting their objectives in a timely and compliant manner.

Responsibilities

• Develop the employability skills of international students through scheduling and conducting one-to-one meetings and interview preparation sessions.
• Develop industry-standard CVs suitable for the UK market by individually engaging with each student.
• 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 and give detailed and focused feedback on cover letters, placement options and requirements to the students.
• 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.

Education /Qualification 

• Degree or equivalent
• Information Advice and Guidance or Career advice experience

Skills and Experience

Essential

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including for non-native English speakers.
• Able to work independently on own initiative
• Ability to prioritise workload and work without supervision. 
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build a rapport with students quickly.
• Attention to detail, able to work positively and proactively to resolve matters.
• Experience in developing students’ employability skills
• Experience in proofreading or copyediting is desirable.

Desirable

• Ability to adapt to changing guidance or circumstances.
• Experience working with international students, preferably at the university level.

Additional Information

Salary: £28,000.00 per annum 

Location: Greenwich/Hybrid 

Contract:  Permanent - Full-Time

Hours: Monday to Friday 09:00 – 17:30

Benefits: up to 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + Birthday Day off, per year; Long service award, an extra day annual leave per year completed, up to 5 additional days; 5 days paid sick leave per year; Employee referral scheme, up to £500 per successful referral; Sabbatical Leave the right to request up to 1 months unpaid sabbatical leave; Season ticket loan of up to £1000 per year; Pension contributions; Career development opportunities; 2 volunteering days per year; ability to purchase an additional 3 days annual leave per year; Death in service benefit, including an Employee Assistance Programme.

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 a standard or an enhanced disclosure via the DBS, depending on the role itself. 

• All gaps in CVs must be explained satisfactorily.
• Proof of identity and qualifications will be required.
• Successful candidates will be required to complete a one-hour online safeguarding training prior to commencing employment.

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