The Role

12 month Maternity Leave cover – 28 hours per week

London Business School are looking for a Career Coach to join us for a 12 month period to become a member of our Graduate Masters Career Coaching Team.

You will design and deliver career and skill development workshops and run high levels of one to one coaching; both independently and with other colleagues, lead on and project manage career initiatives and programmes.

This role is for 28 hours per week and occasional evening and weekend work is required

Main Responsibilities

• Design and deliver innovative and engaging career skill workshops to high professional standards (includes presentations to large audiences, small group workshops, online webinars, Zoom and the School’s Virtual Learning Environment)
• Develop and maintain 1:1 student relationships
• Assist students with exploring career goals and managing their careers via one-to-one and group career coaching
• Work with student elected Career Reps from all 4 EC programmes to gain feedback and develop initiatives that continue to support our student career aspirations
• Track student career goals and development progress; collect and communicate programme analytics across the department and school

Who we are looking for

• Extensive experience and understanding of Graduate Masters students and the challenges they face as they launch their careers.  This can be from working in similar business school or higher education institutions, or from working in recruitment or learning and development roles focused on early careers talent.
• Experience and knowledge of graduate recruitment across the main recruiting sectors of finance, consulting, corporates and tech.
• Understanding of the industries and markets that LBS students target, including knowledge of recruitment processes, job profiles and career pathways
• Comfortable using CRM systems, Excel, PowerPoint; Word; Zoom; Teams; LinkedIn and generative AI tools
• Knowledge of training delivery methods, including blended learning approaches
• Knowledge of databases and ability to manipulate and present data desirable
• Career guidance, coaching, CIPD or similar qualification or extensive early careers student coaching experience
• Collaborative team working mind-set
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to adapt to different audiences’ needs

Why London Business School

London Business School; a global and vibrant business community based in two of the world’s most dynamic cities, London and Dubai. It’s where extraordinary minds and diverse perspectives connect, to have a profound impact on the way the world does business and the way business impacts the world. We offer best in class hybrid learning to our students and participants, whilst creating a flexible, supportive and dynamic working environment for our people to excel in, whatever their location. 

What you can expect from us

• Generous annual leave of 27 days PLUS extra between Christmas and New Year!
• Generous pension package, 21.4% employer contribution (in return for employee enrolment and contribution)
• Free onsite gym and swimming pool
• Amazing range of professional development to support your career path
• Enhanced cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing offering to support your physical, mental and financial health
• Up to 5 days volunteering leave or parent /carer emergency leave

All enjoyed in a Smart (hybrid) Working environment so we’re looking forward to discussing how, where and when you might work best to deliver in your new role.

Our commitment to driving inclusion and belonging 

We are a globally reaching institution, committed to creating tangible and sustainable change in driving inclusion & belonging within our School, education and society at large.  We are dedicated to creating an environment where everyone in our community feels they belong and thrive. This is a key school priority, and we want everyone who joins LBS to feel respected, welcomed, and heard. 

Please note we start screening CVs and interviewing candidates from the start of a campaign. A successful candidate could progress to offer before the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible if you are interested in any roles.

Closing date 29th November 2023

London Business School