Careers Information and Systems Assistant

About the role

The University of the Built Environment is hiring a permanent, full-time Careers Information and Systems Assistant (35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00, with some flexibility) within Education and Students, Careers and Employability. The role contributes expertise in data and systems to the Careers and Employability team and the wider university, helping to use the careers platform to improve the student experience and graduate success, and to turn data into insights for advisers and teams. The post is split between the Horizons office in Reading and home, with at least four working days a month in the office.

Key responsibilities

• Careers platform (Target Connect): develop its use and functionality, use features such as custom panes to promote events, keep records of placements activity, and create training materials for users.
• Graduate success data: run the Alumni Contact Plan, build regular metrics and reports on student journeys, destinations and outcomes, and present them clearly and accessibly.
• Labor market information: source, evaluate and curate careers and labour market information, and help advisers with up-to-date data.
• Content and outreach: create user-focused content such as sector insights and career resources, and explore social media engagement with students.
• Compliance: ensure systems and data use comply with university policy and legislation, keep the data compliance schedule, complete the annual website audit, and maintain the Student Services Register of Processing Activities.
• Data: collect and analyse service usage data, manage complex data imports and exports, and work with the Technology and Data and Analysis teams to optimise systems.

Required profile

• GCSE Maths and English at grade C/4 or above, and a degree-level qualification.
• Experience working with systems and/or databases, and preferably within education or higher education.
• Experience of training others is desirable.
• Knowledge of GDPR and the safe use of data, and organised record keeping.

Required skills

• Analyse and interpret data using Excel and Power BI.
• Design a positive user experience for the Careers Platform.
• Use external data reports such as ONS reports to identify trends.
• Strong presentation skills and digital confidence with MS Office (Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).