Alumni Career Advisor

Alumni Career Advisor (London) – UK
Job Description

The Opportunity

Are you ready to play a leading role in shaping the career journey of recent graduates and alumni? Can you help them navigate the turbulence of job markets and help them develop strategies to identify opportunities and position themselves as competitive candidates? Are you someone who genuinely enjoys active listening and guiding talent at critical moments in their career? If so, we want you on our team.

Job Summary

We are looking for a careers specialist to provide outstanding service to our New Alumni Segment (3 years post-graduation) and our broader alumni community across a diverse portfolio of programs and ages, both Undergraduate and Post-Graduates. Our alumni are incredibly diverse, representing over 140 nationalities, and come from a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. Professional life stages will vary between early career, first employment, to mid-career, 3 to 5 years, and more seasoned professionals 10+ years.

The successful candidate will be able to develop a rapport with these alumni, understand their career needs and guide them in a personalized career strategy (leveraging career service resources, alumni network and training/upskilling content creation, amongst others).

He/she will be based in London and report into the Senior Vice President of External Affairs and will work in closer partnership with the Employer Relation teams across our network of campuses.

Responsibilities

1 on 1 and Group Advisory (Career Strategy Huddles)

Plan and Deliver Career Strategy Sessions, to be offered in a 1 on 1 and/or in a group setting, ensuring  tailored advisory that aligns with age/experience/program/career goals of alumni.

Develop/oversee a network of part-time contractors to support with specific market know-how and delivery of advisory in different international locations where alumni reside.

Conduct Document Reviews (powered by new technology)

Resume/Cover Letters to support alumni in customizing their profiles to employment applications and the systems in place to filter these (machine readable).

Curate Career Content

Plan and Deliver across different platforms and/or formats (webinars, workshops, others) to support the Career Growth of Hult Alumni, partnering with Career Services, Employer Relations, Alumni Relations and External Service Providers.

Manage On-Demand Resources

Monitor on demand resources available to alumni to ensure relevancy and update as needed by adding/phasing out tools to evolve in line with alumni/market needs.

Monitor Career Trends and Integrate Best Practices

Support the career development of Alumni by staying up to date on market research and employer trends. Integrate into advisory, content creation, and on demand resources as deemed relevant.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree, minimum 3-5 years of work experience in a Career Services, Coaching and/or HR.
• Prior experience working with students and/or alumni.
• Ability to foster and celebrate an inclusive, equitable, and diverse community.
• Proven track record of achieving customer satisfaction/job placement success.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills and commitment to building relationships across a broad and international stakeholder map.
• Microsoft office proficiency; word, excel, powerpoint and outlook.
• Familiarity using CRM; Salesforce or other.

Attributes

• Bachelor/Master’s Degree.
• Team player: Ability to work collaboratively across different teams and departments.
• Empathy and patience.
• Excellent communicator and strong public speaking skills.
• Customer Centric.
• Passionate about Talent Development at all career stages.
• Understanding of and passion for higher education.

About Us

Hult International Business School is a leading global business school offering a Bachelor’s degree, full-time and part-time Master’s degrees, one year accelerated and part-time Executive MBAs, a Doctoral program and Ashridge Executive Education programs. Hult’s innovative curriculum is taught by inspiring professors who possess real-world business experience. In addition, students gain unrivalled global business perspectives through Hult’s unique Global Campus Rotation – which allows students to study on a combination of Hult’s five campuses in Boston, San Francisco, London and Dubai, as well as Hult’s rotation centres in New York City and Ashridge. With students representing 140 nationalities, Hult is a microcosm of the global economy that rewards those who can conduct business that transcends borders.

At Hult, we believe that education is about so much more than a degree. It is about transformation. Students want skills that will transform their lives. Employers want graduates that will transform their businesses. Society wants businesses that will transform the world. Like all change, it starts with action.

By focusing on what our students can do in the real world, rather than just the theory they study in classrooms, we prioritize those skills and mindsets that are most needed to bring about change—in the careers of the individual, the businesses they work in, and the society we all live in. This belief in the power of learning by doing goes beyond a philosophy; it is the guiding force behind every program we provide, every course we create, every class we run. It is what makes Hult the business school for those made to do. We strive to be the most relevant business school in the world. By using our global reach and always being creative, entrepreneurial, and on the cutting edge, our aim is to have a positive impact on individuals and organizations by transforming their management practices. In so doing, we hope to be the business school of choice for existing and aspiring leaders. We will contribute to sustainable growth, helping leaders to integrate commercial success and societal well-being.

Additional Information

Hult International Business School, Inc. is a non-profit corporation organised in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and accredited by the New England Association of Schools & Colleges to award US degrees. Hult in the UK has the ability to award UK degrees and, in addition, has a strategic alliance with Ashridge, which is a legally separate UK charity which also has the power to award its own UK degrees. Hult and Ashridge present a combined position under a familiar brand and operate as an integrated educational institution that leverages both strengths. Hult is an equal opportunity employer and offers competitive salaries and benefits in a global, deeply multicultural working environment.

September 2024