Employability Coordinator

About The Role

We’re seeking an Employability Coordinator, who is passionate about supporting students’ career development, and excited to join a team that works across a varied and integral part of the University. Based in the Employability team, this role will provide administrative support and the delivery of projects and coordination across the department.
The post holder will liaise and coordinate team finance, governance and communication activities, ensuring processes and systems are of a high quality and followed effectively. You will support with specific employability tasks, for example, job and event approvals and student right-to-work checks to support our successful Micro-internship scheme.
About You
The successful candidate for this role will need to be a pro-active “team player” who is conscientious and hard-working who actively plays their part in continuing to make Falmouth University a great place to work. It’s a fast-paced environment, we are looking for people who have the energy and agility needed to ensure we traverse an ever-changing HE landscape, as we execute our ambitious plans. Alongside these core qualities, the candidate will have a high attention to detail, project delivery experience, work with autonomy, and have strong verbal and written communication skills.

We are looking to hear from candidates who have the following skills/experience:

• Demonstrable recent and relevant experience of supporting successful projects.
• Experience of financial processes: raising orders.
• Experience of working on collaborative projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Good planning and organising skills.
• Knowledge and experience of using MS office applications and web-content management.

For further details on the skills/experience required for this role, please see the full job description above.

This is a part time, 17.5 hours a week position working 7 hours per day on Monday and Wednesday and 3.5 hours on a Friday. If you are looking to have an informal discussion about the vacancy ahead of applying, please email [email protected].

The closing date for this position is Wednesday 31 January 2024.

About Us
For more than 120 years, Falmouth University has been a hub of creative and technological education and change. We are Cornwall’s University, a strong local and anchor institution within its defining rural and coastal community.
Our mission is to deliver exceptional higher education and research, harnessing the fusion of creativity and technology as foundations of the future economy. We use our knowledge and expertise in these disciplines to generate positive and sustainable opportunities for all.

In return for your hard work and commitment, we offer excellent benefits, including:

– Employer Pension Contribution up to 12%.
– 28 days + 8 days bank holiday.
– Annual salary increments (Until top of grade reached)
– Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay/Adoption Pay
– Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme (Tusker)
– Salary Sacrifice Cycle Scheme
– Salary Sacrifice Home & Tech Scheme
– Life Assurance

Full details on our employee benefits can be found on our careers page www.falmouth.ac.uk/jobs . Alongside these benefits we offer a first class working environment across our campuses with all the facilities you would expect from a leading University.


A successful external candidate for this position would be employed by Falmouth Staffing Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Falmouth University. Employees of Falmouth Staffing Ltd work alongside Falmouth University colleagues in the delivery of Falmouth’s strategic vision and will adopt Falmouth University’s HR policies and procedures in full.

Falmouth University welcomes and encourages job applications from people of all identities and backgrounds, particularly those under-represented and/or marginalised, as it is important we have a diverse range of candidates to consider.