Career Opportunities at Queen's

This post is funded through FutureScreenNI in support of the creative industries in Northern Ireland. The post holder will work as part of a team to lead and manage the development of mentoring and skills development programmes that will enhance the careers of creative practitioners in Northern Ireland. Much of the work will be focused on creating and managing general and bespoke personal and professional development training programmes. This will include developing new bespoke employability programmes and developing relationships with local, national, and international partners to identify opportunities for practitioners to extend the reach of their work.

About the person:

Essential Criteria:

• Educated to degree level, or equivalent qualification.
• A minimum of 3 years’ relevant experience of client-facing service including:
  • Relevant recent experience in identifying and managing programmes and opportunities that improve and develop employability and skills; OR,
  • Facilitating career and/or employability/personal development; OR,
  • Facilitating employer engagement.
• Experience of managing information resources to provide high quality services to a diverse client base.
• Experience of analysing complex information and contributing towards decision-making,
• Hands-on experience in the organisation and delivery of events.

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience of Creative Industries sector.
• Experience of delivering client facing services within the Creative Industries.

To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information.

Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.

What we offer:

Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with flexible working options, work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more at https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/HumanResources/pay-reward-and-benefits/. 

Queen's University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan and have established staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit www.qub.ac.uk/diversity.

Candidate Information

Further information for international applicants