Career Coach

Overview

Are you an experienced career coach who enjoys delivering a world-class student experience? As a key member of the MBA and MiF Careers team you will work collaboratively with the Career Management team, Career Centre and school-wide colleagues to ensure students experience integrated and engaging career skills support. You will act as a competent and informed coach and communicator, helping students make sense of their career development journey. You will provide high levels of one-to-one coaching, design and deliver career skills workshops, ensuring these are engaging and closely linked to our online resources, and lead on and project manage career initiatives. The MBA & MiF Careers team in particular focuses attention on the School\\\’s large population of mid-level experienced MBA and MiF students. It comprises an MBA Career Lead, MiF Career Lead, the newly created role of One Year MBA Career Lead, two full-time career coaches and two part-time career coaches. The team also draws on the support of external coaches and facilitators at peak periods and for specialist topics. The MBA & MiF Careers team works collaboratively with other sub-teams in Career Centre, with student representatives, and with the relevant Programme as well as Student Recruitment & Admissions teams.

Responsibilities

• Assist students with exploring career goals, managing their career development, articulating their career narrative and navigating challenges in their tactical recruitment steps in one-to-one career coaching sessions (both face to face and online) and through email support
• Develop and maintain a high number of one-to-one student relationships
• Review and give feedback on students\\\’ CVs and Cover Letters, provide students with interview practice and feedback
• Reach out to, communicate with and engage assigned student groups on an ongoing basis
• Track student career goals, development progress and employment outcomes
• Maintain relations with key alumni, sourcing for guest speaker/panel and other networking opportunities
• Contribute to the design of career skills workshops, to maximize the combination of our efficient online offering and our high-touch in-person offering
• Update and deliver innovative and engaging career skills workshops to high professional standards (includes presentations to large audiences, small group workshops, in person and online), basing content on research as well as the wider team\\\’s combined experience
• Together with colleagues, represent the Career Centre at Admissions and Alumni events, including occasional evening and weekend sessions
• London Business School are thrilled to be recruiting for a dynamic and student-focused Career Coach to join Degree Education on a permanent basis.

Qualifications

• Extensive coaching experience and/or coaching qualification
• Experience of learning & development/ workshop delivery
• Ability to deliver a high volume of career coaching sessions consistently; experience in intense levels of one-to-one career coaching/guidance, particularly at mid-careers level; the ability to adapt your coaching approach to different needs
• Experience and understanding of MBA students, their typical motivations and the challenges they face as they embark on their careers.
• Understanding of the industries and markets that LBS students target, including knowledge of recruitment processes, job profiles and career pathways. Passionate about companies, markets and the changing world of work. Business awareness is crucial.
• Collaborative team working mind-set; flexible approach to contribute to the wider work of the Career Centre
• Experience from another business school or business/finance focused undergrad institution is preferable but not essential.
• Knowledge about financial services (e.g. from own experience or working with clients/students/organisations in financial services) is preferable but not essential.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave of 27 days plus extra between Christmas and New Year
• Generous pension package, 14.5% 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 paid emergency leave for staff who have caring responsibilities for a family member, dependent or friend who is ill.

At London Business School, we support Smart Working – a hybrid approach designed to help you achieve a healthy work-life balance while delivering the best outcomes for your role and the needs of our customers. All roles require a minimum of two days on campus each week to foster a vibrant, collaborative community. For this role specifically, you will be expected to be on campus 2-3 days per week. We operate with \\\”core hours\\\” – 10:00-15:00 – to maximise opportunities for connection and collaboration across teams during the working day. Outside of these hours, you may still be required for meetings or collaboration based on your role and customer needs. Additionally, we offer Protected Time – a flexible, one-hour slot, within the working week dedicated to your learning and development, wellbeing, or focused, quiet work

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. Candidates needing sponsorship should assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by evaluating their circumstances against the relevant criteria before applying. 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.