Employer Liaison OfficerUniversity

About the Role

The Employer Connect team is part of Employer Engagement within Careers, Skills and Employability (formerly Student Opportunity) and supports employers seeking to attract and recruit students and graduates of the University.

We work with a wide range of organisations from multinationals to local SMEs and across a diverse range of sectors, ensuring students are able to access work experience, internship and graduate opportunities from the broadest range of sectors as they start their career journey.

As Employer Liaison Officer, you will take an active role in business development and employer engagement to maximise relationships, understand the needs of employers, and promote take up of our services. You will work with a range of employers across the arts and creative, education and public sectors, amongst others, to ensure that the range and breadth of opportunities offered by employers meet student demands and aspirations.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here).

About You

With a business development background, you will have experience of working with external and internal stakeholders and the confidence to deal with employers with established relationships and those new to our services, listening actively and proposing and delivering events and other options meeting their student engagement priorities. You will be educated to A level standard and possess excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, and able to demonstrate strong networking skills and the ability to build rapport quickly to develop strong working partnerships.

Experience in a business development, events management or sales and marketing role would be ideal.

With experience of working with a range of internal and external stakeholders, you will have the confidence to deal with employers with established relationships and those new to our services, listening actively and helping to propose and deliver events and other options that meet their student engagement priorities. You will be a proactive self-starter, confident in approaching alumni and securing their involvement as panellists at events. You will be educated to A level standard and possess excellent organisational and interpersonal skills and be able to demonstrate good networking skills and the ability to build rapport quickly to develop strong working partnerships.

Experience in a customer-facing, events, administration, or sales and marketing role would be ideal. Experience of making initial contact with new people, whether by phone, email or social media, would be an advantage.

About the Department

Careers, Employability and Skills enables students to develop a global perspective, become culturally aware, and have confidence to achieve their full potential and vision of career success.

We work across the University to develop employability through our Employability Strategy and enhance student’s international experiences.

For further information about the department, please visit the departmental website.

Please note that we work in a hot-desking environment. Please see this link to read more about how we aim to create a Positive Office Culture.

Closing Date: Sunday 8 November 2026, 11:59PM (UK)

The interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the 'Apply' button.

£27,241 to £30,986 per annum, pro rata