Competency statement

I served as a part of a team responsible for collecting, coding and

processing the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE)
survey for a wide range of institutions.
The team worked long hours to tight deadlines and managed the annually
variable workload. During this time, I developed an in-depth
understanding of the graduate job market in the UK and a general
understanding of the global graduate job market across a broad range of
sectors.
I was responsible for implementing, managing and processing the online
version of the research form.
I led a small and dynamic careers service to deliver careers support,
employability development, internships, employer engagement and
volunteering opportunities at an internationally-focused research-intensive
institution.
I supported the developement of Internships and Mentoring at SOAS
including facilitating the expansion of embedded placements in creditbearing degree modules. I partnered with our Alumni team to greatly
expand and improve our Take an Alum for Coffee mentoring scheme,
leading to us wining a Bronze CASE award.
I championed the development of departmental careers tutors within
individial academic departments to coordinate subject-appropriate
offerings. I advocated employability in School committees including the
External Relations and Communications committee, the Student
Experience committee and the Joint Faculty Programme panel.

Head of SOAS Careers ServiceThe Careers Group,

University of LondonNovember 2011 November 2013 (2 years 1
month) | London, United KingdomI led a small and dynamic

careers service to deliver careers support, employability

development, internships, employer engagement and
volunteering opportunities at an internationally-focused
research-intensive institution.I supported the
developement of Internships and Mentoring at SOAS
including facilitating the expansion of embedded
placements in credit-bearing degree modules. I partnered
with our Alumni team to greatly expand and improve our
Take an Alum for Coffee mentoring scheme, leading to us
wining a Bronze CASE award.I championed the

development of departmental careers tutors within

individial academic departments to coordinate subjectappropriate offerings. I advocated employability in School
committees including the External Relations and
Communications committee, the Student Experience
committee and the Joint Faculty Programme panel.

Careers AdviserThe Careers Group, University of

LondonSeptember 2009 October 2011 (2 years 2 months) |
London, United KingdomI worked as a Careers Adviser for

Kings College London, The School of Oriental and African

Studies (SOAS) and The Royal Veterinary College.I provided
one-to-one, group and department-specific careers advice
and guidance for students and other clients of The Careers
Group. This position has greatly developed my ability to
work with a broad base of client groups.I took on special
responsibility for using the Destinations of Leavers from
Higher Education (DLHE) knowledge for greater
institutional impact and took the lead in rolling out the
Destinations_Interactive software within the institutions in
which I have worked.My central responsibilities for The
Careers Group included coordinating the monthly Guidance
Forum which brought together Careers Advisers to guide
professional practice development. I also chaired the
Careers in the Not-for-Profit Cross College Group, and
participated actively in the Graduate Research Outcomes
Team.
November 2013 Present (3 years) | London, United Kingdom

I am delivering student-centered careers support in one-to-one short and

long guidance sessions, workshops, lectures and skills development
sessions.
I am currently specialising in supporting effective transitions frfor recent
graduates into employment or further study and providing targetted
support to unemployed recent graduates. This is providing dramatic,
measurable improvements to university unemployment results.
I am maintaining professionally-relevant labour market intelligence
through extensive visits and on-going contact with employers and
graduate recruiters in key sectors and developed strengths in learning the
needs of new sectors effectively.

ed as Games Maker for the Protocol team. She enjoys working with
students and seeing them achieving great things, such as the GOLD
AWARD and pushing their boundaries to explore their

Anthony is passionate about developing students skills and has extensive

experience of working supporting student volunteers and their projects
and events. He graduated in 2008 with a BA in Geography from Durham
University, where he held a variety of volunteer roles and spent a
sabbatical year as an elected student officer. After leaving Durham,
Anthony worked at the London School of Economics Students Union,
before going on to manage one of the UKs largest student activities
programmes for the Students Union at Imperial College London.
Sophie has always been passionate about foreign languages and
civilisations and completed a Masters in International Business and
Foreign Languages. She started her career in Paris working in finance for a
major airline company and moved to London in 2000 where she worked
for a large consulting firm. Her last position before joining Goldsmiths was
as Export Manager for a small industry. She has also run her own business.
Sophie's broad experience in diverse sectors should prove helpful to
Goldsmiths students.
Colin Baumgart-Osborn
Colin has worked as a support worker for teenagers with learning
disabilities. He has also volunteered as a music group facilitator in East
Dulwich, worked in a shop and been a charity fundraiser. He maintains an
interest in local community and voluntary initiatives and hopes that this
previous experience will be useful in handling student, employer and
academic queries. Colin has a BA in English and Comparative Literature
from Goldsmiths.

Cal Brindley, Careers Information Assistant

Before starting at Goldsmiths Cal had a number of roles from working in
the music industry through to the legal sector. She is a University of
London graduate with a BA in English. Cal has worked at Goldsmiths for
several years and enjoys the unique atmosphere here and the unusual
information requests from Goldsmiths students. Cal currently works parttime and is involved in developing the Careers Facebook page and
updating the Careers Service website.

Employer Liaison Team

Alison McGregor, Work Placement Manager
Alison's experience includes managing University Talent, which linked
local SMEs with students and graduates from seven universities, and
involved delivering three funded internship programmes; and creating and
delivering an innovatory work placement module. These experiences
provided her with plenty of evidence of the benefits that placements and
internships can offer to all parties. She then facilitated a range of the
larger-scale Knowledge Transfer Partnerships. She has been a
management board member of a charity which lobbied for flexible working
arrangements and trialled the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator in Russia. She
has a BA in English Language and Literature from Durham University. Her
MA dissertation was on succession planning.
Mark Chadwick, Events and Placements Assistant
Working across placements, internships and employer events, Mark
spends his time helping to find and facilitate great opportunities for
students and organisations to engage with each other. Before arriving at
Goldsmiths, Mark worked in graduate recruitment and events
management for an education charity. He hopes that this experience,
combined with his insights as a recent graduate, will be of value to
students and employers alike. Mark holds a BA in History from the
University of Southampton, where he also worked in a variety of roles.
Fergus Gleeson, Employer Engagement Manager
Having previously worked on a pan-Wales employability programme,
Fergus joins Goldsmiths with a wealth of experience in developing
relationships with external organisations and businesses for the benefit of
students and graduates. He has extensive knowledge of recruitment and
training within the SME sector and has also worked in a busy HR
department for a local authority. Fergus is responsible for planning and
coordinating the annual careers events programme and fostering

relationships with businesses looking to recruit Goldsmiths students. He

graduated in 2007 with a BA in French and History from Durham
University.