Get That Job! Developing Your Career in the HE Sector

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Get That Job! Developing Your Career in the HE Sector Gillian Urquhart, Joy Whyte, Andy Wilson

Some places that we have worked

Gillian Urquhart Career so far… Department/Organisation Role Dates University of London Warden 1999-2004 (5 yrs) Biochemistry, UCL Research/ Teaching Assistant Jenner Institute for Vaccine Research Research Officer 2004-2005 (1 yr) Registry, KCL Administrator 2006 (3 months) PG Admissions, SOAS Admissions Officer 2006 (6 months) Physics, KCL 2006-2007 (1 yr) Government, LSE Admin Assistant 2007-2008 (1 yr) Law, LSE Programme Administrator 2008-2010 (2 yrs) Programmes Manager 2011-2013 (3 yrs) Service Delivery Manager 2013-2015 (2 yrs) Methodology, LSE Department Manager 2015- (2 yrs so far)

Andy Wilson Career so far… Department/Organisation Role Dates University of Southampton Students’ Union Union President 2004 - 2006 (2 yrs) University of Southampton Projects Manager 2006 – 2007 (1 yr) VC’s Office – Executive Officer 2007 - 2011 (4 yr) Russell Group Operations Manager 2011 - 2012 (1 yr) Faculty of Medicine - Imperial College Faculty Management Trainee 2012 - 2014 (18 mths) Projects & Systems Manager 2014 – 2015 (1 yr) Directorate – LSE 2015 – 2017 (2yr)

Joy Whyte Career so far… Department/Organisation Role Dates Arts and Humanities Research Board (as was) Research Awards Assistant 1999 – 2000 (11 months) AHRB Research Awards Team Leader 2000 – 2002 (2½ years) LSE, Centre for the Study of Human Rights Centre Manager 2002 – 2006 (4 years) LSE, Law Department Law Department Manager 2006 – 2012 (5½ years incl two mat leaves) Law Department Manager (Strategy and Resources) 2012 – 2015 (3½ years) LSE Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Taskforce Executive Officer; Interim Head of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion 2015 - 2017 (2½ years) King’s College London Faculty Operating Officer, Arts and Humanities Faculty Starting in January 2018

Top Tips for Developing Your Career in the HE Sector 1. Keep Learning 2. Find a Mentor or a Role Model 3. Start Planning Your Next Step Now 4. Request feedback, and get comfortable at giving and receiving feedback (constructively!)

Top Tips for Developing Your Career in the HE Sector 5. Build Your Network 6. Volunteer/Get Involved 7. Be Very Good At Your Job

Top Tips for Developing Your Career in the HE Sector 8. Keep Notes of Your Achievements 9. You can be a credible candidate without meeting 100% of the job spec 10. Know the Institution/Sector 11. Keep Moving (or start moving)

Top Tips for Developing Your Career in the HE Sector 12. The Only Way is Up! (or is it?) 13. Work Life Balance – Parenting, etc 14. Think Creatively About How to Close Any Skills Gaps 15. Take Responsibility for Your Own Career Development

Top Tips For Developing Your Career in the HE Sector 1. Keep Learning 2. Find a Mentor or a Role Model 3. Start Planning Your Next Step Now 4. Request feedback, and get comfortable at giving and receiving feedback (constructively!) 5. Build Your Network 6. Volunteer/Get Involved 7. Be Very Good At Your Job 8. Keep Notes of Your Achievements

Top Tips For Developing Your Career in the HE Sector 9. You can be a credible candidate without meeting 100% of the job spec 10. Know the Institution/Sector 11. Keep Moving (or start moving) 12. The Only Way is Up! (or is it?) 13. Work Life Balance – Parenting, etc 14. Think Creatively About How to Close Any Skills Gaps 15. Take Responsibility for Your Own Career Development

Top Tips For Developing Your Career in the HE Sector Questions?

Top Tips For Developing Your Career in the HE Sector Additional notes from the Questions section: Keeping informed of what is going on in the Sector – you might consider signing up to http://wonkhe.com/ Tips from the discussion at the end of the presentation: Look at the person specification of the job you want to get and tailor your learning, personal development around filling any gaps Always have something to talk about in work – think about something positive you are doing in the work place so that when someone asks you about your job you have something positive, engaging and prepared to talk about.