Careers Calling Assistants

Manchester Met's Careers & Employability Service is looking to recruit a team of Careers Calling Assistants to support the service to strengthen its relationship with recent graduates and offer support to those who may need it. The role is an opportunity for you to gain invaluable experience that can be directly applied to future careers once you leave the university. 

The role will enable the successful candidates to deliver support on key Careers Service activities.  

Your main activity will be:

• Contacting recent graduates by phone to find out what they are doing post-graduation
• Helping us make sure they know about the support and benefits available to them as alumni of Manchester Met
• Updating spreadsheet and form records of call outcomes

The role is a remote working position for a period of up to 4 weeks.  

Interviews will be on Microsoft Teams Monday 16 February 2026 or Wednesday 18 February 2026. 

This role is open to Manchester Met students who meet the following criteria:  

Essential

• Excellent attention to detail in data input and administration tasks.
• Ability to work well as part of a team.
• Ability to work independently and manage your own workload effectively.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills; including being confident on the telephone and great at verbal rapport building.

Desirable 

• Genuine interest in students, graduates and Manchester Met outcomes.
• Interest in developing basic research skills such as data administration and Excel.

Applicants are required to complete CV360 on Career Centre before clicking the Apply button. 

Please apply via the Apply button, completing the form on the next page. A CV, short cover letter and video submission are required. 

For video submissions: Please record a short selfie style video answering the following question: 

• What relevant skills do you bring to the role? (Use the person specification help you)

Videos should be around 1 minute in length. Please ensure the sound quality is suitable for us to hear you (without background noise). Add a link to this video in the video submission part of your application (ensure the link is accessible to us, e.g. Using OneDrive, Google Drive etc). Recordings done on a phone or other similar device are acceptable.

The deadline for applications is 11:59pm on Sunday 8 February 2026.