Graduate Success Manager

The University is dedicated to supporting an equitable, diverse, and inclusive environment - to create better futures, together. The diverse backgrounds, characteristics and opinions within our community are our great strength and are key to our pursuit of delivering educational excellence, enterprise, research and professional services. We welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds and minoritized groups as they are currently under-represented within our community.

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Job title Graduate Success Manager Job reference REQ
260732 Date posted 06/10/2026 Final date to receive applications 25/10/2026 Location Loughborough Package Management and Specialist grade 7 from £47389 to £56535 per annum. Subject to annual pay award. Job description

Full time - open ended - hybrid

Loughborough University is highly regarded for the quality of careers, employability and enterprise support provided to students and graduates. Our Careers Network (CN) sits within the Students Services and provides a wide range of advice, guidance, coaching and events for students, graduates and other stakeholders, including new and established employer partners.

We are on the lookout for a new Graduate Success Manager to lead, with vision and creativity, on a new rolling portfolio of strategic projects designed to significantly enhance employability, career potential and graduate outcomes.

The projects include our Coaching-Led Educational Ecosystem, as the evolution of our Personal Best Skills Award, and our new Graduate Success Academy, inclusive of a 2-year Career Accelerator for recent graduates.

The postholder will be creative and innovative in their approach, with significant experience of leading teams to successfully deliver on strategic and operational priorities. They will lead a new team to deliver on these priorities operationally, have experience of coaching and / or advising students or graduates, and hold responsibility for the operational budget associated with these projects.

For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Sophie-Louise Hyde, Head of Student Futures,  ,

Closing date for applications:
Sunday 25 th October 2026

Interview date:
Tuesday 10 th November

For more information refer to the
Job Description and Person Specification.

At Loughborough, ourbenefitsare designed to support your life inside and outside of work, helping you to thrive and feel valued as part of our community. Examples of ourbenefitsinclude:

Time off - generous holiday allowance, including 14 university closure days and bank holidays, with the option to buy extra through our holiday purchase scheme

Where you work -access to a range of fantastic facilities with plenty of green space across our 523-acre East Midlands…