Engagement & Events Manager

Student Operations and Support

Location: Brighton - City Campus, Moulsecoomb and Falmer
Salary: £36,636 to £39,906 per annum
Closing Date: Sunday 01 March 2026
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Reference: SO-R

Join our Careers and Employability team where your ideas and expertise will make a real difference to our students and graduates.

As our Employer Engagement & Events Manager you’ll build relationships with employers that are of strategic significance to provide labour market insights, work experience, and graduate level jobs to our students. As part of the role, you will also shape, plan, and deliver the Careers Festival and employer-led activities for students.

• Develop, deliver, and administer all aspects of our employability events programme
• Collaborate with staff across the university to understand the learning and employability needs of our students and ensure that the employability events programme is fit for purpose
• Initiate, nurture, and manage relationships with employers, businesses and community representatives who have a strategic significance to the university in terms of student or graduate employability
• Proactively work to create new and innovative opportunities for our students and graduates to connect with employers and external partners both within and outside the curriculum

This is a full time (37.0 hours per week), permanent position, and we welcome applications from candidates seeking to job share.

At Brighton, you’ll find a supportive, collaborative and forward-thinking community. We offer a competitive salary with generous pension contributions, flexible working hours with opportunities for some remote working, and a comprehensive annual leave package that includes time off over Christmas. We also provide access to the Cycle scheme and discounted sports membership, which includes fitness classes and gym access. Full details can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.

If you would like to find out more about this opportunity, please contact Joe Shelton at

The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non‑belief), sex and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community.

We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under‑represented by Minority Ethnic staff.

For the vast majority of our roles we operate an agile working system, with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University’s expectation that home working will take place within the UK.

Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.