AGCAS seeks new ALOs
AGCAS has vacancies for an AGCAS Liaison Officer (ALO) with the following organisations:
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the professional body for qualifications and standards in land, property and construction.
Lantra, the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for the environmental and land-based sector.
The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), the professional body for people in public finance.
ALOs help to maintain an information-sharing relationship with their link organisation and disemminate industry information to the HE careers community through AGCAS's main communication channels: discussion lists, ARENA, the website and Phoenix. They also help their link organisation better communicate with AGCAS members by giving them a better understanding of the needs of HE careers professionals and their students and alerting them to relevant networking opportunities, including AGCAS training, events and conferences.
In essence, an ALO updates their own and other AGCAS members' knowledge of employment, training, the graduate labour market and career development opportunities in a particular sector and, in return, helps professional bodies better understand how HE careers services work. The relationship is intended to be mutually beneficial.
Most ALOs maintain contact with their link organisation by email and telephone, although there is a budget to allow one or two meetings a year with your opposite number. Full guidelines are available.
If you would like to be considered for one of these voluntary roles, please email Gemma Green by Friday 28 May explaining what you could bring to it and why it's of interest to you.