myAdvantage Vacancy Template

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New vacancy

Position title (required)

Tip for standing out: make it descriptive of the work, rather than its position in the organisation, e.g. Research Assistant, not Client Services Assistant. Making reference to the opportunity type (internship, 12-month placement, part-time) in the role title, will support further with identifying opportunities.

Publish Date

The date you would like your vacancy to ‘go live’.

Application closing date

Bearing in mind business need, recruitment timeline and student availability

Contact information

Display contact

Select the most appropriate contact for students/graduates to use if asking for further information about the role (this will be displayed)

Administrative contact

Select the most appropriate contact for us to use when contacting you (this will not be displayed)

General Details

Number of positions available (required)

Expected commencement date (required)

Bearing in mind business need, recruitment timeline and student availability

Remuneration (required)

Hourly rate or salary amount

Contract type (required)

Permanent/temporary

Contract hours (required)

Full time / part time / casual

Job location

Country / region

City / town / district

Post code

Street building / address

Descriptive details

Summary (required, 500 characters, including spaces)

In addition to the job title, organisation name and closing date, this brief text will be the only meaningful part of the advert that students/graduates see as they scroll through the vacancies, so make it attention-grabbing in terms of either who you are, or what they’ll be doing. They won’t then see this once they have clicked on the advert, so you might wish to repeat it in the next section as well. You can create bullets in the job details and application procedures sections by putting an * at the beginning of the line.

Details (4,000 characters including spaces)

[This is the main body of your advert, and where your Job Description and Person Specification have to fit. You can attach a file to the vacancy, which you may wish to take advantage of to explain the role or requirement in more detail.

We suggest that a job description and person specification include the following, you may also wish to refer to the employer toolkit on further areas to include in the vacancy listing here:

• the summary text, above
• a sentence describing what your company does (if not covered in the summary). Look and feel of your organisation and its people
• an informative description of the position, e.g. duties/responsibilities, where it fits into the organisation and its strategy, reporting structure, benefits of undertaking this role at this organisation
• person specification outlining both Essential and Desirable skills – technical and transferable skills/knowledge/experience/qualifications
• shorter opportunities, or those that are project-based, read well as ‘development opportunities’
• training and development opportunities which might include having a buddy, joining more senior meetings or working with clients.
• working pattern (e.g. hours per week, evening/weekend work/frequency of work/full or part-time, term time, temporary, contract)
• proposed start date and duration
• if TOIL/Expenses are available
• location and transport options
• working environment (office based, hybrid, remote, lab)
• benefits

If your role is for 12 months, you may wish to include University information about temporary withdrawal, in order to prompt applications from a wider applicant pool.

Application procedures (required, 4,000 characters, including spaces)

Explain how to apply, with clear instructions e.g. "A single page cover letter, plus CV", with a contact name, email or postal address. Any supporting information regarding the recruitment process around timings, location, expenses offered, etc will help students plan and work round commitments.

Application link

Organisation's job reference code

Upload an attachment (eg application form)

An option to add additional documents for students/graduates to access, such as a more detailed Job Description, Person Specification, or marketing materials.

Categories

Vacancy type (Required)

Choose from drop down

Occupation (required)

Choose from drop down

Review steps before final publication

Step 1 of 4: Review

Brief details of your vacancy – please check these carefully. There is an option to go back and edit at this stage.

Step 2 of 4: Type of work

Select the type of work which best describes your vacancy. If you would like to proceed with advertising your vacancy as an unpaid placement, you will need to add your vacancy type as “Work Experience” and “12 Month Placements” (if applicable) and the following text will be required in your advert:

Work Placement only. Offers will only be made on the basis of undertaking a placement as a formal part of a degree course - no unpaid work will be made available outside of this. As such, it is only open to applicants who are actively seeking a placement as a part of their degree, from the departs listed at: warwick.ac.uk/careers/employers/internships/students/departments/

Please note that individual university departments may have additional restrictions in place – check your home department’s specifications before making an application

You would then be held by our policy to only accept applicants from these departments seeking a placement as a part of their degree.

Please note that individual university departments may have additional restrictions in place, which may result in this opportunity not being approved at departmental level.

Step 3 of 4: Occupation

Choose from (multiple choices possible)

• Actuarial Work, Pensions and Insurance
• Administration
• Advertising, PR and Marketing
• Buying, Selling and Retailing
• Charity and Development Work
• Construction, Civil Engineering and Property
• Creative Arts and Design
• Defence and Public Protection
• Education
• Engineering and Manufacturing
• Financial Management and Accountancy
• Further study
• Government & Politics
• Health Care and Psychology
• Hospitality and Events Management
• Information Technology
• Information, Patents and Heritage Management
• Legal Services
• Leisure, Sport and Tourism
• Management Consultancy, HR & Research
• Medical
• Natural Resources and the Environment
• Publishing, Media and Performing Arts
• Scientific Research, Analysis and Support
• Social Guidance and Community Work
• Transport and Logistics

Step 4 of 4 Publication

The date when you would like your advert to be published.