Careers Advisers
Paul Brown
Director
Paul is responsible for the following:
Occupational areas
- Charity & development work
- Defence & public protection
- Legal services
- Research & management services (including management consultancy)
Shona Mach
Deputy Director/Careers Adviser
Shona is responsible for the following:
Occupational areas
- Civil Service and public sector management
- Financial management and accountancy (including audit, tax, advisory and other areas offered by professional services firms)
- Hospitality & events management
- Human resources
- Information & library management
- Leisure, sport & tourism
- Psychology
- Social, guidance & community work
- Transport & logistics
Helen Scott
Careers Adviser
http://helenscottcareerlady.blogspot.co.uk/
Helen is responsible for the following:
Occupational areas
- Advertising, PR & marketing
- Arts administration
- Buying, selling & retailing
- Creative arts & design
- Education
- Heritage & museums management
- Personal & careers guidance
- Publishing, media & performing
- Translation & interpreting
Pamela Andrew
Employability Co-ordinator
Pamela is responsible for the following:
- Animal & plant resources
- Health care
- Investment banking, investment management & retail banking
- Medical-related scientific services
- Natural resources & the environment
- Pensions & insurance
- Property
- Biology
- Economics & Finance
- Geography & Geoscience
- Medicine
Ben is responsible for the following:
- Academic research (science)
- Actuarial profession
- Computing & IT
- Patents
- Scientific services
- Science-related postgraduate (Masters’ & PhD) study
- Science-related postdoctoral research
In addition, Ben is a member of the CAPOD team (Centre for Academic, Professional and Organisational Development), helping to deliver career skills development courses, with a focus on postgrads and postdocs in the physical sciences.
Bonnie Hacking
Enterprise & Employability Adviser
Bonnie is responsible for:
- Self-employment and starting your own business, for students and graduates of any subject
- the St Andrews Award, recognising and celebrating student's development through co-curricular and work related activities
- Enterprise and entrepreneurship education, teaching MN2112 Enterprise & Creativity in the School of Management and running a variety of extra-curricular workshops and seminars.
As part of Student Enterprise, she works closely with SIE and other support organisations, offering a range of competitions and events to encourage students and graduates to find and develop good ideas and the skills necessary to turn them into successful ventures.
Support Staff
Waleed Akram
IT Manager
Waleed's role involves
- Information Management
- Careers Centre IT Support
- Design, development and maintenance of Careers website and Intranet applications
- Preparation of statistical data for reporting
- HESA/DLHE Data returns and Management of Graduate destinations information.
In addition to the above duties, Waleed is also working as the technical co-ordinator for AGCAS Scotland.
Pamela Small
Administrator/Employer Liaison
Pamela is the first point of contact for employers wishing to raise their profile at the University through various campus events. She has responsibility for co-ordinating the Presentation and CCD Programmes and assists the Events Manager with the annual Fairs organised by the Careers Centre.
Tracey Dall
Careers Information Officer
Tracey is responsible for the management and development of careers information resources. She also contributes to the content and development of the Careers Centre website and CareersWiki.
Linda Nicolson
Customer Services Manager
Linda's responsibilities include ensuring visitors receive a warm welcome to the Centre, offering initial advice and information. She looks after vacancy opportunities as well as being the Job Shop Co-ordinator, arranging local part-time jobs for students while they are studying.
Antonia Storey
Receptionist
Antonia's role is to welcome students to the Careers Centre and to assist them with initial enquiries and to arrange for them to meet with the Careers Advisers. She also develops careers information resources.