About our team

No-one knows our campus and our students like we do. Our team of partnership experts can work with you to develop innovative, bespoke recruitment strategies that will have real impact. Our staff are highly experienced, informed and well-connected throughout the University.

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Get in touch to find out how we can support you by emailing careers@sheffield.ac.uk, telephoning 0114 2220900, or by approaching members of the team individually.

Meet the team

Tracey Hill - Employer Engagement Manager

Email: t.a.hill@sheffield.ac.uk

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  • Plan and manage a range of services that help employers build strong, lasting relationships with the University, ensuring that our services are flexible, competitive and adapt to the changing needs of our stakeholders.

Michelle Dexter-Lowe - Events Manager

Email: m.dexter-lowe@sheffield.ac.uk

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  • Plan, manage and deliver a comprehensive programme of fairs and events enabling employers to promote opportunities to engage with our students and graduates.
  • Ensure our varied programme provides innovative ways for employers to connect with their target audience, physically and virtually.
  • Manage our employer newsletters as well as designing and developing effective promotion for our employer partners, ensuring they attract the right students at the right time.

Natalia Wnuk - Events Administrator

Email: n.w.wnuk@sheffield.ac.uk

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  • Plan, manage and deliver a varied programme of events enabling employers to promote opportunities to engage with our students and graduates in-person, online and hybrid.
  • Coordinate and deliver a publicity schedule for events and vacancies using social media and digital channels.
  • Handle enquiries from employers, students and other stakeholders.
  • Manage our employer newsletters as well as designing and developing effective promotion for our employer partners, ensuring they attract the right students at the right time.

Cheryl Moss - Employer Engagement Officer

Email: cheryl.moss@sheffield.ac.uk

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  • Engage and collaborate with recruiters of science students and graduates of all sizes across the country, building and sustaining relationships supporting recruitment strategies and providing tailored packages.
  • Work alongside the Faculty of Science, facilitating employer engagement, encouraging employers to assist in the development of our students employability skills and promoting placement and graduate opportunities suitable for science students.

Yiyun Ling - International Employer Engagement Officer

Email: y.ling@sheffield.ac.uk

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  • Plan and implement activities to develop our international students’ employability skills.
  • Support companies that are developing trade with China by linking them with Chinese speaking students to help them fill skill gaps.
  • Support Chinese employers in their efforts to access and recruit Chinese speaking students/graduates from the University of Sheffield.

Charlotte Robinson - Employer Engagement Officer

Email: c.e.robinson@sheffield.ac.uk

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  • Develop and maintain long-term relationships with employers, providing tailored recruitment strategies to raise their profile and attract suitable candidates.
  • Support employers of all sizes looking to attract and recruit students from the Faculty of Social Sciences, and support students’ employability.
  • Focus on working with international employers (outside China).

Sam Trafford - Employer Engagement Officer

Email: s.trafford@sheffield.ac.uk

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  • Support employers of all sizes wishing to recruit student and graduate talent from our Faculty of Engineering (including Computer Science) into short-term internship (3 months), year-long placements and full-time graduate roles.
  • Create and enhance long-term strategic relationships with employers by working collaboratively to develop tailored engagement plans which raise their profile and attract suitable candidates.
  • Focus on working with employers who wish to demonstrate excellence in the diversity of their workforce.

Fran Walker - Employer Engagement Officer (currently on maternity leave)

Email: f.d.walker@sheffield.ac.uk

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  • Develop and account-manages key relationships with employers, supporting the employability of our students and graduates by increasing recruitment opportunities.
  • Support employers across the UK to access talent at the University through short-term projects, placements and internships, graduate jobs or engagement opportunities.
  • Work alongside the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, facilitating employer engagement, encouraging employers to assist in the development of our students’ employability skills and promoting placement and graduate opportunities suitable for Arts and Humanities students.

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