# Denise Edmunds

**Source**: https://www.leeds.ac.uk/directory-record/22810/denise-edmunds
**Parent**: https://www.leeds.ac.uk/lifelong-learning/doc/contact-LLC-staff

Job title
:   Employability and Guidance Officer, Lifelong Learning Centre

## Contact

- [Email Denise Edmunds: d.edmunds@leeds.ac.uk](mailto:d.edmunds@leeds.ac.uk "Email Denise Edmunds")
- [Phone Denise Edmunds: +44(0)113 343 3244](tel:+441133433244)

## My role

As a fully qualified careers adviser, I offer confidential and impartial guidance to anyone considering higher education or thinking about their career options following graduation.

I inform potential students of all the different routes that are open to them and help them to decide which will suit their individual circumstances the best. I can guide them through their options for financial support and the application process and respond to any questions that arise throughout their journey.

I offer employability support to current students, advising on job applications and CVs and helping students prepare for interview. I join the taught employability modules within the Lifelong Learning Centre and I offer one-to-one support as required. I enjoy working with people to help them to believe in themselves and their abilities and helping them to reach their full potential within study and within the workplace.

I can offer tailored support to help students create an application or CV that will give them the best chance of securing an interview. I can then provide mock interviews to enable students to practice and make mistakes in a safe environment in order to prepare for the real event with confidence.

## Professional experience

My previous experience includes over 20 years working with young people in schools and colleges and working with adults within the community and within custody. I have managed teams within Connexions and the [National Careers Service](https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/) and I have managed several [European Social Fund](https://ec.europa.eu/esf/home.jsp) employability projects helping adults facing multiple barriers to get back into employment. I recently worked on a project helping Syrian refugees to find work.

## Qualifications

- Postgraduate Diploma in Careers Guidance
- Level 5 Diploma in Management
- PGCE in Secondary Mathematic
- Level A in Psychometric Testing
- BSc (Hons) in Mathematical Sciences