Education Welfare Officer

This new part-time 0.6FTE post is available from 29^th July 2024 on a permanent basis.

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on campus and some from home. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will work two days on campus and one day from home, but this can be flexible according to business needs and individual preferences. This post will be primarily based on Streatham Campus.

Summary of the role

Working as an embedded and fully collaborative member of the Education Welfare Team, within Wellbeing Services, the post holder will play a key role in providing effective, professional and sensitive support to students who are experiencing welfare difficulties that are impacting their ability to study.

This role will provide guidance, advice and signposting to students on a range of issues, in particular issues relating to welfare, health, personal problems and support for study plans for academic progression. This role does not directly itself provide specialist practitioner support or clinically qualified treatment. You can read more about our team and Wellbeing Services here: Education Welfare Team | Student Wellbeing | University of Exeter

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024).  We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• 39 days leave per year
• options for flexible working
• numerous discounts at leading retailers
• onsite gyms on all of our campus’ and a cycle to work scheme
• sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
• stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England 

Further information

Please contact Emma Lacey, Education Welfare Advisor, at E.Lacey@exeter.ac.uk

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