Assistant Wellbeing Advisor

This is an exciting opportunity to join a multidiciplinary team within Student Wellbeing Services at the University of Plymouth. Student Wellbeing Services provide a range of brief targeted support services enabling students to succeed academically.

You will be responsible for supporting a multi-disciplinary team with the relevant administrative processes related to matters of student wellbeing and mental health. This will involve working in a high pace environment and processing complex information, with support and supervision from specialist practitioners as required. You will also contribute to wellbeing, mental health, pastoral and spiritual support related initiatives, campaigns and events throughout the academic year.

You will:

• Have experience of multidisciplinary working, and strong communication skills with a wide audience.
• Have experience of administration and customer service and therefore able to co-ordinate, prioritise and manage high volume enquiries.
• Have an interest in student mental health and wellbeing.

This role will require a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check

For an informal discussion to find out more about the role then please contact Dawn Hastings by email at dawn.hastings@plymouth.ac.uk or Kerra Park by email at kerra.park@plymouth.ac.uk.

Please demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the knowledge, qualifications, training and experience elements of the job description in your supporting statement.

Closing date: Midnight, Sunday 18^th August 2024

Interviews will take place week commencing Monday 2^nd September 2024 and you will be notified if you have been shortlisted or not.

This is a full-time position working 37 hours per week on a fixed-term basis for a period of 2 years due to business demand.

Start date 1^st November 2024 (with a possiblity of part time hours from Sept 24 to be explored at interview).

Remote working is available up to 1 day a week.

We offer a competitive salary package and a generous pension and holiday scheme. We also offer a range of other benefits/support mechanisms, including ongoing development opportunities, flexible working, staff networks and enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.

A summary of our comprehensive benefits can be viewed here.

A successful external candidate for this position would be employed by the University of Plymouth Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Plymouth. Employees of the University of Plymouth Services Limited work alongside the University of Plymouth colleagues in delivery of Plymouth’s strategic vision, and will adopt the University of Plymouth’s HR policies and procedures in full unless otherwise stated.

The University of Plymouth is an inclusive community where everyone is welcomed regardless of their background. To find out more about our inclusive community initiatives, such as Athena Swan and the Race Equality Charter, please visit our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion webpages.

We particularly welcome applicants from under-represented communities at the University of Plymouth, such as carers/parents, people with disabilities, ethnically diverse, LGBT+, and people from all socio-economic backgrounds.

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