Education Welfare Advisor

Education and Academic Services – Welfare and Wellbeing Service

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on campus and some from home, but this can be flexible according to business needs and individual preferences. This post will be based on Streatham Campus.

This full time (36.5 hours per week) post is available immediately on a fixed term basis until 31^st December 2025.

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.

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: 

• - 41 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

Before submitting an application you may wish to discuss the post further by contacting the Pathway Lead – Education Welfare and Wellbeing Promotion, Emma Doyle, by email at E.R.Doyle@exeter.ac.uk

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