Student Adviser - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Grade UE06:
£31,396- £36,024 per annum

Moray House School of Education and Sport

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Open-ended: permanent

We are looking for a full-time Student Adviser to join the Student Experience and Support Office at Moray House School of Education and Sport.

The post holder will be a first contact point for students within the School, providing guidance and support, including additional assistance where needed, to those navigating the University support systems.

The Opportunity:

They will be act as a pivotal point of contact between students and academic staff and as well as having excellent administrative skills, must show a high degree of cultural sensitivity and have a strong track record in customer service delivery.

We are recruiting to an ideal start of around December 2023 / early January 2024.

Your skills and attributes for success:

Adequate qualifications plus relevant work experience, or broad experience, acquired through a combination of job-related training and considerable on-the-job experience, demonstrating development through involvement in progressively more demanding relevant work/roles.
Knowledge of and sensitivity to the complex areas of student wellbeing and support.
Excellent interpersonal skills remaining calm under pressure, being able to provide a safe and welcoming space for students in distress.
Ability to work collaboratively as part as a team when required, whilst maintaining responsibility for independent workload and deadlines.
Knowledge of higher education sector highly desirable.

Click to view a copy of the full job description **.

As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success.

You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits
pension scheme ,
staff discounts, family friendly initiatives
, flexible working and much more.

Access our staff benefits page
for further information and use our reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education.

We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Interviews will be held soon after the closing date.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our
right to work webpages.