College Wellbeing Officer - Edgbaston, United Kingdom - University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

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Edgbaston, United Kingdom

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Position Details
College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £29,762 to £32,411 with potential progression once in post to £36,333

Grade 6

Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to August 2024

Closing date: 2nd May 2023

Our offer to you
People are at the heart of what we are and do.

The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university.

We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.

We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential.

With almost 5,000 professional services jobs in a wide-range of functions in Edgbaston and in our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities for you to be able to develop your career at the University.

We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate.

We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.

Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements.

We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working.

In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme.

We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.

The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site.

On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum, and botanical gardens.

Find out more about the benefits of working for the University of Birmingham

Role Summary
The University of Birmingham is looking to recruit a Wellbeing Officer for the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences.

The Student Wellbeing Officer is a member of the College Professional Services Team and provides proactive and professional wellbeing support to students within their designated School(s).

The main responsibilities for the role will include:

Providing wellbeing advice and guidance to students following referral e.g. by a member of academic staff or by student self-referral;
Making referrals as appropriate to specialist services in the University, and signposting to external support services;Acting as the Reasonable Adjustment Coordinator for the School(s);
Contributing to and supporting induction of new and returning students to the University;

Working as part of a wider team of Professional Services and Academic staff, the post holder will provide comprehensive support to students within their College.

The post holder will be expected to contribute to other areas (as and when required) in support of their School and College strategic priorities.

At the University of Birmingham we celebrate our diversity and provide a welcoming and inclusive environment for all members of the University community and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and fairness irrespective of age, disability, gender, pregnancy or marital status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation or transgender status.

Main Duties
Every student in the School has a personal tutor or supervisor who is a member of academic staff.

Personal Tutors/Supervisors establish working relationships with students that enable students to disclose personal problems that may affect their work or experience general study difficulties.

These difficulties are often dealt with effectively by Personal Tutors/Supervisors.

However, some difficulties may require detailed understanding of a range of wellbeing and study-related problems and services, or require more time than academic staff are able to commit.

Primary Contact for Student Support

Personal Tutors/Supervisors will refer such students through to the Wellbeing Officer, duties and expectations will include:
Primary Contact for Student Support
To be accessible and available to students, holding regular and timetabled office hours.
Providing helpful, accurate and expert advice to students as the Schools' primary contact for matters relating to student support. We anticipate that the Wellbeing Officer will be able to resolve some problems him/herself; others will need to be refe