Job Title: Director of Student Services and Wellbeing
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Circa. £55,000 per year – Fixed.
Job type: Permanent, Full Time.
UCB has a unique collaborative partnership with the University of Warwick – Ranked sixth in the 2022 Guardian League Tables and named the runner-up in the Times University of the Year 2022 and the Times University of the Year 2022 for Teaching Quality.
The Role:
This is an exciting opportunity to lead a newly configured student services and wellbeing function at University College Birmingham. You will be overseeing the development of a responsive and student focused support service, ensuring that it meets regulatory expectations, and that it continues to deliver an outstanding service to our students. You’ll be managing teams responsible for: health, wellbeing and counselling; safeguarding; student engagement; student finance advice; accommodation and reception. These teams work across the full range of our provision, working with both further and higher education students.
Candidate Requirements:
You’ll have experience of managing support services in an educational environment, including experience of managing at least two of the teams in the Student Services and Wellbeing department. You’ll have a good understanding of the regulatory landscape in student services and wellbeing. Most importantly, you’ll have an empathy for the diverse student body that UCB serves, and an understanding of the challenges that some students face in participating in higher education.
Benefits:
- 38 days’ paid leave per year (26 days’ annual leave plus 12 bank holiday and concessionary days)
- Local government pension scheme
- Private healthcare
- Excellent staff development opportunities
- Salary sacrifice car leasing, tech and cycle schemes
- Heavily-subsidised on-site car parking
- Hybrid Working Opportunities
- Free On-site Gym Membership
- Employee Assistance Programme
Extra Information:
All applicants for employment at the University will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of Safeguarding and the PREVENT agenda in the context of further and higher education.
Closing Date – Friday 20th May 2022 at midday.
Interview Dates – TBC.
UCB is an equal opportunities employer.
Please click APPLY to be redirected to our website to complete an application form.
Candidates with experience of: Student Services, Student Services and Wellbeing Lead, Head of Student Services, Student Services Lead, University Director, Head of Wellbeing, may be considered for this role.
