Student Adviser

About the role

The Student Adviser post will support students based in one of their academic faculties. The post holder will provide a key point of contact for first year undergraduate students and will support appropriate activities across all undergraduate groups within their academic units. Working alongside colleagues in academic units, the Student Adviser will strengthen local support provision and facilitate effective connections with students. The role includes line management responsibility of a Student Adviser Support post. The primary location is at Bloomsbury, but the post holder will be expected to travel regularly to the UCL East Campus or other campuses.

About you

We are looking for a candidate who has proven experience supporting the pastoral needs of others, preferably within a higher education setting. The successful post holder will be able to manage complex needs, and will demonstrate a flexible, proactive approach to working with others. Key attributes include high organisational skills and the ability to prioritise and manage workload, excellent administrative and IT skills (including MS Office), and strong interpersonal, communication, listening, and confidentiality skills. Confidence, clarity, and tact are essential.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer the following benefits:

• 41 days holiday (27 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle-to-work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On site nursery
• On site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

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Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London's global university, we recognise that diversity fosters creativity and innovation and we are committed to equality of opportunity, fairness and inclusion. We want all members of our community to belong and therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under represented in the UCL workforce. This includes people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, LGBTQI+ people and, for Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.