Co-ordinating the Stay on Course initiative with the support of the other Student Support Advisers and the ResLife Manager.
Supporting the implementation of the University’s Recurring & Enduring Circumstances Policy and procedure ensuring support plans for students are in place.
Providing pastoral support to students including those awaiting specialised services such as Counselling or Mental Health Services or survivors of gender-based violence.
Someone who has
Knowledge and understanding of key issues facing students from a diverse range of back grounds.
Significant experience of providing support to students who are in distress.
Excellent communication skills, verbal and written, including the ability to influence and persuade effectively.
High degree of emotional intelligence, including good listening skills, tact and diplomacy
The Directorate of Student Services at the University of Dundee is dedicated to working with students and staff to ensure the wellbeing of our students and to contribute to the student experience more widely. We offer a number of general and specialist services to our 17,000 students which includes, Counselling, Health, Disability Services and Funding. We also work with students to develop their academic, English language and employability and enterprise skills. We provide access to high quality sporting facilities through our Institute of Sport and Exercise (ISE) and we also provide support to the 1600 students in our own residences.
We are recruiting for an exceptional individual to join us as our Student Support Advisor (Student Wellbeing) within our Student Support Team. This is a full-time permanent appointment.
The post holder will have a co-ordinating role in the Support team for our Stay on Course initiative, supported by our other Support Advisers and the ResLife Manager. They will also support care experienced and estranged students and students who are carers.
If you want to work in an exciting, fast moving environment and as part of a supportive team then this job could be for you. You will have the opportunity to make a difference to our students lives, creating a safe, welcoming environment for them to live and study in.
We are one of the UK’s leading universities, internationally recognised for our expertise across a range of disciplines and research breakthroughs in multiple areas, including science, medicine and engineering, amongst many others. Our purpose is to transform lives, locally and globally, which we do as a community of staff, students and alumni.
To find out more about Student Services please visit Student Services | University of Dundee
The diversity of our staff and students helps to make the University of Dundee a UK university of choice for undergraduate, postgraduate and distance learning. Family friendly policies, staff networks for BME, Disabled and LGBT staff, membership of Athena SWAN, the ECU Race Equality Charter and Stonewall as well a full range of disability services, create an enjoyable and inclusive place to work.
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