Disability Support Coordinator Full Time

Closing Date: 23rd April 2026 at 23:59 (BST)

Role Type: Part – time, fixed term (Maternity cover – Until 19.01.2027)

This role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. The successful candidate(s) will have to ensure that they have the right to work in the UK or be able to secure this through another means without the sponsorship of the University. Further information about sponsorship is available on the UK Visas and Immigration Website UK Visas and Immigration Website. 

• A DBS check is required for this position
• The University’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and make clear that safeguarding checks will be undertaken
• The safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification, and whether the post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.

To provide essential administrative support to the Apprenticeship Disability Advisor, ensuring excellent quality of service and swift support provisions. The post-holder will coordinate, monitor and arrange provisions, ensuring a sustained service to those apprentices who require specialist support and adjustments. This will result in improved access to learning. This specific role will include the responsibility of coordinating learning support assessments, collaborating compliance documents to support learning support funding, and working with wider staff to collate updates on apprentices’ progress.

Include the attention grabber here – Are you passionate about supporting students with Disabilities ?

You will have : compulsory

• Awareness and experience of working with vulnerable adults- experience of disabilities
• Excellent organisational skills
• Strong communication skills
• Excellent problem solving skills

Contact Details:

Contact Name: Matthew Ivey

Contact Job Title: Team Leader Disability Support Coordination

Contact Email address: m.t.ivey@reading.ac.uk

Alternative Contact Name: Ella Buckroyd

Alternative Contact Job: Senior Disability Support Coordinator

Alternative Contact Email address: e.buckroyd@reading.ac.uk

The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and champions LGBT+ equality. We are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.