Student Support Advisor (Equality, Diversity, Inclusion) Full Time

FTE: 0.5fte (working 18.5 hours per week)

Annual Leave:  25 days pro rata plus standard public holidays and an additional 4 days including the closure of our office between Christmas and New Year

Main duties and responsibilities

The Student Support Advisor will be a point of contact for students requiring the services of the Dean of Students Office (DoS) with links to the University’s central EDI Office. The postholder will provide specialist guidance, and support to students across the University.

The post holder will supplement the advice and support available and offer a source of specialist emotional and practical support to students following harassment, bullying and discrimination. You will manage various projects to advance EDI including Dignity and Respect Advisors, student positive intervention training, and Bullying, Harassment & Discrimination. The postholder will plan, coordinate, and deliver a calendar of diversity and Student Wellbeing events throughout the year, engaging stakeholders and promoting EDI.

Skills and experience required

The post holder will have proven and demonstratable knowledge of equality legislation and the benefits of a diverse and inclusive workplace or educational setting. You will have experience of providing specialist, confidential, impartial advice, guidance and support to service users and understanding of safeguarding issues and legal responsibilities.

The role requires excellent interpersonal and communications skills and the ability to engage professionally with staff, students and external stakeholders, whilst maintaining personal and professional boundaries. You will have expert-user IT skills and be able to deliver and facilitate training and presentations, and work with data, undertaking analysis and producing reports highlighting key issues or trends, and providing recommendations to address the findings.

Qualifications required

Educated with a minimum of a Degree (or equivalent level 6 qualification) or significant proven experience in relevant field.

Please view the job description and person specification for a full list of the duties and essential criteria. Please attach a personal statement showing clearly how your skills and experience match the Person Specification.

Internal applicants – please ensure you apply via your employee self-service portal.

We regret that we are unable to offer UKVI sponsorship for this post; applicants will either hold UK Right to Work or demonstrate access to UK Right to Work before an offer is made.

Disclosure and barring service

The University requires that the successful applicant who is offered employment may require a DBS at a later date due to the nature of the work involved.

Overseas applicants and UK applicants who have lived abroad

Successful applicants from overseas will be required to produce a criminal records check, or ‘Certificate of Good Character’, from any country in which they have been resident, consecutively or cumulatively, in the previous 10 years.

Contact Details/Informal Enquiries: Karen Turner, Safeguarding Manager and Compliance, email: k.v.turner@herts.ac.uk