Residence Life Wellbeing Advisor
Grade 6 (£32,982 – £38,205) plus 5% premium band uplift due to working hours rota and an on-call payment
Accommodation, Catering & Events & Corporate Services Group – Residence Life
Full time, 35 hours per week
Fixed Term until December 2025
We have an exciting opportunity and are looking for an experienced, passionate wellbeing professional to join our award-winning Residence Life team.
The Opportunity:
To provide wellbeing advice and support to students living in university accommodation including partaking in an on-call, out of hours’ crisis intervention rota as part of the Residence Intervention Team (RIT). Residence Life Wellbeing Advisers will manage a caseload of individual support cases (liaising or escalating to other specialist services and departments within the University as required) and provide a proactive outreach service to students and staff as part of a holistic, wider student support ecosystem at the University.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Experience of providing appropriate wellbeing support, interventions, de-escalation and safe for now measures to individual
- Ability to support delivery of non-clinical mental health and wellbeing support and interventions for students through workshops and communications.
- Attention to detail, experience of maintaining records, case notes and appropriate reporting following confidentiality and GDPR
- Proven experience of providing advice, guidance and support
- Strong team player with ability to work independently and use initiative when required including on-call out of hours
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As a valued member of our team, you can expect:
- A competitive salary of £32,982 - £38,205 plus 5% premium band
- An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits
Championing equality, diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab)
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Application Process:
Please upload your CV and an additional supporting statement with details of how you meet the knowledge, skills and experience required, and your motivation for applying for this post.
Key dates to note
Interviews are expected to be held within 2 weeks of the closing date. Feedback on applications will only be provided to candidates interviewed.
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