Student Adviser

2 weeks ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**UE06: £30,619.00 - £35,308.00 Per Annum**

**College of Science and Engineering, School of Informatics**

**Full-Time: 35 Hours per Week**

**Fixed Term for 11 months: 1 July 2023 to 31 May 2024**

**1 post available
**The Opportunity**:
The School of Informatics is a global leader in the areas of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. It is the biggest research and teaching establishment of its kind in the UK.

Student Advisers provide a first point of contact for students within the School, providing guidance and support - including additional assistance where needed - to those navigating University support systems. Working closely with academic and professional services teams, Student Advisers enable students to achieve their potential and contribute to the development, delivery, and sharing of best practice in student support.

**Your skills and attributes for success**:
**Essential**:

- HNC/HND or equivalent; plus significant relevant work experience; **or **broad experience acquired through a combination of job-related training and considerable on-the-job experience, demonstrating development through involvement in progressively more demanding relevant work/roles.
- Knowledge and understanding of and sensitivity to the complex areas of student wellbeing and support
- Experience of working independently with the ability to prioritise workloads in the face of conflicting demands
- Excellent written and verbal communication and active listening skills
- Demonstrable analytical and problem-solving skills
- Competent IT skills (Microsoft Office)
- Excellent interpersonal skills - remaining calm under pressure, being able to provide a safe and welcoming space for students in distress
- Constructive team player, demonstrating ability to work collaboratively
- Strong commitment to equality and inclusion
- Ability to understand the need for boundary-setting when working with students

**Desirable**:

- Scottish Mental Health First Aid training (or equivalent)
- Experience of using student record systems (ideally the University of Edinburgh’s EUCLID system)
- Previous experience of working in Higher Education
- Ability to supervise and develop staff
- Knowledge of equality legislation and good practice, including GDPR

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**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits **pension scheme **, **staff discounts, **family friendly initiatives **, flexible working and much more. Access our **staff benefits page **for further information and use our **reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

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.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our **right to work **webpages. On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

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