Education & Welfare Advisor (Ftc - Until December

2 weeks ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom University of Birmingham, Guild of Students Full time

**Education & Welfare Advisor (Fixed Term Contract until December 2024)**

**£27,300 gross per annum (this salary is for a full year and will be pro rata for the length of time worked)**

**35.5 hours per week**

**The Role**

This role is part of the Student Voice & Representation department working collectively with colleagues delivering the Guild’s student advice, representation, democracy, policy and campaigns work. The Student Voice & Representation Team is part of the Community & Representation Directorate**.**

**The Education & Welfare Advisor role is to **support, advise and represent students on a wide range of issues relating to education, housing, wellbeing, and finance, as well as empowering students to effectively manage their studies, health and wellbeing.

You will have good experience of working in an advice setting providing face-to-face and online support and ongoing case working for clients along with excellent knowledge and experience of at least one of the following areas: academic issues, employment law, housing law, and/or student finance.

We offer great benefits including**:

- 36 days annual leave (pro rata for time worked) (including 8 Bank Holidays and 7 Closed Days)**:

- **Full sick pay from the moment you start working for us.**:

- **A comprehensive suite of basic training for all employees which includes Equality & Diversity, Mental Health Awareness and Data Protection
- Discounted membership rates at University of Birmingham Sport & Fitness
- The opportunity for new staff to join the NEST pension scheme. The Guild contributes a matched payment of between 4-6% of your salary
- A range of wellbeing benefits

We are a Times 100 Best Companies to Work For employer and in our most recent staff survey (March 2023) 78% of our staff said they would recommend this organisation as a good place to work.

**The provisional interview dates for this role are 3rd / 4th / 5th June 2024**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 6 months

Pay: £27,300.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- On-site parking
- Paid volunteer time
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Birmingham


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