Senior Student Life Adviser (Finance)

You will be a senior member of an enthusiastic and skilled team of Student Services Advisers providing a range of services offering advice, guidance and support covering a wide range of often complex issues, including money and finance, student visas and immigration, life in the community and harassment and sexual or physical misconduct. The Student Life Team’s solution-focused approach aims to help students overcome any difficulties they may encounter to ensure they make the most of their time at UEA. 

You will act as the University’s key contact for issues relating to money matters affecting students, overseeing UEA’s hardship funds and providing proactive and reactive support to help students manage their money.

You will provide secretarial support to relevant University Committees, Working Groups and Panels.

You will have recent experience of working in a role providing advice, guidance and support to others, together with experience of understanding and applying policies, regulations or legislation, ideally within a higher education environment. Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential together with excellent IT skills and experience of using social media.

This post is available immediately on an indefinite, full-time basis. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Appointment will be subject to a criminal record check at Enhanced level from the Disclosure and Barring Service, including a check of the Child Barred Lists. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

UEA offers a variety of flexible working options and although this role is advertised on a full-time basis, we encourage applications from individuals who would prefer a flexible working pattern including annualised hours, compressed working hours, part-time, job share, term-time only and/or hybrid working. Details of preferred hours should be stated in the personal statement and will be discussed further at interview.

Closing Date: 9 January 2023.

The University is committed to diversifying its workforce. As examples, we already hold an Athena SWAN Silver Institutional Award in recognition of our advancement towards gender equality. We also have a Vice-Chancellor led Taskforce on Tackling Racism and a Race Equality Charter Working Group which support our work on race equality. Our aim is to submit to the Race Equality Charter in 2024.

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