Student Mental Health and Wellbeing Manager

Closing date: 12.00 noon on Monday 9 January 2023

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Student Services & Experience Directorate for a highly experienced manager, who is resilient, enthusiastic and professional. The post holder will lead the provision of Disability Support managing multi-disciplined services comprising of the Disability Team and Student Mental Health and Wellbeing Team (Life Lounge). Reporting to the Deputy Student Services Manager the postholder will be a key manager within Student Services and the wider Student Services and Experience Directorate.

The University has over 1200 students who have disclosed a disability including mental health and supports students who may not have a diagnosed disability but who are accessing wellbeing support.

We are looking for a candidate who has previous well-rounded experience of supporting students with mental health needs in Higher Education. Candidates who have not worked in Higher Education will be considered if they can demonstrate credible experience of managing similar services with adults.

The role can be both challenging and extremely rewarding and no two days are the same. The successful candidate will be required to make difficult and sometimes complex decisions, in a timely manager, regarding reasonable adjustments, assessment of needs, complex support requirements and potentially safeguarding concerns.

The successful candidate will bring innovation and creativity, with excellent leadership and motivation skills, honed through experience of leading teams to deliver change.

Candidates will have experience in complex case management. They will be experienced leaders, capable of empowering, supporting and inspiring their team.

The successful candidate will be an inclusive leader who is committed to Equality & Diversity who champions the voices of underrepresented groups.

*see additional information sheet for more details about the department/role.

An application form, job description and person specification can be viewed on our website: https://www.bolton.ac.uk/staff-area/professional-services/about-hr/vacancies or requested by email: jobs@bolton.ac.uk.

Applicants need to be aware that only a completed application form will be considered, unless it is specifically indicated in an advertisement that a CV will be accepted. Where appropriate, you should include a list of all publications when submitting your application. Please ensure you quote the position reference number on all applications submitted.

If an applicant is interested in more than one vacancy, a separate application must be submitted for each vacancy to ensure that the individual role requirements are addressed.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK, for more information please visit https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. No agencies.

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