Location: | London |
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Salary: | £60,048 to £68,946 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance |
Hours: | Full Time, Part Time |
Contract Type: | Permanent |
Placed On: | 17th March 2023 |
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Closes: | 29th March 2023 |
Job Ref: | 064173 |
The King’s community is dedicated to the service of society. King’s Strategic Vision 2029 sets out our vision for the future, shaped around five priority areas: educate to inspire and improve; research to inform and innovate; serve to shape and transform; a civic university at the heart of London; and an international community that services the world. Our ambitious Education Strategy sets out the actions that we must take to transform how we teach, how and where our students learn and how we support them during their time with us.
Advice, Wellbeing & Welfare provide expert advice and support to our diverse community. At any stage in their university career, students may experience a variety of complex problems relating to money, housing, and welfare issues for which they need practical support and legal advice. Our work is to ensure that these do not become a barrier to their success at King’s and that through our wellbeing initiatives our students thrive during their studies to make the most of their opportunities after graduation.
About the Role
The Associate Director (Advice, Wellbeing and Welfare) will lead and manage a team in the key strategic areas of Advice & Guidance, and Wellbeing and Welfare, to support and guide students through their time at King’s.
The post-holder will lead in co-ordinating and delivering the work around student wellbeing and welfare, through oversight of the faculty-embedded hub-and-spoke model. They will also provide oversight and leadership to the advice and guidance team, including money and housing advice, and support for vulnerable groups. They will also have oversight of the Student of Concern welfare team. The postholder will have a lead role around the safeguarding of current students, acting as a key escalation point for referrals to external agencies such as Prevent, social services, and the emergency services.
This post will be offered on an indefinite contract.
This is a full-time post, but we welcome applications from candidates seeking a flexible work pattern.
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