Residence Life Officer

FTE: 1.0 FTE (37 hours p/w)

Duration: Fixed term maternity cover (1 year)

Salary: UH6 £31,396 pa to £33,966 pa with potential to progress to £37,099 pa on achieving designated skills and experience

Annual Leave: 25 days plus standard public holidays and an additional 4 days including the closure of our office between Christmas and New Year 

As a Residence Life Officer, you will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders to help continually improve services. You’ll work collaboratively with relevant professional services, academics and external partners where needed, using an evidence-based approach, focusing on the best possible student outcome, ensuring that disciplinary and welfare cases are followed up in a timely manner in strict accordance with our University policies.

Meetings with students will be conducted with all relevant background information so that an informed decision can be made or in some cases a referral to the Support to Study process. You will manage investigations and Support to Study meetings in accordance with the University policies and procedures. You will also create and monitor accurate reports, ensuring all actions are recorded on the Reporting System. 

You’ll be able to action reports using the relevant UPR to achieve effective outcomes and engage students with the necessary support needed for them to succeed in their studies. You will have experience of excellent writing and communication skills, as well as effective communication and negotiation skills, with proven advanced digital capability. 

You will have a minimum of a degree or equivalent, or proven relevant professional experience, and a Safeguarding Level 1 qualification. 

We regret that we are unable to offer UKVI sponsorship for this post; applicants will either hold UK Right to Work, or demonstrate access to UK Right to Work, before an offer is made.

REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS ACT

DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE

This post is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 as amended. The University requires that the successful applicant who is offered employment will be subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed. An Enhanced Disclosure will be required and this will include details of cautions, reprimands or final warnings, as well as convictions. The University of Hertfordshire complies with the ‘Code of Practice for Registered Persons and other recipients of Disclosure Information’.

Overseas applicants and UK applicants who have lived abroad

Successful applicants who have lived outside the UK, for 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total), in the last 10 years, will be required to produce a ‘Certificate of Good Character/Conduct’ from each of those countries.

Contact Details/Informal Enquiries

Diane Kendrick, D.Kendrick@herts.ac.uk 01707 281169

Closing Date: 1 September 2024

Interview Date: 12 September2024

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