Disability Adviser

About us:

We are part of the Students & Education Directorate, a collection of wide-ranging professional services in place to support King’s students and their education. As a directorate we manage the student lifecycle from application to graduation and beyond, to ensure a coherent and seamless student experience and effective administrative processes, working closely with King’s faculties to do so.

About the role:

Disability Advisers are responsible for providing accurate and relevant information, advice, and guidance, impartially and confidentially to disabled applicants and students.

They work collaboratively within DS&I and across King’s College London’s faculties, departments, and professional services, as well as with external agencies to provide a high-quality disability support service to facilitate disabled students’ full participation in their studies.

Disability Advisers liaise with colleagues within the university to review, develop and implement policies, practices, and procedures to enhance access and inclusion of disabled students. They also work to support initiatives that raise awareness of the needs of disabled students throughout King’s, and to develop and deliver associated training.

This is an exciting opportunity for candidates with a developed understanding of disability to demonstrate your skills in working with a diverse client population within a valued service.

We encourage applications from candidates who have experience from both within and outside of the Higher Education sector where they can demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in this role.

This is a part time post (21 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

Please note that as the role is part time, the salary listed will be amended accordingly (pro rata). 

We may also close the advert early if we receive a high number of applications.

About you:

Essential criteria

• Relevant work experience and/or education: We think a wide range of different work and educational experiences could support you to be successful in this role. Relevant work experience might include work in an advisory capacity where disabled people formed part of the caseload, or work in educational settings relating to disability. Relevant educational experiences might include higher education in a related discipline, professional qualifications or other training.
• Competent at operating appropriate IT systems, including experience in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams and Excel, and ideally including a case management system.  
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal; ability to deal effectively and sensitively with people making varied and complex enquiries, providing accurate and clear guidance. 
• Experience of providing information, advice and guidance and/or experience of providing disability-related support. 
• Understanding of disability support issues for students in Higher Education and knowledge of funding and support available to disabled students.  
• Good working knowledge of the Equality Act and how this applies to students in an HEI environment.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of contributing to publications, websites, annual reports and guidance (such as factsheets.  
• Experience of providing training in disability awareness, and ideally in embedding inclusive practices within education.  
• Experience of contributing to the development and improvement of systems and procedures.

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