Community Engagement Officer

Location: University Park

Interview date: To be confirmed

The Community Engagement team empower students living in Nottingham by delivering impactful educational campaigns that support the development of essential life skills alongside academic success. We act as a vital link between students and the wider community, addressing concerns, managing student conduct, and ensuring student welfare in off-campus residences.

As a Community Engagement Officer, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering a high-quality service to students, community stakeholders, and the public. You'll be instrumental in supporting our team's mission to create a positive and thriving student community.

The role will include responding to, investigating and resolving issues, concerns or incidents involving conflict or difficulties in communal living, assisting in the administration of student behaviour management and mediation caseloads, and facilitating the provision of ongoing support.

A key part of the role involves completing reports and updating departmental records and databases following interactions with residents. You will required to take an active role in overseeing and assisting with the delivery of our citizenship education programme through active promotion of campaigns and initiatives in the community. This means working outside of University sites and off campus visiting areas where students live in neighbourhoods across Nottingham.

The role will require you to be flexible and adaptable, sometimes at short notice. You will be a team player as the role requires you to work collaboratively with a range of internal and external stakeholders relating to a range of social responsibility related topics. You will be effective at problem solving, have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be positive, approachable and proactive.

Due to the frequency that the role holder will drive between sites and off campus it is desirable that a full, current driving licence is held to drive a University fleet vehicle.

Further information on the experience and qualifications required for this post can be found on the attached Role profile.

This role is available on a permanent basis. Hours of work are full-time (36.25 hours per week), worked 5 days out of 7 to be arranged mainly Monday to Friday.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Brydie Adams, email Brydie.adams@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

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