College Warden

The university is seeking enrolled or incoming postgraduate students to become College Wardens. Our College Wardens are key members of the university community, helping to provide robust and personal pastoral care for our students and to build the sense of community on campus. They do this with and through the college teams and alongside the support services involved in student care, including Wellbeing and Security.

Enthusiastic, capable and responsible people are invited to apply to join our team of Wardens for the 2026/27 academic year. Candidates must be current or due to be enrolled postgraduate students of Roehampton University.

Wardens work closely with staff across the University to support our residential students and to help foster a cohesive college residential community. Wardens are required to:

• Promote the well-being and good order of students in residences and strive to create a positive living environment
• Play a key role in the after-hours wellbeing provision for our college members by being part of a duty system to guarantee students can access help and support out-of-hours
• Work closely with various stakeholders across the university including College Teams, the Wellbeing Service, Security, Chaplaincy as well as support one another within the Warden Team.
• Assist with orientation and welcome activities for new college members and be a visible presence in college throughout the year.

Candidates should ideally have demonstrable life/work experience, good communication and organisational skills, the ability to work well within a team, a calm approach to difficult situations and motivation to contribute pro-actively towards the work of the Colleges.

The role of Warden is a rewarding one and an excellent professional development opportunity for those with the ability to respond to challenges. Full training is provided.

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Further information can be found on the job description. If you would like to apply for this excellent opportunity, please click on ‘apply now’ or visit the working at Roehampton pages of our website and search ‘College Warden’. If you have any specific questions on the role, please contact Olivia Ogunbunmi olivia.ogunbunmi@roehampton.ac.uk

The University is committed to promoting diversity and equality of opportunity and aims to create a culture and environment where students and staff are treated fairly. The University is an equal opportunities and ‘disability confident’ employer. 

The closing date for completed applications is Friday 14^th August 2026 at 23:59.

It is expected that interviews will be held on Thursday 3^rd September 2026.

*Subject to satisfactory references and DBS checks.

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