Graduate Advisor

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Student Union
Location:  Egham
Salary:  £26,415 per annum
Post Type:  Full Time
Closing Date:  Monday 18 March 2024
Reference:  0324-075

We are currently recruiting for a Graduate Advisor to join the team. 

The Students’ Union is a student-led organisation that represents 12,000+ students at Royal Holloway, University of London. The activities and services we offer are really wide-ranging and include things like supporting 140+ student-led sports clubs and societies, and ensuring academic representation on every course. We offer free and independent advice through our professional Advice Centre, put on loads of free events with our Give It A Go programme, and run a shop, a pub, a couple of bars and a nightclub to fulfil students’ social life on campus.

Department: Membership Support & Engagement

Team: Advice Centre

Responsible to: Advice Centre Manager

Contract: Permanent

Hours of Work: 35 hours per week (excluding lunch breaks). Usual working pattern will be Monday-Friday, during usual office opening hours; with some unsociable hours required on an adhoc basis throughout the year.

This role benefits from the possibility to work in a hybrid manner, with up to two days home working during most weeks.

There will be occasional weeks where full-time, on-campus presence is required – this will usually be to support or facilitate our annual events, such as Freshers’ Festival and Elections Results Night

Salary:£26,415.

Salary is subject to RHSU’s Pay & Reward Policy, which includes an opportunity for annual pay progression.

Purpose of the role:

To ensure the efficient operation of the Students’ Union’s Advice Centre.

To provide up-to-date advice and support to students with academic and housing issues.

To signpost students appropriately to other relevant services that the University or community may provide

To work with the Marketing team to devise relevant and topical outreach communications based on knowledge and experience of current issues facing students in higher education.

Strategic Alignment:

The role will contribute towards our aim of ‘looking after your wellbeing’ by supporting the advice function and delivering high quality advice and support to students.

Closing Date: Monday 18 March 2024

Interview Date: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Application instructions: Online application, CV and Cover Letter required

Please view our job pack and apply through our website: https://www.su.rhul.ac.uk/union/workwithus/

Royal Holloway is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), and encourages applications from all people regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, parental status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or trans status or history. More information on our structures and initiatives around EDI, including information on staff diversity networks, can be found on our Equality and Diversity Intranet page .