Student Wellbeing Adviser

We are looking for an empathic, organised and intuitive wellbeing professional to join our student support team in the Department of Design Engineering. 

As one of two part-time student wellbeing advisers in the department, your primary work will be to provide direct one-to-one support for our postgraduate and undergraduate students. This might include conversations about mental health, relationships, sexuality, finance, studies, family issues, neurodiversity, disability, accommodation, bereavement, trauma and other topics. 

The role also involves liaising with academic colleagues, signposting students to internal & external provisions, and running occasional group wellbeing initiatives. You will be a part of developing the wellbeing provision and supporting in upskilling academic staff around wellbeing and mental health issues.

The role is part time 0.4 FTE (2 days per week) and is a fixed term contract for 2 years. The role requires 60% (or more) in-person work at our South Kensington campus, with the option to work the remainder from home. There are certain weeks of the year such as welcome week, exam weeks, and coursework deadline periods where in-person working on both days is required.

Duties and responsibilities

You will provide:

Wellbeing advice – you will listen, support and advise students on wellbeing issues they present with. The aim is to provide a safe, confidential, collaborative space for students to discuss whatever is on their mind. This might be a single conversation, short term support or more regular, ongoing check-ins depending on the situation. At times you will signpost students to internal/external services and liaise with appropriate staff as needed.

You will also:

·        Run group wellbeing initiatives for students

·        Liaise with colleagues regarding students who need extra academic support due to wellbeing issues

·        Support necessary students to access Imperial’s Disability Advice Service, and ensure their required adjustments are communicated to the education team

·        Contribute to the department’s EDI committee

·        Complete record-keeping and administrative duties related to the role

·        Use your own insight and initiative to develop the wellbeing provision

Please refer to the job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Essential requirements

·        You will have experience working with students in a further or higher education setting, or working with young adults in another relevant setting (such as a charity, healthcare, mental health, or a counselling/therapeutic setting).

·        You will hold a relevant qualification.

·        You will have experience of working within relevant professional protocols and policies, including safeguarding, data protection and confidentiality.

·        Experience of providing counselling support to individuals and providing staff training would be considered an advantage, as would accreditation from a recognised professional body in the fields of mental health, wellbeing, counselling or psychotherapy (e.g. BACP, UKCP, HCPC, NCS, BABCP) although not essential.

Please refer to the job description for a full list of the desired and essential requirements.

Further information

Imperial College offer a range of benefits to staff which can be found here. This includes annual cost-of-living pay reviews, annual incremental pay increases, extensive family leave & support, and multiple closure days in addition to annual leave. 

Imperial College is committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment. We are an Athena SWAN Silver award winner, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident Employer and work in partnership with GIRES to promote respect for trans people.

If applying for the role, you will need to fill out a full online job application. Please ensure the application is filled out in full. Should you require any further details on the role, please contact: Danny Lee, Student Wellbeing Advisor.

The role is 0.4 FTE (2 days per week) and is a fixed-term position.

Closing date: 21st July 2024

Start date: October 2024 or later.

To apply, please click “Apply Now”