Location: Docklands Campus
Salary: Starting from £36,210 per annum inclusive of London Weighting
Post Type:  Full Time
Post Type:  Permanent
Closing Date: Monday 26 June 2023
Reference: PS054S2023-R

University of East London

Founded in 1898, we at the University of East London (UEL) are proud to change lives through education. Our goal is to advance industry 5.0 careers-first education and provide a clear path to the jobs and opportunities of the future. We’re committed to driving diversity in the 5.0 talent pipeline, working in partnership to promote talent wherever it is found and creating a balanced, inclusive, and green future.

But we can't achieve this goal alone. We need forward-thinking, innovative, and curious individuals like you to join our community and help us craft our future. As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to work with a diverse range of people who share your passion for creating positive change. We’re an inclusive and welcoming community that is constantly moving forward, never satisfied with the status quo.

About the Job

UEL Residential Life are seeking a new Residential Life Officer (Student Experience, Residence Community and Communications) to lead on student experience for 1,169 students living in UEL’s halls of residence, including developing and delivering Residential Life’s educational and social programming, building an inclusive, welcoming community and living environment that champions health gain as an important component to successful and rewarding academic endeavour and achievement.

The successful postholder will be a key member of the Residential Life Team, ensuring a high level of service is provided to each guest, and will be key in identifying residence experience enhancements based on student feedback and best practices and develop a cohesive community-focused strategy and community-based values that reflect our student cohort. The successful postholder will design and lead on developing an inspiring and pro-active marketing and communication strategy that promotes campus accommodation to prospective and current residents, in-line with UEL’s vision and strategy.

About You

To carry out duties required to maintain the successful operation of the Halls and Residential Life Office, the successful postholder will need excellent communication and administrative skills, event planning, logistics, and financial management skills, customer service experience and ability to work independently to lead on community development and community enhancement projects. The ideal background and experience the candidates should have to do the job.

Benefits Package

Here at UEL we understand it’s about more than just a salary. It’s about the entire package on offer along with our outstanding work environment and inclusive culture. We know the market rates for this vacancy and will offer a genuinely competitive salary DOE.

We care deeply about your wellbeing and our benefits includes: 20% pension (4% from you, 16% from us), 25 days holiday (plus 3 days over Christmas) plus bank holidays, hybrid working for most positions, and we’re always open to consider flexible working arrangements. We have a shared success bonus of £4,250 pa, subsidised gym membership, 3 times base salary life assurance, a cashback healthcare scheme and wide variety of other generous benefits including discounts on: Apple and Samsung products, holidays, clothing, fitness, lifestyle, dining out and weekly shopping.

Equal Opportunities

UEL is an inclusive equal opportunities employer and are proud of our Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity achievements, including: zero gender pay gap, members of Stonewall and have won Athena Swan awards. We expect all employees of UEL to accept our EDI policy and will not tolerate discrimination in any form.

So, if you’d like to take your career to the next level with us here at the University of East London and are inspired by our environment and committed to success, we want you to apply today!

Further details: Job Description & Person Specification

To contact the recruitment team please phone +44 20 8223 3000 x 4600 or e-mail hrhub@uel.ac.uk

CVs without a completed application form will not be accepted.

At UEL we are committed to working together to build a community which values diversity in both our staff and student populations, is representative and inclusive, enabling all to progress and thrive.