About The Role
Falmouth Exeter Plus are seeking to recruit a highly motivated full-time Accommodation Team Leader to oversee the day-to-day delivery of the Accommodation Office services and support our established team in providing advice and guidance to prospective and current students, throughout the year. The role covers a wide range of accommodation-related matters including managing student allocations, sending offers, managing voids and managing queries and appeals, referring to relevant teams where needed.
Working in partnership with colleagues across the universities and external accommodation providers, you’ll support the delivery of a high-quality student experience while ensuring key operational processes are delivered effectively. You will play an important role in maintaining and creating policy and procedure, monitoring void risk, and supporting service improvement planning to help achieve accommodation income targets in excess of £12m.
A key part of the role is to provide day-to-day leadership to the Accommodation team, fostering a professional and supportive working environment. You will be involved in managing performance, supporting development and ensuring the team remain student-focused and responsive throughout the academic cycle.
About You
The successful candidate will have experience of working in a customer-focused service environment and have previously managed or supervised a team within a busy or multi-functional department. While experience in the student accommodation or higher education sector would be an advantage, it is not essential.
We would like to hear from candidates who can also offer the following:
1. A strong track record of people and team management
2. Strong organisational and problem-solving skills
3. Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
4. A calm and professional approach to team coordination and service delivery
For further details on the skills/experience required for this role, please see the full job description above. This senior post is offered on a 37.5 hour a week, full time, permanent contract working across Monday-Friday.
If you are looking to have an informal discussion about the vacancy ahead of applying please email recruitment@fxplus.ac.uk. The closing date for the position is Wednesday 24 September 2025.
About Us
Falmouth Exeter Plus manages and delivers services at Falmouth, Penryn and Truro Campuses on behalf of Falmouth University and the University of Exeter. Working closely with the Falmouth & Exeter Students' Union (The SU) and the wider, universities partnership we support Higher Education learning and living, ensuring that the interests of all campus users are at the heart of everything we do.
It is a fast moving environment where agility and a positive approach to change and enhancement are central to our progress. Our mission is 'to deliver world-class shared professional services to help our partners achieve their global ambitions’.
As an employer of choice we can offer the successful candidate for this role a range of benefits, including: - Employer Pension Contribution up to 10%. - 28 days + 8 days bank holiday. - Life Assurance - Subsidised Sports Centre Membership (Gym & Fitness Classes) - Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay - Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme (Tusker) - Salary Sacrifice Cycle Scheme - Salary Sacrifice Home & Tech Scheme - Vivup Lifestyle Discounts
Alongside these benefits we offer a first class working environment across our campuses with all the facilities you would expect from working across two leading Universities. Falmouth Exeter Plus welcomes and encourages job applications from people of all identities and backgrounds, particularly those under-represented and/or marginalised, as it is important we have a diverse range of candidates to consider.