Lead with heart. Create a home. Make an impact.
Location: Oxford
Contract Type: Permanent
Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, working 5 days out of 7 between the hours of 7am and 10pm. Weekends will be required on a rota basis.
Salary: £28,937 - £31,570 + bonus + benefits
As a Student Experience Team Leader, you`ll play a key part in delivering an outstanding student living experience and overseeing daily operations for your property. You`ll work closely with Student Experience Managers, facilities and housekeeping teams, ensuring your team provides excellent service and maintains a safe, welcoming environment. Leading by example, you`ll support students as they settle into university life, resolve day-to-day issues, and drive operational efficiency to meet performance goals. Every shift brings something different ?" from coaching and supporting your team across multiple sites, to managing emergencies or stepping in as the duty manager. You`ll balance leadership with hands-on problem-solving, keeping things running smoothly and your team feeling supported every step of the way
Your impact
Responsibilities
Whilst no two days are the same at Unite Students, here`s a flavour of what you`ll be responsible for in this role:
Lead and support the Student Experience Team to deliver a safe, consistent, and caring environment.
Provide line management and leadership to your team - conducting performance reviews, managing attendance, conduct, and performance, and supporting their growth and development.
Be responsible for setting objectives, creating rotas, and managing holidays to ensure effective cover and operational excellence.
Contribute to cluster performance by delivering key business KPIs.
Act as the point of escalation for incidents and ensure every situation is managed calmly, professionally, and with care.
Keep our spaces clean, tidy, and well-maintained - taking pride in every detail.
Collaborate with the day and night teams to ensure a seamless student experience across shifts.
Build connections with students, supporting welfare and responding promptly to their needs.
Plan and deliver on-site events and activities to help foster a sense of belonging and community.
Drive local sales activity and help to meet occupancy and revenue targets.
Your background
You don`t need to fit a box or follow a traditional path - what matters most is your mindset. We`re looking for curiosity, openness to learning, and the drive to make a difference. Whether you`re solving problems, leading change, or supporting our students day-to-day, it`s your attitude and approach that will help shape something bigger.
To Be Successful In This Role, You Will
Bring a people-focused, supportive approach to leadership.
Be able to guide and motivate others, even in challenging moments.
Stay composed and solutions-focused in fast-moving or high-pressure situations.
Have previous experiene managing a team, including supporting performance, wellbeing, and development.
Preferably, have previous experience in customer service, hospitality, accommodation, retail roles - but this isn`t essential. What`s most important is your ability to connect and act with integrity.
Exceptional communicator who listens actively, conveys ideas clearly, and uses appropriate tone and language in all interactions.
Collaborative team player who respects diversity and works well both independently and with various internal stakeholders.
A background in hospitality or retail would be ideal, as it equips you with valuable experience in customer service, team leadership, and operational environments.
Why it`s great to work with US
In this values-led organisation, you`ll do work that makes a difference, helping to shape welcoming, vibrant communities where students can thrive. Whether this is your first step or your next one, we`ll help you build skills, confidence and a career you`re proud of.
We Believe That Everyone Thrives When They`re Able To Bring The Best Version Of Themselves To Work. So, Alongside a Competitive Salary, We`ve Built a Culture And a Reward Package To Support You In Bringing Your Full, Authentic Self To Work, Including
A performance-related bonus paid twice a year
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy up to 5 extra days and earn up to 5 additional days for long service (FTE equivalent)
A generous pension scheme where contributions between 4% and 11% depending on how much you save
Life assurance worth 4 times your salary
Share save scheme giving you access to purchase Unite Students shares at a discounted rate
Enhanced Family Leave - including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents
Medicash (Health Cash Plan) - access to claim back the cost of routine and medical care, such as dental, optical, physio, etc.
An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to ensure that you`re supported as much as possible when you need it
Free volunteering day per year to make a difference
Access to our online platform that provides access to a range of retail and hospitality services at a discounted premium
There`s even more to enjoy - find the full benefits package on our
Alongside all these great benefits to support you, we also want to ensure that we`re supporting your family too. You`ll also have access to 20% student rent at any of our direct let properties for your children, siblings, their children, or any student of depends on you
Once you`ve joined US, you`ll also gain access to an extensive suite of essential learning to get you ready to take on your day to day, as well as wider catalogue to explore and elevate yourself and your career
If you`re expecting ordinary, then think again. We`re US, we`re different - and we`re proud of it. How far you could go? Join US and find out.