Student Life Generalist Advisor
Professional Services
Learning, Teaching and Student Experience
Salary: £27,644 to £29,959 per annum pro rata Fixed term till 31st July 2025 to cover maternity leave Post Type: Full Time Contract Type: Maternity Cover Closing Date: Monday 06 October 2025 Interview Date: To be confirmed Reference: HR0188705
This job is only available to University of Bradford staff. It may be released externally should we not appoint internally.
University of Bradford
At the University of Bradford, our focus is on creating the conditions for social, cultural, and economic impact. We are committed to social inclusion. Our work to expand opportunity and enable students to reach their potential, has led to us topping the Social Mobility Index of English universities for the last two years. Our University Strategy sets out our ambitions for 2025, which we will achieve by using our proud heritage as a springboard and remaining steadfast in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Safeguarding
The University of Bradford is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and Adults at Risk through robust safer recruitment practices.
Directorate
Our new Student Life Service brings together our existing MyBradford and Student Life teams to create a new front-line service where our students can access high quality advice, guidance, and support on a range of university, money, and welfare matters.
Alongside responding to general enquiries from students relating to a wide range of university issues, the Student Life Service will provide a wide range of financial advice including student funding, hardship support, and providing guidance on welfare benefits. The Student Life Service will also provide support with a range of pastoral issues.
What you will be doing:
1. Acting as the first point of contact for all enquiries into the Student Life Service, the Student Life Generalist Adviser acts as the triage point for the Student Life Service, ensuring that the Student Life Specialist Advisers are able to retain capacity for complex and risk associated cases.
2. Providing initial advice and guidance relating to statutory and discretionary student financial support, including reviewing of hardship fund applications, ensuring appropriate and sufficient information and evidence has been received.
In Return we Offer:
3. 25 days holiday and 13 statutory and customary days (taken at Easter and Christmas).
4. Family-friendly policies
5. Great campus facilities
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Additional Information:
Please note, as this role is part of our frontline student support team, the successful candidate will be required to work on campus for most of the working week with limited scope for working remotely.