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Job id: 097425. Salary: £33, 879 - £37, 296 inclusive of London Weighting Allowance..

Posted: 21 October 2024. Closing date: 10 November 2024.

Business unit: Estates Trading. Department: Residential Services Management.

Contact details: Nicky Doone. Nicky.doone@kcl.ac.uk

Location: Dover Street Campus. Category: Professional & Support Services.

About us:

King’s Residences is a department within the Estates and Facilities directorate at King’s College London. Overseeing 14 Halls of Residences for around 6000 King’s students, we are a dynamic and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the students receive the greatest living-in experience during their academic study.

About the role:

The main purpose of the Residences U18s Administrator role is to provide daily wellbeing monitoring and support to the Under-18 community of students living in King’s Residences. Each year, approximately 300 students move into King’s Halls that are under the age of 18, living across 2 of our home buildings – Great Dover Street Apartments and Stamford Street Apartments. This role is responsible for ensuring these students receive a robust induction into University life, as well as ensuring they have a regular “go-to” person for support and guidance during their stay. This includes (but is not limited to) overseeing a programme of appropriate events for the community (including orientation), ensuring there is an appropriately trained cover-team in place for weekend and holiday monitoring and providing a friendly, supportive service to the Under 18 students in Halls. 

This is a full time (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract. Please note: this role is Saturday to Wednesday, with some evening and weekend work required at key points within the year.

About you: (the candidate)

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

-          1 year (minimum) of experience working within a HEI residence or similar. 

-          Knowledge of relevant UK safeguarding policies and procedures. 

-          Knowledge of current issues students face in the HEI landscape. 

-          Ability to practice cultural competency within a diverse student community. 

-          A thorough understanding of GDPR principles and data protection/confidentiality practices. 

-          Flexible approach to duties, e.g. re-prioritises work as necessary; receptive to procedural changes. 

-          Confident user of Microsoft 365, as well as large student records systems. 

-          Be able to work autonomously in a busy environment and remain calm under pressure. 

Desirable criteria

-          Safeguarding Training.

-          Planning and running events for young people.

-          Working with student with challenging behaviours or additional needs.

-          Confident with public speaking in front of large groups.

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's. We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.