"Head of Student Wellbeing Services"

The Head of Student Wellbeing Services will provide leadership and management for specialist support services offered to our students at the University of Greenwich. The postholder will be expected to contribute to and lead on the vision and strategic plan in Wellbeing and Disability in order to achieve the University’s future ambitions and to ensure our processes, systems and operational delivery meet student needs and expectations and our wider stakeholder community.

You will provide effective leadership and management of our Student Wellbeing teams. In this role, you will oversee the delivery of inclusive, proactive, and student-focused wellbeing and support services.

You will manage a team of skilled professionals, lead our response to student of concern matters, and ensure excellence in services that foster a culture of belonging. You will work collaboratively across the institution to champion inclusive practices, influence strategic developments in wellbeing, and help shape a positive student experience.

You will have proven experience of working with multidisciplinary teams, as well as being an experienced practitioner well used to making clinical judgements, managing risk effectively and hold a relevant mental health qualification.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Sara Ragab s.m.v.ragab@gre.ac.uk

Should you have any queries please contact the People Directorate Team on peopeleoperationsadmin@greenwich.ac.uk

The university is a brilliant place to work. We aim to become the top modern university in the UK by 2030 and our people are truly at the heart of what we want to achieve. We offer a great set of benefits including an excellent pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement, flexible working options including hybrid working and a genuine commitment to development.

We are looking for people who can help us achieve our Strategic Plan, through the values we expect for our whole university community, of being Inclusive, Collaborative and Impactful.

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We are committed to building a strong, diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Time to Change Employer Pledge/Mentally Healthy Universities, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion.

We encourage applicants to disclose experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form.

We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience, and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management