Student Engagement Officer

Are you passionate about student engagement and fostering a vibrant and inclusive learning environment? We are seeking a Student Engagement Officer to coordinate and deliver an impactful programme of student activities, Learner Voice initiatives, and enrichment opportunities across both campuses. This role will play a key part in gathering student feedback, supporting their development, and ensuring a high-quality student experience.

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Are you passionate about student engagement and fostering a vibrant and inclusive learning environment?

We are seeking a Student Engagement Officer to coordinate and deliver an impactful programme of student activities, Learner Voice initiatives, and enrichment opportunities at our Seevic campus with occasional travel to our Palmers Campus. This role will play a key part in gathering student feedback, supporting their development, and ensuring a high-quality student experience.

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Organise elections for Student Governors, Student Champions, and Student Representatives.
  • Coordinate Student Conferences and Principal’s Question Time events.
  • Track and monitor student engagement in Learner Voice initiatives, reporting key insights to College managers.
  • Liaise with external organisations to exchange best practices and attend networking events.
  • Develop and deliver an inclusive and diverse enrichment programme.
  • Establish targeted enrichment initiatives in collaboration with Behaviour Officers and the Well-being team.
  • Work closely with curriculum teams to enhance enrichment opportunities across the College.
  • Organise and promote enrichment-related trips and visits.
  • Promote the welfare, safety, and wellbeing of students through College safeguarding policies.
  • Plan and promote activities aligned with global and national awareness days to enhance student engagement.

 Job Requirements:

Essential:

  • High standard of education.
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to work under pressure
  • Understanding of the needs of students across different academic levels and age groups.
  • Experience working with young people, preferably within an educational setting.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Highly organised, self-motivated, and able to prioritise tasks effectively.

Desirable:

  • Competent in using MS packages.
  • Knowledge of educational enrichment programmes and Learner Voice activities.
  • Relevant Level 3 qualification (or working towards), such as IAG or Youth Work.
  • Previous experience in a student engagement or similar role.

 

The right candidate will have:

  • High standards of communication and interpersonal skills.
  • The ability to work as a team.
  • A strong attention to detail.
  • The ability to motivate both students and your peers.
  • Highly motivated and enthusiastic.

Why choose us?

Our strategy is to create a Career Focused, Digital Learning environment, ensuring that the learner experience and our relationship within our community, local and regional employers, are at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to be selected as finalists for the AoC Beacon awards for effective use of digital Technology in FE. Providing a high achieving, focused learning environment allowing our students to achieve the grades they need for higher educations, or the skills and aptitude required to secure a suitable role in their chosen career. Our college is set in the leafy suburbs of Essex, with easy access to surrounding areas and amenities, we are based in a well-connected location both by road and rail.

What we offer:

  • A dedicated and friendly team of professionals who are keen to develop and learn
  • Excellent pension provision
  • Annual Staff Awards
  • CPD days - opportunities to grow and development through mentorship and coaching
  • Free onsite parking
  • Staff appreciation days
  • Eye care vouchers
  • Onsite Starbucks & Restaurant
  • Well-being days & activities
  • Electric Vehicle Scheme*
  • Discounted gym membership
  • Hybrid Working available
  • Fully immersive teaching rooms allow simultaneous online teaching at multiple locations
  • Free Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7, 365 days offering legal & financial advice, as well as general support & guidance

* subject to terms & conditions

This role is considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.  It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Self-declaration is subject to Ministry of Justice guidance on the disclosure of criminal records, further information can be found on GOV UK

USP College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, we therefore expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service, and any other checks that the role requires to ascertain suitability for working with children and/or vulnerable adults, which may include online searches.

We will hold and process any personal data, including sensitive (special category) personal data, relating to you in accordance with our legal obligations, in the manner set out in the Privacy Notice for staff and in accordance with our Data Protection Policy, which is set out on the College’s website, found here. You should familiarise yourself with our Data Protection Policy (and all other subsidiary policies to it) and comply with them at all times. Neither the Privacy Notice for Staff nor those policies form a part of your contract of employment.