Chief Resident at University of Bristol

Design, Education
Bristol
February 19, 2024
Contract

Job Description

The role

The Inclusive Communities team support students in residence.

As a Chief Resident you will live in halls of residence to provide peer to peer support.

This includes:

  • Designing and delivering events to promote community building and wellbeing for students living in residence.
  • Providing advice and signposting for students seeking support.

The role is 15 hours per week, open only to current University of Bristol Students.

What will you be doing?

Chief Residents live in residence and are a visible, approachable presence in halls. During your shifts you will be located in a central common area, where students may approach you for advice. You will provide general peer-to-peer support and signpost students to appropriate support services.

As well as planning your own events, Chief residents provide leadership to Senior Residents and Junior Common Room Committees to ensure their events are designed and delivered to a high standard. With the support of the Inclusive Communities team, you will be ensuring the events and activities in your hall are inclusive and responsive to the needs of the students in residence.

You will also be asked to support the delivery of events organised by the Inclusive Communities team.

You should apply if

  • You are an enrolled student at the University of Bristol.
  • You are willing to move and live-in an assigned hall of residence for the duration of your role.
  • You have a strong working knowledge of University of Bristol services.
  • You are a self-starter with the ability to work independently to deliver pastoral support and events for students.
  • You have experience with leadership or mentoring.
  • You have experience working with or supporting diverse communities.
  • You are confident to approach students who may find social situations more challenging.
  • You are confident building and maintaining relationships with multiple stakeholders.

Additional information

Online Q+A Sessions:

Tuesday 20th February 5pm-6pm Click here to join the meeting

Wednesday 21st February 3:30pm-4:30pm Click here to join the meeting

Contract type: Open ended

Work pattern: Part-time

School/Unit: Education & Student Success

For informal queries, please contact Katie Mills, Deputy Inclusive Communities Manager, katie.mills@bristol.ac.uk

This advert will close at 23:59 GMT on 03/03/2024.

Interviews are anticipated to take place w/c 11/03/2024.

Our strategy and mission

We recently launched our strategy to 2030 tying together our mission, vision and values.

The University of Bristol aims to be a place where everyone feels able to be themselves and do their best in an inclusive working environment where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential. We want to attract, develop, and retain individuals with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives – particularly people of colour, LGBT+ and disabled people – because diversity of people and ideas remains integral to our excellence as a global civic institution.

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