Job Title: Student Advisor and Bystander Intervention Trainer – 2 posts available

Responsible To: Advocacy Manager

Salary: £28,610 Guild Grading and Banding Level 6

Closing Date for Applications: Friday 17th May 2024 - 5pm

Interviews: Week beginning 27th May 2024

We’re on the look-out for 2 an enthusiastic and passionate people to join our Membership Services team as Student Advisor and Bystander Intervention Trainers.

Liverpool Guild of Students supports students through advice, lobbying and a range of extra-curricular activities. We want to make students’ university experience the best it can be.

Liverpool Guild of Students is student-led charity and every student at the University of Liverpool is a member. We actively listen to our members and their contributions guide and shape our policies. We lobby and encourage students to take a lead in their university experience. The successful applicant will play a key role in this work, ensuring that students’ views are at the heart of everything the university does.

The post holders will join our established advice team to provide excellent advice and support to students. We are seeking to appoint an individual with highly developed organisational and communication skills and good attention to detail to enhance the work of the department.

The postholder will also play an important role in the development and delivery of our Bystander Intervention Training. Delivered to over 2000 students a year, this training seeks to give students the skills and confidence to intervene when they see harassment and abuse.

The successful applicant will have an excellent opportunity to progress this role and to actively contribute to the overall growth of the Membership Services Team. For the successful candidate, this presents an excellent opportunity to work in a forward-thinking organisation.

We encourage applications from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented within the Guild.

The Guaranteed Interview Scheme for Ethnically Diverse Candidates at Liverpool Guild of Students is committed to the principles of equality of opportunity. We annually review racial diversity within our workforce and it is a key priority for us to improve racial and ethnic diversity amongst our workforce, and as such we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse candidates and have introduced a guaranteed interview scheme. We recognise that applicants from ethnically diverse backgrounds may have experienced additional barriers when applying for new roles.

Therefore, we are taking positive action to address an under-representation within our organisation. If you meet the minimum criteria (at least 80% of the 'essential' criteria in the person specification) and are from an ethnically diverse background, you'll be guaranteed an interview. If you are an ethnically diverse applicant and would like to be considered under our guaranteed interview scheme, you must indicate this by selecting the relevant box on the Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form. If you do not select this box, your application will be considered alongside all other applications. It is important to note that this scheme only guarantees an interview for ethnically diverse applicants who meet the minimum criteria. The selection decision at interview will be based on the most suitable candidate, regardless of background or protected characteristic.

If you would like to discuss any aspect of the role or the Guild further, please contact Tom Rutherford, Advocacy Manager by emailing tom.rutherford@liverpool.ac.uk

More details including a full Job description and person specification can be found within the job pack here –

Student Advisor and Bystander Intervention Trainer Job Pack

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