Check in Hub and Student Initiatives Manager

Christ Church Business School is recruiting an increasing number of undergraduate and postgraduate students and growing its collaborative partnerships across the globe. We are seeking to make a number of new appointments across the School to support these developments.

Working within Christ Church Business School, you will be supporting the Director of Learning, Teaching and Student Experience in delivering an outstanding student learning experience through a range of initiatives and projects including managing the Check-In Hub. The newly created Check-In Hub welcomes CCBS students to connect, share, exchange and expand their potential with regards to their social, academic and professional skills. You will provide high-quality management and day to day running of the Check-In Hub including managing the duties of the success coaches and the academic mentors’ activities.

Reporting to the CCBS Director of Learning, Teaching and Student Experience, you will support their work in implementing initiatives and projects which enhance the student experience. These include induction, retention, and transition projects, improving the school’s continuation and progression onto employment rates and its national surveys results.

You will have an undergraduate degree (or equivalent professional experience) with experience of working in the UK HE sector. You must be able to demonstrate outstanding organisational and communication skills and have experience of coaching or mentoring.

We welcome applications from enthusiastic candidates with a background in supporting the student experience in an educational environment. This post is a great opportunity for someone with a passion for student experience coupled with outstanding organisational skills.

Please note that successful candidates will normally be expected to work on campus up to four days a week during teaching periods

Canterbury Christ Church University truly welcomes fresh perspectives and new voices. We want you to bring the real you to work, so we are committed to building a genuinely inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed and where everyone can have a true sense of belonging.

Our spirit of community will help us to eliminate discrimination and will enable us all to thrive in a culture that is underpinned by fairness and justice. We therefore seek people to join us who will proactively support and shape this aim and contribute in their own unique way. If this is you, then we are waiting to hear from you... #yourCCCU.

How to apply

Start date for applications: 27th March 2023
Closing date for applications: 30th April 2023
Interviews will be held on 17th May or 18th May

Please make sure that you will be able to attend the interview in person in Canterbury before applying for the role.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you require further information regarding the post please feel free to contact Cecile Tschirhart, CCBS Director of Learning, Teaching and Student Experience by email cecile.tschirhart@canterbury.ac.uk (strictly no agencies, thank you) quoting reference REQ04018

Prior consideration will be given to applicants in the University’s redeployment pool. No agencies, thank you.