Student Funding and Welfare Advisor

4 days ago

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand East Kent College Full time

About The Role

East Kent Colleges Group are seeking a Student Funding Advisor.

You will be processing Student Bursary Applications and provide support as necessary to ensure students access the funding to which they are entitled.

Benefits

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees. Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:

  • Competitive salary and holiday entitlement
  • Access to 100's of online discounts via our Rewards Scheme (Inc. Restaurant, Grocery, Retail, Gym, Holidays)
  • Access to cycle to work, car leasing and tech purchasing schemes
  • Generous pension scheme - 18% employer contribution
  • Being part of a company with a Eco-Sustainability focus of being Net-Zero
  • Time off for your child's first day at school, moving home and for interviews
  • My 10 Days initiative - bid for up-to 10 days off work to pursue voluntary work
  • Being part of Community Days and Annual Staff Celebration Day

About You

We are seeking to appoint a motivated individual who is passionate about facilitating appropriate funding for students to support and drive attendance, attainment and achievement. You will part of a team who will share your passion in supporting students and ensuring they receive the funding they are entitled to under the government funding streams.

You will be processing funding application on the 'Paymystudent' portal and ensuring all relevant paperwork is in order and in place to be able to demonstrate good practice and adherence to audit regulations.

You will have an eye for detail when distributing bursary funding in line with government legislation but equally be empathetic about individual circumstances where students may need you to use your discretion in awarding additional support. This will be provided in conjunction with your line manager to ensure students are fully supported to achieve their learning outcomes.

You will have a "can do" attitude and be passionate about supporting our students in their college journey either yourself or by signposting to other departments and agencies who can support. Safeguarding, Student welfare and achievement is central to all you do.

For more information about the role and a full list of responsibilities, please look at the job description and job specification within this.

If you are interested in an informal chat about the role, or have any queries, please email us on jobs@ekcgroup.ac.uk.

About Us

Outstanding Ofsted Provider

East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our 'Strong' skills grading by Ofsted.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.

As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.

It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so.

If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

East Kent Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce.

We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to health needs or disability.

Similarly, we have a commitment to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge) with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application.

We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.

We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.

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