Job Introduction
Wellbeing Advisor
London
JOB PURPOSE:
BPP is looking for a Wellbeing Advisor on a full-time basis to join the expanding established Student Support and Welfare Team within BPP Education Services. This wellbeing advisor role will be focused around supporting our expanding cohort of BSc undergraduate students.
In this role you would be a key contributor in the implementation of BPPs Mental Health and Wellbeing strategy. By providing dedicated wellbeing support to all BPP students and learners, with a specific focus on supporting undergraduate BSc students, ensuring all responsibilities are tailored to meet their specific needs and challenges.
What if you read the description and don't meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway - we value diverse backgrounds and are committed to inclusivity!
Why work for BPP?
It is a great time to join BPP as we have enjoyed a sustained period of growth, offering a wealth of opportunities to our staff, students and clients. There are many more great reasons to join BPP such as:
- Brilliantly, you can study any of BPP’s courses for free – be it a professional qualification or full degree.
- With hybrid working available, you’ll be able to split your time between one of our centres and wherever you choose to call home.
- We also provide a generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days, and there’s a rewards package that includes retail discounts and much more.
- Other key benefits include our Group Personal Pension Plan, dedicated private healthcare and dental plans that offer additional assurance to look after you and your family.
What you’ll be doing
You will play a key role in supporting the Mental Health and Wellbeing Manager in the operational success of the Student Support and Welfare department across its range of activities. You will contribute to the implementation of our Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy, ensuring that current students have access to – and engage with – Mental Health and Wellbeing support. This will involve developing and maintaining a network of support services inside and outside of BPP, ensuring that our students are well supported to achieve their academic goals. You will make a key difference in ensuring our Mental Health and Wellbeing provision provides a first in class service that caters to our university and apprenticeship provision, our increasing international demographic, engages with outreach and widening participation activities, and is accessible, inclusive and equal for all learners at BPP.
Key internal stakeholders for this role to work with include: Admissions; Finance; Student Records; Apprenticeship and University Schools; Quality and Compliance; Learning and Teaching; Marketing; Equality, Diversity and Inclusion; Inclusion and Learning Support; Customer Experience Team, Student Voice Reps and BPP Students’ Association.
Key external relationships include a wide spectrum of employers, including BPP’s client firms and professional bodies. We take our duty to safeguard our students seriously and the successful candidate will share our passion for this. An enhanced DBS check is required for this role.
What experience you’ll need
To be successful in this role you will need to have a proven track record in the following areas:
- Experienced working in a student-facing capacity preferably with a large, complex organisation.
- Experience of working in a multi-agency team approach, with the ability to build effective working relationships and partnerships.
- Clear understanding and professional awareness in relation to data protection/GDPR requirements, dealing with highly confidential information, safeguarding and duty of care responsibilities.
- Resilient, confident and passionate about improving wellbeing and mental health.
- Excellent attention to detail, with ability to prioritise tasks and work to deadlines.
- Excellent written communication and report writing skills and ability to see projects through to a successful outcome.
How will this process work?
The interview process for this position will consist of the following stages:
- Competency style interview with two team members – 60 minutes
BPP are proud to be a Disability Confident employer so if you need any reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please just let us know!
BPP actively promotes equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential, and welcomes applications from a wide range of candidates. BPP will select candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience. Please note that for those posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check in addition to BPP undertaking any necessary online searches. This is deemed appropriate and necessary from a safeguarding perspective, and in line with BPP’s safer recruitment practices.