The Student Opportunities Officer (Peer Learning and Support) is responsible for supporting the development and expansion of peer-led activity across the University of Edinburgh, enabling all students to enhance their experience. This will include supporting and facilitating student-led peer-to-peer activity throughout the University, encouraging students to take a holistic and autonomous approach to their learning and development.

This is a collaborative role which sits at the centre of the Student Opportunities team, with a specific remit of supporting the development of Peer Learning and Support. This involves contributing to the forming of a community of learners (both staff and students) locally and across the University. The Student Opportunities team sits within the wider Membership, Engagement and People Development Directorate at the Students’ Association (which also includes The Advice Place and Student Voice teams), and works collaboratively with colleagues in relation to a number of events, initiatives and activities related to student support and development.

The Person:

A confident and experienced trainer with excellent communication, interpersonal, organisational and IT skills. The post holder will have a proven track record of providing both administrative and operational support for volunteers. A student focused individual with a consistently professional approach to their duties and keen attention to detail. A person with high expectations of themselves and others, who takes pride in their work and that of their team.

The Student Opportunities Coordinator (Societies) leads the provision of support to student leaders in societies, with a responsibility to develop and deliver student activities within the Students’ Association. This includes, but is not limited to student societies, volunteering societies and social enterprises. These activities will provide a wide range of opportunities for students to engage in co-curricular and extra-curricular activity, try new things, be part of communities to make new connections, and develop their leadership skills. The Association supports around 300+ student societies and this role will focus primarily on these groups.

The Student Opportunities Coordinator will work collaboratively with various Students’ Association departments to ensure there is a robust infrastructure of support for student groups via our various services. This role will have oversight of the Societies team to ensure we provide information, advice and support to societies and committee members on a day-to-day basis, contribute to office bearer and volunteer training and development, and will support the Student Opportunities Officer (Societies) to ensure the delivery of key processes, support and initiatives.

The Person:

A friendly and approachable individual with excellent interpersonal skills. Good experience and understanding of supporting a large cohort of volunteers with an ability to build effective working relationships and collaborations. A proven track record in project management from initiation to evaluation, having worked on projects with multiple stakeholders across various teams / areas.

The post holder will have strong organisational skills and will have an enthusiastic approach to working collaboratively across teams. They should be able to work with a range of students and staff stakeholders to help support the interests of students at the University of Edinburgh.

This front facing role where customer service is key and a genuine desire to provide a great customer experience is a must. You will provide a high quality, professional reception and administrative service to our visitors, customers, and colleagues. The right candidate will have a ‘can do’ attitude, who will provide employees with support and guidance in a number of areas. You will have the opportunity to continually learn and develop and grow by undertaking organisation wide duties as directed.

Please be aware there is a business requirement to work at our head office 9am to 5pm Monday to Thursday and 9am to 4.30pm on a Friday to provide the expected level of customer service.

Our organisational values and behaviours expect all our staff to be able to work with colleagues from a variety of backgrounds with an approachable and solution-oriented style; keen to support and drive the development of a positive working culture across the organisation and able to represent the organisation in all that they do.

In return you will receive a generous reward package, which includes:

• 7 weeks holidays including public holidays
• Training opportunities
• Attractive pension scheme

For a comprehensive list of the essential and desirable criteria required for the post, please refer to the Job Description.

The successful applicants will be required to complete a PVG check and Viewpoint will cover the PVG fee.

Rock Trust are delighted to be launching Upstream Scotland, an innovative schools-based preventive model that utilises a universal screening tool to identify and support students at risk of homelessness. We are looking for a passionate and driven Service Coordinator to lead this exciting new venture. This key role involves leading a team of practitioners to deliver the national service and requires skills which including driving forward the project, gaining support from senior stakeholders and line managing Upstream delivery staff.

The post holder will be expected to:

• Play a leading role in the development of our Upstream service
• Lead and manage a team of high performing service delivery staff
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with key partners
• Promote and share evaluation, learning and best practice

Who we are

Rock Trust is Scotland’s leading youth specific homelessness charity. We work with young people aged 16-25 who are at risk of, or who are experiencing homelessness. Our aim is to end youth homelessness in Scotland by ensuring that every young person has access to expert youth specific services to assist them to avoid, survive and move on from homelessness.

Rock Trust holds the gold award from Investors in People. We are committed to making Rock Trust a fantastic place to work. We provide a range of enhanced benefits for staff, including a starting annual leave entitlement of 25 working days which will increase by 1 day for every full year of service completed (up to a maximum of 30 working days) plus 10 Public Holidays (pro-rata), a 6% employer contribution pension scheme, life assurance scheme, employee rewards and enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave. A full list of our benefits is available on our website.

We actively support the ability to work flexibly and remotely, and all staff are provided with the ICT kit and home set-ups needed to minimise travel and promote a work-life balance.

We are an equal opportunity employer, with the Silver Charter from LGBT Youth Scotland and are signed up to the DWP’s Disability Confident scheme. We encourage applications from all parts of the community.

Rock Trust has four core values; Safety, Positivity, Respect and Fairness. If you hold these values and are passionate about supporting young people to achieve their full potential and move on from homelessness, then please get in touch.