Student Finance Officer

Student Finance Officer

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-time

Hours: Full-time, 36 hours per week, Full time

Salary: Starting at £33,971.00 with progression to £35,844.00 per annum including London weighting allowance

We are seeking to appoint an approachable and organised Student Finance Officer to take a lead on all aspects of financial support for students.

The Student Finance Officer works within the Safeguarding & Welfare team and will have responsibility for administering the Learner Support Fund. The post-holder will also provide information, advice, guidance and support to students on sources of financial support, benefits, debt and money management. The ability to accurately record, manage, analyse and report on information and keep up-to-date with changes and developments is key. In addition, the Student Finance Advisor works with the Tutor and external partners to arrange, develop and deliver group sessions to students on topics relating to Student Finance, helping the students in the college to achieve economic wellbeing.

The post holder is responsible for developing, promoting and running a comprehensive financial support service for students and for ensuring that all students in the college are able to avail of any financial support they are entitled to.

The role involves promoting and administering Learner Support Fund (LSF), Care to Learn, and the student Oyster card schemes. Very good communication, information management and administrative skills are essential.

The post holder must be empathetic and student-centred in approach and to use tact and sensitivity in dealing with sensitive personal issues. The ability to demonstrate excellent customer care skills is an essential element of this role.

At NewVic we strongly believe in team working and see this as one of the reasons for our success.

The Student Finance Officer works with colleagues within the Student Services department, to provide an integrated support service for students; all members of the student support team work together flexibly to keep the student experience in centre focus.

This is an excellent opportunity to take responsibility for an important aspect of student support that can make a real difference to students' current and future success.

The College combines great facilities with quality teaching and high standards, including a multi-million pound building, providing state of the art technology enabled learning resource centre, drama studio and café.

We will offer you a warm welcome to NewVIc - a place where all ambitions are celebrated. As one of the largest sixth form colleges in London, we are a non-selective, diverse and secular college, proud to have launched over 50,000 young people onto university, training and employment since we were founded in 1992.

The College is currently graded as 'Good' by Ofsted, and 'Outstanding' for our provision of personal development, behaviour and welfare. We are very proud to be a three-time silver award winner at the Pearson National Teaching Awards, where in 2020, we made history by becoming the first ever provider to win two awards in a single year.

We believe that everybody has the power to make a positive impact on society - small changes that add up to make the world a better place.

Our motto is: Diverse in Ambition, United in Success

What's in it for you?

We offer the opportunity to help develop your skills and knowledge in a friendly team environment, plus a range of benefits including a career average pension scheme (LGPS), employee assistance programme, onsite parking, cycle to work, onsite canteen, TECH Scheme, Eye Care support and full access to the onsite gym.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We are committed to creating and promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce that better reflects the wider community we support. We particularly welcome applicants from groups currently under-represented in senior roles, including females, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), people with disabilities and from the LGBTQ community.

Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of our students and expect everybody working for the College to share this commitment. We actively seek DBS clearance checks for applications of employment as part of our safeguarding procedures.

This role will be starting as soon as possible depending on the notice period for successful candidates.

Closing date: 16.00 Wednesday 17th January 2024

Interview date: TBC

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