Job Title: Student Wellbeing AdviserSalary: Commencing at 27,632 with progression to 29,255 pro rata per annumClosing Date: 2026-06-17About the Role
The Student Wellbeing Adviser plays a key part in creating a supportive, inclusive and empowering environment for students across Leeds Conservatoire and University Centre Leeds.
Youll work closely with the Health & Wellbeing team to monitor student progression, identify emerging support needs and provide onetoone guidance on wellbeing, mental health, academic challenges and navigating university life. The role blends individual casework, workshop delivery, communitybuilding activities and collaboration with internal teams and external partners.
Youll help shape a service that is proactive, responsive and rooted in compassion, belonging and student success. We are committed to attracting applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and lived experiences.
Interviews for this role will be heldweek commencing 13 July 2026. With a potential start date September 2026, in time for the new academic year.
*Actual salary for 38 weeks per year commencing at 24,567 with progression 26,010 per annum.
We encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible, as this role may close earlier than the advertised closing date.
What You Will Do
- Will work within the Health and Wellbeing team and in collaboration with staff across Leeds Conservatoire & University Centre Leeds to monitor student progression, identify emerging support needs, and contribute to strategies that enhance student success. The postholder
- Manage a caseload of students, providing regular onetoone support and delivering workshops focused on wellbeing, mental health, emotional issues, lifestyle, time management, academic challenges, and navigating conservatoire processes and regulations.
- Assist in monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of service delivery to ensure highquality, responsive support.
- Support the planning and delivery of student events and social activities that promote engagement, inclusion, and a strong sense of community.
- Recognise when specialist support is required and make appropriate internal or external referrals where necessary.
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with external organisations and partner agencies to support student needs and wellbeing.
About You
- Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification or relevant experience
- Strong communication skills, empathy and the confidence to work with students from a wide range of backgrounds, including those who are underrepresented in higher education.
- Comfortable managing a caseload, building trust, and offering practical and emotional support.
- Your approach will be flexible, studentcentred and grounded in equality, inclusion and safeguarding.
- Enjoy problemsolving, collaborating with colleagues, and using data and feedback to improve services.
- If you have lived experience that informs your understanding of wellbeing, or the challenges students face, we value that deeply and encourage you to apply.
Benefits
The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:
Annual leave:
Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidays
Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays
Pension schemes with generous employer contributions:
Teachers Pension Scheme
Local Government Pension Scheme
Peoples Pension Scheme
CPD opportunities:
Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.
Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).
Travel and commuting:Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
Flexible and hybrid working opportunities:Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.
About UsLuminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to peoples lives through genuinely transformative education and training.We offer a wide range of job vacancies across our business support functions-Finance, Human Resources, ITSS,Marketing, Communications, Executive Support, Estatesand Food Services. Our large size and diverse range of member organisations means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.As an education provider, we are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our workforce, and youll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow.Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.Luminate Education Group consists of; Harrogate College (HC), Keighley College (KC), Leeds City College (LCC), Leeds Conservatoire (LC), University Centre Leeds, Leeds Sixth Form College and Yorkshire Centre for Training & Development.SAFEGUARDINGAt Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIONWe recognise, value and champion diversity & Inclusion. As we engage with a diverse student population we want to ensure we reflect that in our staff population too. For us diversity is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. It is important to us that both staff and students achieve their full potential. Diversity is important to us, but inclusion is equally, if not more important. Its not just about having the representation but also providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyones contributions and perspectives.RECRUITMENT AGENCIESWe kindly request that recruitment agencies do not forward anyunsolicited CVsin relation to any of our advertised roles or speculatively. If we require support with any of our vacancies we will get in touch with agencies directly.
- We do not recognise submissions of unsolicited or speculative CV applications from recruitment agencies.
- We shall not be liable for any fee / commission in the event we employ a candidate that may have been submitted as an unsolicited/speculative application from an uninstructed recruitment agency.
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