Student Welfare Officer
Salary
£3,965 per annum
Hours of work
6-hour week
Length of contract
12 Months (Initially)
Hours
Fixed-Term Contract
Application deadline
27 July 2026 (noon)
Benefits include priority access to College accommodation and weekly meal allowance.
Wolfson College wishes to appoint up to three Student Welfare Officers to join our Welfare Team. The posts are available from 1 October 2026 and are offered as fixed-term contracts until 30 September 2027, but may be extended through the 2027/28 academic year by mutual agreement.
The Welfare Team at Wolfson College currently comprises the Senior Tutor & Dean of Welfare, Academic Registrar, Student Support and Engagement Officer, College Nurse, and four Student Welfare Officers. There is also a team of student Peer Supporter volunteers. Several of our valued Student Welfare Officers are moving on, and so we are looking for suitable candidates to continue offering excellent welfare and wellbeing support to our student community.
The role of our Student Welfare Officers is to represent the interests of all students in welfare-related matters, organise student welfare activities and wellbeing events, and to be a point of contact for all students providing listening and signposting services.
Ideal candidates will have experience of dealing effectively and responsibly with students or young people, have excellent inter-personal, communication, and listening skills, and experience in creating and running wellbeing events.
To further strengthen the Welfare Team and our ability to offer support to our diverse community, we welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all cultural backgrounds, gender identities, and personal circumstances.
For further details and information on how to apply please read the further particulars of the job.
Closing date: Monday 27 July 2026 (noon)
Interview dates: Week commencing 24 August 2026
Wolfson College is committed to equality of opportunity and values the diversity of its workforce, students, and wider community. We warmly welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We would appreciate it if you could complete and return a recruitment monitoring form. This form does not constitute part of the recruitment and selection process.