Student Voice Facilitator
Student Futures aims to improve student experiences in key areas across the next three years. These areas include improving core processes and systems for education delivery; ensuring the university is able to provide proactive and personalised support for student wellbeing; and delivering a distinct, valuable extraand co-curricular student experience.
At times, the post-holder will also be required to support other King’s Transformation Office programmes, such as Campus Futures, which is overseeing the development of King’s campus spaces and facilities in the next few years. This role is funded for the next three years, the planned timeline of the Student Futures portfolio.
Responsibilities include:
FACILITATING QUALITY REPRESENTATION PRACTICES:
Facilitate representation practices within Student Futures, both in person and online, in line with KCLSU’s Student Voice Partnership Agreement and Student Voice Design Framework; Lead on development of innovative facilitation methods to foster collaborative, productive spaces for student participation that are fit to respond to the issue at hand; Create toolkits, guidance, and other training materials to support the facilitation skills development across KCLSU and King’s; Develop and deliver training on facilitation skills for KCLSU and King’s colleagues.
SERVICE DEVELOPMENT:
Work with Student Voice colleagues to expand the capacity and reach of the team across King’s; Support the development and delivery of an evaluation process for the facilitation of student voice within projects or service areas, ensuring monitoring requirements are met in order to demonstrate impact and track progress over time; Represent KCLSU’s Student Voice team and promote the Student Voice Design Framework to King’s colleagues and other relevant stakeholders; Create and deliver training, guidance, and on-going support for Student Officers and other student representatives on facilitation, student voice, and related areas, equipping students with the knowledge and skills that enable them to thrive in their role and feel empowered to grow as community leaders.
A successful candidate will have:
KNOWLEDGE:
Strong knowledge of facilitation approaches and techniques, and their application in various situationsUnderstanding of the ways in which social inequalities and lived experiences may impact participation
(Desired) Awareness of current issues affecting students in the higher education sector
(Desired) Understanding of representation systems and practices
EXPERIENCE:
Experience of facilitating research participation, service user engagement, public engagement, membership engagement, and/or other forms of feedback and participation exercisesExperience of working or volunteering in the education, public, and/or voluntary sectors
Experience of working in successful partnership with a range of stakeholders
(Desired) Experience of working with young people, students, or similar
(Desired) Experience/involvement working with a membership organisation as an employee, representative, or trustee
(Desired) Experience of delivering training to a professional audience
The list above is not exhaustive. For further details, please review our Job Pack
Our values
You will see on our Job Pack that we are a equal opportunities employer and we live by our 4 main values: Inclusive, Collaborative, Open and Brave. KCLSU is a fun, social and flexible work environment which offers opportunities for development as well as great staff benefits.
Benefits of Working for KCLSU include:
Hybrid Working Policy Pension ContributionInterest Free Season Ticket Loan & Computer Loan
Cycle to work Scheme
Enhanced Sick Pay
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
Eye Tests & single focal glasses allowance
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and university closure days
Discounts at KCLSU venues
£30 wellbeing allowance per term
Employee Assistance Programme
"No meeting Friday" ethos
Death in Service
At KCLSU Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are at the heart of everything we do and we endeavor to ensure equal treatment of all candidates. We welcome a diverse range of applicants and are open to discussing flexibility with the right candidate.Reasonable adjustments will be made for candidates with disabilities at all stages of the recruitment and selection process, and to ensure that a successful candidate with a disability can undertake the post.
Eligibility
To be eligible to apply for this role you must:
Be eligible to work in the UK, and provide proof of this (i.e. a passport/visa) when asked by KCLSU. Please note that KCLSU is unable to offer visa sponsorship.Have a National Insurance number, or be in the process of applying for one
Not be a trustee of King’s College London Students’ Union