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Job Description
Student Budgetary Advisor sought to provide comprehensive support to students at Maynooth University, delivering a holistic advisory service on academic, personal, and financial issues.
The successful candidate will work closely with the Student Support team to deliver a student advisory service, providing one-to-one and/or group support on academic, personal, and financial issues, and referring and signposting students to other internal and external services.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing expert, holistic advice and support to current students to support engagement, retention, and success
- Managing a caseload of students, coordinating and monitoring support, and developing referral, advocacy, and sign-posting relationships
- Liaising internally across core organisational functions to provide advice and support to staff on student needs
- Contributing to the management and monitoring of financial resources, including the Student Assistance Fund and the Student Emergency Fund
- Monitoring, evaluating, and reporting on student supports and outcomes
- Developing and facilitating collaborative working relationships across Maynooth University and with external partners
- Maintaining up-to-date knowledge on best practice in support services to students in the third level educational setting
The ideal candidate will have:
- A primary degree in a related discipline
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate well with students, staff, senior management, and academics
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including collaboration, advocacy, and empathy
- Outstanding administrative and organisational skills, including evidence of managing complex workloads
- Proven experience working with key stakeholders across a large organisation
- Demonstrated knowledge of challenges facing students and staff in the higher education sector
- Proven attention to detail and accuracy in all outputs
- Excellent IT skills, including MS suite, email, VLE, web maintenance, and editing
Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employer.