Residence Supervisor

Vita Student; Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holidays

Perkbox

Royal London Pension

Parties & Events

Recognition Programmes

Career Development

24/7 Employee Assistance

Job summary

Vita Student in Exeter is seeking a driven Residence Supervisor to lead daily operations, ensuring a safe, welcoming environment for students and guests. You will support management, customer service, maintenance and housekeeping to uphold Vita’s luxury standards.

The role requires flexible availability, weekend work and varied shifts from early mornings to evenings. A proactive, tech‑savvy approach and strong people skills are essential to deliver premium resident service.

Qualifications

• An experienced customer service professional, well-versed in delivering premium experiences to residents & guests.
• Experience supporting, mentoring, guiding and coordinating colleagues in a Supervisory/Team Leadership role.
• Hands-on, proactive approach to maintaining cleanliness and safety of communal areas.
• Technologically astute with familiarity of systems and software used in property management.

Responsibilities

• Supervise team members with operational duties, providing feedback and reporting performance to management.
• Motivate, coach and mentor team members to exceed goals and create a positive working environment during shifts.
• Deliver first class service and maintain Vita Student standards at all times.
• Maintain strong knowledge of Vita Student products and services to inform and assist team members.
• Train new team members in standards, service and operational duties to ensure brand delivery.
• Build relationships with residents to foster a strong Vita Student community.
• Audit operations and suggest improvements to management.
• Collaborate with management to set and evaluate operations, logistics, projects and strategic goals.

Skills

Customer service

Team leadership

Mentoring

Tech savvy

Job description

Residence Supervisor, Exeter

Salary: £28,500 plus 10% performance related bonus and generous benefits (please see below).

Contract: Permanent, full-time. A minimum commitment of 42.5 hours per week

Required Days of Work: Varied each week including weekends. flexibility is required throughout the week

Working Hours: Between 6am-10pm. Varied shift patterns. Full flexibility required

Overtime: We offer overtime opportunities to support both planned and unplanned shift cover. These additional hours help us maintain the exceptional service and support our residents expect.

Vita Student's next-level apartment design offers a variety of studios to suit our students lives with the privacy of living alone or the laughter of living together. We offer style, luxury & comfort to our residents, surrounded by premium amenities and a vibrant city life. We are seeking a dynamic and organised Residence Supervisor to support with the day-to-day operations of our residential property, ensuring a safe, welcoming environment for all students and their guests.

Our Residence Supervisor’s

Play a critical role within the day-to-day operations of Vita Student. The position provides daily support to our management team, customer service team, maintenance operations and housekeeping; ensuring the building, its services, amenities and colleagues are working together to achieve the high standards the Vita brand prides itself on.

• Supervise team members with operational duties, providing feedback where necessary and reporting team performance to management.
• Motivate, coach and mentor team members to exceed goals and create a positive working environment during shifts.
• Create an atmosphere centred on delivering first class service.
• Maintain strong knowledge of company products and services, offering support and information to team members.
• Train new team members in company standards, customer service and operational duties ensuring brand delivery at all times.
• Connect with customers and develop strong relationships to encourage a strong Vita Student community.
• Audit and oversee, operational practices and makes suggestions for improvements to the management team.
• Work with the management team to set, evaluate, operations, logistics, projects and overall strategic goals.

Who we want to join our team

Vita Student delivers a luxury, all-encompassing residential experience to our students. Our aim is to guarantee the best customer service to all residents 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. As this is a supervisory role, we are looking for someone who has experience of supporting colleagues across multi-functioning teams, providing support and guidance where required.

Professional Experience

• An experienced customer service professional, well-versed in delivering premium experiences to residents & guests.
• Whilst we aren’t necessarily looking for an experienced manager, we are looking for someone who has played a key role in supporting, mentoring, guiding and coordinating colleagues in a Supervisory / Team Leadership role.
• We’re not looking for professional cleaners, but need people who can demonstrate a hands‑on, proactive approach to maintaining the cleanliness and safety of communal areas.
• Our operations run seamlessly with the support of a variety of technology systems and software; our Residence Supervisors must be technologically astute.

Personal Characteristics

• You must be a strong team player with a passion for working with people and customers
• Have excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• Possess high personal standards and attention to detail
• Be highly self-motivated and flexible

We’re looking for vibrant and enthusiastic people to join our wonderful team here at Vita Student. We only recruit the best of the best who pride themselves on making our resident’s experience premium & luxurious.

Why work for us…….

Our employees have the pride of working at our luxury properties, which offer the highest standard of resident accommodation across the UK. We reward the commitment and dedication of our people by providing the following benefits:

Holidays – Holidays are paid on a pro-rata basis which is reflective of hours worked. Supervisors will receive 28days paid holiday including England & Wales Bank Holidays, pro‑ratio.

Perkbox – All employees are given access to a Perkbox account, enabling them to choose lifestyle perks that matter by giving points to spend on a wide range of products, services & experiences, such as; cinema tickets, supermarket savings, discounted days out, a daily coffee or a summer holiday – there’s something to suit everyone!

Royal London Pension – We care about our people and their future. Vita Group contribute a financial value of 3% of salary to your pension pot in addition to 5% employee contribution to help prepare for the future.

Parties & Events – We expect high standards from our people and like to reward demanding work by hosting parties and events each year, encouraging colleagues to let their hair down, have a great time and celebrate success together.

Recognition Programmes – We recognise and celebrate our people via numerous recognition schemes, such as employee of the month vouchers, community champion, experience awards, golden buzzer awards, work anniversaries etc.

Career Development – Whether your Vita career is a medium or long-term venture; we onboard all employees by means of a thorough induction and learning & development programme, delivering professional progression via our Bronze, Silver, Gold & Platinum training & recognition schemes.

24/7 Employee Assistance – The wellbeing of our colleagues is of vital importance to Vita Group. All employees have access to a confidential service; offering support and guidance for personal or work‑related issues that may be impacting wellbeing.

Important

All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory pre‑employment checks which will include Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer Right to Work Sponsorship. Therefore, if you do require a company to sponsor your Right to Work in the UK, we will not be able to progress your application further.