Residential Adviser - Internal Only

University of Brighton; Brighton; On-site; GBP 2,600 - 2,800; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free staff accommodation

Annual stipend £2,743

Job summary

University of Brighton seeks a Staff Residential Adviser to provide pastoral support for students in halls of residence. You will live on campus and join a rota to provide overnight on-call cover, supporting welfare concerns and helping students settle into university life.

You will signpost to university services, resolve accommodation difficulties, and work with the Residential Wellbeing Team to build a strong on-campus community.

Qualifications

• Substantive position at the University of Brighton is required.
• Willing to live on campus and take part in overnight on-call rota.

Responsibilities

• Provide first-line response to student welfare concerns and critical incidents.
• Support students who are homesick or settling into university life.
• Signpost students to appropriate university support services.
• Help resolve difficulties in accommodation and community living.
• Collaborate with Residential Wellbeing Team to foster belonging in halls.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Calm under pressure

Pastoral support

Job description

Student Operations and Support

Location: Brighton - City Campus and Falmer Salary: Annual Allowance of £2743 Closing Date: Sunday 18 October 2026 Reference: REASAD-26-178

We are offering a unique opportunity to live and work on campus supporting students in our university accommodation

As a Staff Residential Adviser, you will be part of a team providing pastoral support and guidance to students living in halls of residence. Residential Wellbeing is the support network for students in university accommodation and sits within the wider Student Wellbeing Team. Together, we support around 2500 students living across our campuses in Brighton.

This is a unique role for an existing member of university staff. Alongside your full-time role, you'll live in one of the halls of residence and join a rota with five other Residential Advisers to provide overnight on-call cover from 7.30pm to 7.30am, including weekends and bank holidays and closure periods.

Eligibility

The Staff Residential Adviser role is a secondary role undertaken alongside your primary University employment. It is a condition of the Residential Adviser agreement that you are employed in a substantive position at the University of Brighton. If you leave your substantive post, you will unfortunately no longer be eligible to be a Residential Adviser.

Key Aspects Of The Role Include

• Providing a first-line response to student welfare concerns and critical incidents
• Supporting students who are homesick or struggling to settle into university life
• Signposting students to appropriate university support services
• Helping resolve difficulties students may experience in their accommodation
• Working with the Residential Wellbeing Team to build a sense of community and belonging in halls

We are looking for someone who enjoys working directly with students and is committed to supporting them during their university experience. As the role involves out-of-hours work and occasionally responding to challenging situations, you will need to remain calm, think clearly, and make sound decisions when needed.

You should be adaptable, approachable, and have strong communication and interpersonal skills. You must also be willing to live on campus and take part in the overnight on-call rota, including some weekends and bank holidays.

In return, you will be provided with free staff accommodation in halls of residence and an annual stipend (currently £2743 per year)

Further Details

Job Description

The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non-belief), sex and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community. We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under-represented by Minority Ethnic staff.

For the vast majority of our roles we operate an agile working system, with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.

Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.