Senior Student Success Tutor (CCCU) - Leeds

GBS Global Applied Knowledge; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A higher education provider in Leeds is seeking a Senior Student Success Tutor to manage a team dedicated to ensuring high-quality student services. The role involves overseeing student support functions, responding to concerns, and collaborating with faculty. The ideal candidate has a strong focus on service delivery, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work flexibly. Benefits include 25 days of annual leave and a performance bonus.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Flexible Benefits

Discretionary annual performance bonus

Qualifications

• Experience of directing and overseeing academic student support functions.
• Ability to supervise sensitive and personal information with tact.
• Evidence of a professional approach in a student-focused service.

Responsibilities

• Line manage SSTs to support student success.
• Ensure SSTs are scheduled for appropriate support sessions.
• Respond to complex student concerns in a timely manner.

Skills

Service delivery focus

Proficiency in MS Office

Supervisory skills

Organizational skills

Job description

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Client:

GBS Global Applied Knowledge

Location:

Leeds, United Kingdom

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Posted:

01.08.2025

Expiry Date:

15.09.2025

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Job Description:

Department: Student Support

About Us: GBS is a higher education provider offering a range of sector-relevant courses across ten campuses in London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester. Working in partnership with several of the UK’s leading higher education providers, we deliver vocational, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in finance, accounting, business, construction, tourism, healthcare – and more.

Our Vision: Changing Lives through Education

The Role: Senior Student Success Tutors (SSSTs) directly manage Student Success Tutors (SSTs) and ensure high quality delivery of timely student services across academic levels. To ensure that SST provide the highest levels of pastoral, learning and IT support to students, inside and outside of the classroom.

Location

Leeds

Appointment Type

Permanent

Department

Student Support

Full-Time/Part-Time

Full-time

Hours

40

Competitive

Entity

GBS UK

Ref No

5168

Main Responsibilities

About the role:

• To line manage SST’s in their duties to support student success
• Collaborate with the Faculty Manager to ensure SSTs are scheduled for the appropriate ratio of in-class support sessions and individual Moodle appointments
• Timely completion of complex team queries, such as assessment submissions, action logs, withdrawals and authorised absences
• Collaborating with the Associate Dean – Student Success who has dotted line management (direct or indirect), to support and advance student success initiatives
• Respond to complex student concerns in timely manner and check shared data and live trackers are updated and accurate
• To collaborate with GBS colleagues on workshops, events, career fairs, and other student events, to enhance the student experience

Requirements

About You:

• Experience of directing and overseeing academic student support functions and coaching with a strong sense of service delivery and a customer/student focused approach
• Proficiency in MS Office applications such as Excel, Word, Outlook Mail. Experience of working in a widening participation environment
• Ability to work independently and supervise as part of a team. Effective supervisory and people skills (active listening, excellent written & verbal communication and line management skills) with remarkable organisational and conflict management skills
• Ability to supervise the handling of sensitive and personal information with tact and confidentiality and use initiative and judgement to resolve line management matters. Maintain working relationships with appropriate boundaries
• Ability to be flexible to work days, evenings and weekends as required.
• Evidence of a professional approach in a student or customer focused service
• Be committed to working as part of a team, be responsive to changing student and business needs
• Evidence of a proactive outlook to work in an agile environment, and work under pressure to meet deadlines

Other Information

What we offer:

• 25 days annual leave, plus 8 public holidays
• 1-day extra leave per year of service, up to a maximum of 5 days
• Flexible Benefits: Cycle to Work, Workplace Nursery, Techscheme and much more
• Reward and recognition programme
• £500 award employee referral scheme
• Discretionary annual performance bonus

“GBS has been a good place for professional growth. I have received great support from managers and colleagues who have encouraged me to develop new skills and take on more senior roles. Their mentorship has been invaluable to help me advance in my career.”

GBS is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and providing a workplace free from discrimination or harassment. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities. We take our core values seriously and work hard to create an environment where everyone feels welcomed.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship!