Student Adviser (Maternity Cover)
Full Time, Fixed Term Contract (August 26 to May 27)
£28,778 per year (pro-rata)

We are seeking a dedicated and student-focused Student Adviser to join our Advice Centre team. This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the student experience by providing high-quality advice, guidance, advocacy, and wellbeing support to GCU students throughout their academic journey.

The successful candidate will work closely with students facing a range of academic and personal challenges, helping them identify solutions and access appropriate support services. You will also play a key role in promoting student wellbeing initiatives.

You will be passionate about supporting students and confident managing sensitive situations with professionalism and empathy. Applicants must have experience in delivering advice work, advocacy or support work and have a positive approach, be highly motivated, possess good interpersonal skills, have a can-do attitude and enjoy working in a busy environment.

We are interested in capable employees of any age and welcome applications from people from a range of backgrounds. We want to foster a diverse and inclusive working environment.

Employees receive 46 days annual leave (that includes bank holidays) per year and we have other enhanced benefits and policies to support employee wellbeing and care responsibilities. This includes our offices closing over the Christmas period. You may choose to opt into the Flexi-Time Policy and work from home at least one day per week.

Read our Mission, Vision and Values, Governance and Democracy Structure and Competency Framework to better understand us, the behaviours we seek and how we operate as a student-led organisation.

To apply please submit your Application Form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form (available above) to hello@GCUstudents.co.uk by Monday 13th July 2026 at 12noon. The anticipated interview date is Tuesday 21st July 2026 on the Glasgow Campus.

Student Adviser Job Description

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Use of AI

We recognise that candidates may choose to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to assist with preparing job applications and interview materials. Limited use of AI for support purposes, such as improving grammar, formatting documents, conducting research, or preparing for interviews, is generally acceptable. We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and acknowledge that some candidates may use AI tools as a reasonable adjustment for a disability.

However, candidates are expected to ensure that all information submitted during the recruitment process accurately reflects their own skills, qualifications, experience, and work. Any application materials, assessments, interview responses, presentations, or work samples must represent the candidate's own knowledge, abilities, and achievements.

By participating in our recruitment process, candidates confirm that any use of AI has been appropriate, transparent where required, and consistent with the expectations outlined above. Where inappropriate use of AI is identified, this may result in a candidate's application being withdrawn from consideration.

Our goal is to ensure a fair and equitable recruitment process in which all candidates are assessed on their genuine skills, experience, critical thinking and potential.

Interviews

We conduct Competency-based interviews. Competency-based interviews use questions which aim to find out how you have used specific skills in your previous experience and how you approach problems, tasks, and challenges. These interviews aim to uncover your past performance by asking open-ended questions (e.g., Tell us about a time...). Each question helps the interviewer learn about your past performance in a key skill area critical to success in the position for which you are interviewing.

A useful way to prepare for this style of questioning is to use the STAR technique. The STAR technique is a way to frame answers to each question in an organized manner that will give the interviewer the most information about your past experience. As you prepare to answer each question, consider answering the following components:

Enterprise Rent-A-Car has a useful guide to Competency-Based Interviews on its website.