Team Leader - Student Hub in London

The Team Leader – Student Hub is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the Student Hub, ensuring the delivery of high-quality customer service and support to students. This role provides leadership to the Student Hub Advisors, coordinates workflows, and ensures that student queries are managed efficiently and consistently. The Team Leader acts as a key link between students, academic administration, and wider support services, driving service excellence and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Supervision

• Manage and support a team of Student Support Officers, providing guidance, coaching, and performance feedback.

• Allocate tasks and monitor workloads to ensure timely resolution of student queries.

• Foster a positive, collaborative, and student-focused team culture.

Student Support & Service Delivery

• Oversee the handling of student enquiries across multiple channels (in-person, phone, email).

• Ensure accurate and consistent advice is provided on campus services.

• Escalate complex issues to appropriate departments and ensure follow-up.

Operational Management

• Monitor service performance against agreed KPIs (response times, resolution rates, satisfaction scores).

• Maintain accurate records of student interactions in line with data protection standards.

• Produce regular reports on service delivery, trends, and areas for improvement.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to enhance processes, systems, and student experience.

• Lead initiatives to embed student voice in service innovation and operational delivery.

• Support the implementation of new technologies and service models

Collaboration & Communication

• Act as a liaison between the Student Hub, academic departments, and professional services.

• Contribute to cross-departmental projects and committees.

• Communicate service updates and changes clearly to staff and students

About You

Knowledge & Skills

• An ability to work independently and in a team

• An ability to problem-solve and work from your own initiative

• An ability to give and take instruction

• An ability to analyse qualitative and quantitative data and present this in an appropriate manner

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• High levels of IT literacy and competency with student management systems and Canvas

• Knowledge of events management within higher education

• Awareness of health and safety regulations for events

Experience

Essential:

• Experience of working with students as partners to provide services or activities

• Experience of working with external stakeholders

• Proven experience in student experience, student services, or campus operations within HE or FE.

• Strong understanding of student representation structures and feedback mechanisms.

• Excellent communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and lead cross-functional initiatives.

• Knowledge of safeguarding, Prevent, and data protection regulations.

Desirable:

• An ability to nurture inter-departmental relationships to complete collaborative projects

• Experience with nurturing new relationships with external parties to deliver events

• Calendar management

What we offer

• Competitive salary

• 20 days annual leave

• Pension 5% personal contribution & 3% Company contribution

• Season Ticket Loan (T&C's apply)

• Vision Express Eye Care Vouchers

• Training & Development opportunities (T&C's apply)

• Staff Discount Scheme – via My Rewards Hub, from various retailers – Fashion, Grocery, Health & Beauty, Travel, Automotive, Furniture, Dining, Sports and Leisure, Electronics etc

• Refer a friend scheme for staff members (T&Cs apply).

• Social events on campus and through GUS Social Committee "GOSH - GUS on Staff Happiness".

• Professional development opportunities, including training and career progression pathways.

• Employee wellbeing programmes and access to counselling services.

Why Join Us?

• Make a meaningful impact on students’ academic success, confidence and career progression.

• Be part of a collaborative, diverse community that values creativity, innovation and inclusion.

• Access professional development, training, and career progression opportunities.

• Help shape the future of contemporary arts education in London.

If you are passionate about supporting students to achieve their full potential, we would love to hear from you.

Our Approach

We are committed to ensuring our workforce is reflective of our diverse student population, striving to increase the representation of age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation, and socio-economic background of our employees.

We’re also committed to providing adjustments to those who may require support with the recruitment process - please contact the LCCA Talent Acquisition Team collegedivisionrecruitment@gus.global

Please note: For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licenced sponsor.