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Student Experience Manager

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Do you have a passion for leading teams delivering exceptional customer service, and value and show concern for others? If you are looking for a new and exciting opportunity in a company that will support and encourage you to develop your career, then we have room for you!

We are Unite Students, a progressive FTSE 100 company, and the leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation in the UK. We are looking for talented people leaders with great potential to join us as Student Experience Managers and help us build a world-class operation that exceeds the expectations of our customers whilst leading your own team to success.

You will manage a cluster of buildings and be responsible for the delivery of the regional operational, commercial and people strategies at a property level. You will support the General Manager to deliver improved service, safety, and sales performance, effectively manage your budget and costs, and create an inclusive environment where both our students and our people can thrive.

You will be able to:

• Articulate and advocate the organisations vision and strategic plans to your team to help deliver change
• Adapt your style to inspire, engage, and motivate your team in varying situations
• Apply a consistent set of practices to identify team performance and gaps, build core competencies and improve overall employee performance
• Manage your own and your team`s workload and pressure, and adapt to evolving situations by seeking alternative approaches
• Adjust current working processes and generate new ideas in response to transformational changes and demands
• Build a network and collaborate with cross functional teams with diverse expertise and capabilities
• Champion diversity and inclusion and build solutions based on unique contributions from colleagues from various backgrounds
• Reflect on your own capabilities and behaviours, participate in development activities, and use feedback to support your performance and development

What You`ll Get in Return

• A discretionary annual bonus so you can share in the company`s success
• 25 days` paid holiday and an annual holiday buying scheme, with 5 additional days awarded for long service
• A generous pension scheme - employer contributions between 5% and 11% depending on how much you save
• Various benefits to support your health and wellbeing including a Healthcare Cash Plan, an Employee Assistance Programme, a Wellbeing platform and a Gym benefit that you can share with your family and friends
• Enhanced Family Leave including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents
• Lots of other great benefits including an annual ShareSave scheme, Employee Life Assurance, a discounts portal and more!

About Unite Students

Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100 business and the UK`s largest provider of purpose-built student accommodation. You can find us in 23 leading university towns and cities, with over 70,000 students calling US home! We are driven by our values, culture, and a commitment to develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas.

Instinctive inclusion. We know that to create and maintain a happy healthy organisation, we have to work hard to ensure inclusion isn`t just what we do but who we are.

People make Unite Students. Employees, students, and neighbours all contribute to building environments where we can all thrive.

Room for Everyone

We`re proud to be an employer that embraces individuality, and we`re passionate about building inclusive teams. We focus on creating a collaborative culture where you can be you, where your voice is heard, and where you can truly belong. We take great pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and are constantly striving to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities and professional pathways for our people. Building a home for success, for both our employees and students, requires exceptional people with a passion for creating room for everyone, doing what`s right, keeping US safe, and raising the bar. Join us as we build better experiences for students that live with us.

We are US.

As part of our commitment to safeguarding our students, all new employees in this position will be required to undertake a basic criminal record check prior to commencing employment. The cost of this check will be incurred by Unite Students. Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory criminal record check result.

If this position sounds exciting to you, we would love to receive your application!