The University has made significant investment within its support for students who have experienced Hate crime, sexual violence and domestic abuse in recent years and is fully committed to the safety of its students and the continuous improvement of its services. The core function of the Respect, Culture and Behaviours team is to provide appropriate support / signposting and intervention for students experiencing a range of issues including, hate crime, sexual violence, domestic abuse, bullying and harassment.

A BIT ABOUT THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE TEAM…

Student experience is at the heart of everything we do. We engage with our students in a creative customer led, flexible and innovative way, whilst anticipating and responding to the needs of our diverse community. Our Student Experience Team is a high-performing team which has consistently innovated over the years to ensure our model provides an excellent service to students.

SO WHAT WILL THE ROLE INVOLVE?

• Lead on and be a specialist in cases around Hate Crime and provide robust Sexual Violence casework support to colleagues in the team. Also be a point of contact for colleagues who need advice in this area.
• Be the go-to person for our diverse student community and support students through a range of issues, particularly hate crime, sexual violence, domestic abuse, harassment and stalking.
• Promote a message of no tolerance to hate, bullying and harassment or sexual violence of any kind to the wider university community including Student Union.
• Help to create policy and guidance that reflects this message.
• Work with external and internal partners, to develop improved ways of working together.
• Contribute to our thinking and be challenging on how Salford can transform the way it addresses equity disparities, embraces diversity and becomes more inclusive.
  The role requires interaction with students from different cultural backgrounds and with that in mind, it is important that you have experience of working with diverse backgrounds whether that is through your previous work history or in your personal life.
  Please contact Anna Jenson at report-it@salford.ac.uk for an informal discussion.