Student Success Development Officer

Do you have experience of development work and a genuine interest in contributing to the improvement in our students’ sense of belonging, continuation and academic attainment? If so, and you excel in analysing information, writing reports and presenting information in a persuasive and concise manner, we would love to hear from you.

Student Success Development Officers provide specialist operational support to the Student Success Team, as part of the Student Life Directorate, contributing to the University’s Access & Participation Plan (APP) and broad Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) agenda. 

The role holder will lead and embed social and educational initiatives across academic schools, resulting in improvements to undergraduate students’ sense of belonging, continuation, completion and academic attainment, with a specific focus on improving outcomes for students from minoritised groups.

Please note that there are both fixed term for 12 months, 6 months and ongoing contracts for this post. Please indicate your preference within the application form.

As Student Success Development Officer you can expect to be involved in:

Developing, delivering and evaluating initiatives to promote a stronger sense of belonging, and to optimise engagement and academic outcomes for students across the universityFacilitating discussions on sensitive equality issues, such as race, discrimination and bias across the university in collaboration with staff in the Directorate and academic schools, to promote inclusive practices.Supporting the effective monitoring and evaluation of initiatives and make recommendations for development to achieve maximum impact.

What will you bring to the role?

Educated to first degree or equivalent professional experienceExtensive experience of working in a similar role in a research and/or administrative capacityExtensive experience of development work contributing to short and long term projectsExperience of analysing and collating data and competently summarising confidential and sensitive information

For more information about what you can look forward to if you join us, visit our dedicated webpage: Working at Kent

We are ambitious for our people, our communities and the region we serve – join us in making the world a better place. Visit our website for more on who we are: http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/

Please see the links below to view the full job description and to apply for this post. For further information regarding the application process, please contact [email protected] quoting reference number SL-013-25

Closing Date: 11 Feb 2026

Section: Administrative

Salary: £31,637 to £35,116 per annum pro rata