Overview
ResLife Community Support Coordinator (KD13079) – Bath, BA2 7AY
About the role
Are you passionate about building inclusive, supportive, and engaging student communities? Do you want to make a meaningful impact on students’ lives by promoting wellbeing, diversity, and a sense of belonging?
At the University of Bath, our ResLife team is seeking a dedicated Community Support Coordinator to help create a safe, welcoming, and enriching residential experience for our diverse student population.
In this role, you’ll support students with additional accommodation needs, contribute to wellbeing initiatives, and work closely with a collaborative team focused on inclusion and community cohesion. You’ll also play a key part in housemate support, meeting with resident students, offering guidance, and helping to resolve disputes to ensure a positive living environment for all.
About you
You will be responsible for a variety of key duties including:
- Student Wellbeing & Inclusion: Supporting students with diverse needs, including mental health, neurodiversity, and complex personal circumstances while fostering a safe, inclusive, and respectful residential environment.
- Operational & Administrative Support: Managing conflict resolution, data records, accommodation applications, and communications, especially for students with additional requirements or transitioning to private housing.
- Cross-Team Collaboration & Continuity: Liaising with internal departments such as Student Support and Security, contributing to safeguarding efforts, and ensuring continuity of service in the absence of the Community Support Manager.
Further information
This role is offered on a full time (36.5 hours per week) permanent basis.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Leona Smith on Ls2785@bath.ac.uk ; however please ensure that you submit your application through the university website.
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
We’re very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
What we can offer you:
We’re continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:
- Free counselling services through Health Assured
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Staff discount at Team Bath gym
- Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
- Staff discount on language courses
- Generous employer contributory pension schemes
- Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
- A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
- Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
- Local discounts and more
- A family-friendly workplace
- An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- Relocation allowance
- Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn.
Closing Date: 19 Oct 2025
Department: Management, Specialist and Administration
Salary: £26,707 to £30,378
