Student Wellbeing Training and Development Lead

Job description

The University Counselling and Wellbeing Service (Student Support) is a dynamic, high-demand service driven by our mission to support and empower students in fulfilling their academic and personal potential. We are at an exciting stage of the service's development. Following a transformative Student Mental Health and Wellbeing Plan (2022-2025) at the Collegiate University, we are recruiting to a number of roles to support our service's work and objectives under a new Student Support strategic plan (2026-2029). As part of an integrated Student Support Department, we work in partnership with the Mental Health Advice Service, the Harassment and Violence Support Service, and the Accessibility and Disability Resource to offer students joined-up support. These services contribute to a wider stepped care approach at Collegiate Cambridge, working in partnership with College Health and Wellbeing teams who support students in their College community. We are seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate to the role of Student Wellbeing Training and Development Lead. The successful candidate will drive forward an ambitious programme of highly contextualised training for staff at the Collegiate University drawing on considerable expertise and specialist knowledge of student mental health contexts. This exciting role also includes practitioner and direct student-facing work as a Psychological Wellbeing Adviser, and working closely with the Head of Counselling and Wellbeing to support the delivery of an agreed portfolio of strategic project work.
The role holder will actively engage with regular clinical supervision, service meetings and maintain appropriate standards of continuing professional development as part of the service's commitment to the highest standards of professional development, ethical practice and quality assurance. Please note that this post requires a professional who can demonstrate appropriate qualifications, training and experience in delivering psychological wellbeing support within an organisational context, alongside demonstrable experience in delivering mental health-related training and complex, multi-stakeholder projects. Applications which are unable to demonstrate these essential requirements for the post will not be progressed.

Additional notes:

Please see the Further Particulars role brochure on this page for full details on the role.

We particularly encourage candidates from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background to apply for this vacancy as they are currently under-represented at this level within our University.

Benefits of working at the University of Cambridge include:

Competitive rates of pay with automatic service-related pay progression and annual cost of living increases;

Generous annual leave allowance;

Flexible and hybrid working opportunities;

Generous maternity, adoption and shared parental leave entitlement and other family friendly schemes (e.g. workplace nurseries);

An auto-enrolment pension scheme, with a generous employer contribution;

Travel benefits and retail discounts at over 2,000 local and national stores;

Schemes to support with relocation / the provision of accommodation

If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact: [email protected] .

The closing date for applications is: Friday 16th October 2026

The interview date for the post is: Friday 30th October 2026

We welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for part-time working or other flexible working arrangements.

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If you have any queries regarding the application process please contact [email protected]

Please quote reference AW50967 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.