Student Support Officer (m / w / d)

Salary: €36,000 per annum

Employment type: 12 month Fixed Term Contract

Hours per week: 37

Reporting into: Team Leader

Department: Student Experience

This role will be based full time from our Berlin campus.

About Arden University:

We are an aspirational and multi-award-winning university, delivering rapid growth with ambitious plans to disrupt the HE sector through our passion for innovation and digital education. Our vision is to become the first-choice university for career-focused lifelong learners worldwide, ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access higher education.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines, forge worldwide partnerships, and expand our locations.

About our Department:

Our Student Hub Advisors sit within our Student Experience team who are crucial to providing pastoral support and career advice to students to maintain student welfare. This includes providing the best experience and guidance from application, admission, through to graduation.

About the Role:

As a Student Support Officer, you’ll be the first point of contact for our diverse student body, providing support across various communication channels including in-person, phone, email, live chat, and messenger. Your excellent customer care skills will help you listen attentively to student needs, offering tailored solutions that enhance their university experience. We expect you to consistently exceed expectations, delivering a personal, friendly, and approachable service that truly makes a difference.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary contact for student enquiries and support.
• Communicate effectively via phone, email, live chat, messenger, and in-person.
• Provide innovative and customised solutions to student issues.
• Ensure a high standard of customer care by going above and beyond in every interaction.

About You:

• Extensive experience in customer service, ideally in a student-facing role.
• Strong passion for helping others succeed.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in administration and IT literacy.
• Exceptional organisational and time-management abilities.

You will be required to work on campus 5 days a week between Monday to Friday.

If you have the skills and enthusiasm to support our students and contribute to our innovative educational environment, we want to hear from you!

Apply now to become a key part of Arden University’s mission to make higher education accessible to everyone, everywhere.

Why Arden:

At Arden, you will become a part of a passionate and dedicated team who are committed to removing unnecessary barriers to learning and making education more accessible. Our people work hard to ensure our students' journeys are the best they can possibly be, as such we want to reward our people with fantastic benefits. Employees benefit from:

• 30 days holiday + bank holidays on top, and even a Christmas closure!
• Fully Paid Deutschlandticket (covering public transport/regional trains in Germany)
• Urban Sports Club Membership
• Study any Arden course for free, with a discount for all family and friends
• ‘Golden Ticket’ which allows you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education
• Plus, other excellent benefits

Our Values:

Stand out, Progressive, Accessible, Resourceful, Kindness reflect who we are as an institution, a team and as individuals. If they also reflect you and you are excited by the chance to be the driving, creative force within a growing business, we want to hear from you.

Closing Date: Monday 14 April.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the specified closing date should we receive sufficient applications or in order to respond to business needs. In order to avoid missing an opportunity to apply please submit your application as early as possible.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion:

Arden University is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. This means that if you have a disability, as defined by the Disability Equality Act 2010, you may be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the role.

If you wish to be considered under this scheme, you can indicate via the application form below. By doing so, you are also consenting for this information to be shared with the hiring team. For more details on what qualifies as a disability under the Disability Equality Act 2010, please refer to the guidance here.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Therefore, we make sure that our recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances, and actively welcome applications from all groups.