At BIMM University, we're more than just an educational institution; we're a vibrant community dedicated to nurturing creativity and empowering students to reach their full potential. With campuses across the UK, Ireland, and Germany, we offer a diverse range of courses in modern music, performing arts, filmmaking and creative technology. Our commitment to excellence in creative arts education sets us apart, providing students with the knowledge, skills, and opportunities they need to succeed in their chosen fields.
About the Role:
As Learning Support Coordinator you will lead our disability support team in a fast-paced and forward-thinking creative higher education setting. We are seeking to recruit a solution focused and adaptable individual with key knowledge and experience in the components of effective support within a university setting for disabled students, those with mental health conditions, long-term illnesses, and learning differences (including neurodiversity).
What You'll Do:
- Coordinate Support Services: Manage your caseload and provide oversight of Learning Support Advisors to ensure effective service delivery.
- Line Management: Provide operational line management to Learning Support Advisors, including performance monitoring and facilitating 1:1s.
- Primary Point of Contact: Act as the primary contact for students, parents, academic staff, and external agencies.
- Partnership Collaboration: Work closely with other support teams, including Student Wellbeing and Counselling, to provide seamless and integrated services to students.
- Accessibility and Inclusivity: Partner with the Building and Technical Team to ensure facilities are accessible and inclusive, removing barriers to learning.
- Liaison with Teaching Staff: Communicate student needs to relevant staff, develop learner profiles, and support academic staff in understanding student requirements.
- Support Provision: Assist students in accessing diagnostic reports, exploring referral options, and ensuring support is in place from enrolment through induction.
- Collaborative Training: Collaborate with academic staff and support training and development across the wider campus team on learning support matters
- Advocacy: Positively promote equity, diversity, and inclusion through all student wellbeing activities, advocating for holistic student needs.
What You'll Bring:
- Passion for Student Success: Genuine desire to make a positive contribution to the student experience through high-quality learning support services.
- Effective Coordination skills: Ability to coordinate a varied workload, manage conflicting priorities, and meet tight deadlines.
- Problem-Solving Skills: Proven track record of dealing with challenging situations with initiative, creativity, and a solutions-focused approach.
- Collaborative Approach: Value contributions from a broad range of perspectives and engage effectively with internal and external networks.
- Educational Experience: Good standard of general education and substantial experience delivering high-quality learning support services in an FE or HE context.
- Specialised Knowledge: Up-to-date knowledge of learning support methodologies and techniques, and familiarity with safeguarding legislation.
This role is offered as a 12 Month Fixed Term contract to to provide maternity cover. We'd ideally like the successful candidate to start on or around 21st October 2025.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term
Contract length: 12 months
Pay: €36,478.00-€45,448.00 per year
Benefits:
- Bike to work scheme
- Work from home
Work Location: Hybrid remote in The Liberties, Dublin 8, CO. Dublin