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Volunteer Student Counsellor
Volunteer, Unpaid
3 days per week
West End, London

The Fashion Retail Academy (Ofsted outstanding) is a unique, industry led college. Founded by retail giants, we offer a range of exclusive Fashion courses with unparalleled industry involvement to ensure our students gain the skills and contacts needed to successfully progress to employment.

Supported by and working closely with over 130 fashion brands, we offer a wide range of specialist fashion Diploma, Degree and Short courses, many of these exclusive to the FRA, for students of all ages with start dates throughout the year. Our courses are developed to provide our students with a combination of in-depth Fashion Retail knowledge and hands-on practical work experience in the industry. Most of our full-time courses offer our students a guaranteed work placement with a major high street brand, ensuring our graduates leave with a wide range of skills and experience and the fastest route into work.

We are currently expanding our Student Services team and as a result we are seeking a Volunteer Student Counsellor to build on the work of our existing student support teams by providing a valuable student services counselling and drop in service.

This role will suit someone with prior student support experience from a FE or related environment. It is essential that you have a good understanding of equality and diversity issues, safeguarding as well as health and well-being issues as it relates to working closely with young people.

The successful candidate must have excellent listening skills, be dynamic, approachable and deliver this role with enthusiasm.  More importantly, it is essential that you have a genuine passion for supporting young people to achieve their best. We are looking for someone who will bring with them creative ideas to engage and support our students and who will positively contribute to continually improving the performance and standards of our support services in the interest of our students.

This role is ideally a 3-day per week unpaid volunteer position, however we are flexible to the placement needs. Mondays and Tuesdays are preferred days.

For more information about us, visit our website and refer to the supporting documentation available to download.

How to apply: Please create an account and click Start Application.

Closing date: ongoing

Please contact our Recruitment team at recruitment@fra.ac.uk or on +442030403170 for further information or an informal chat about this campaign.

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