JOB AD CLOSED- FIE DUBLIN- STUDENT LIFE MANAGER

Job Title: Student Life Manager (SLM)

  • Location: Dublin, Ireland

  • Salary: €40,000

  • Preferred Start Date: 3rd August

  • Application deadline: 3rd June

  • Interviews: 14th-15thJune

  • Working Hours: 9am-5:30pm Mon-Fri. Evening and weekend work occasionally required

  • Location: FIE Dublin. Office-based, student-facing position (pandemic permitting).

Job Summary: This position reports directly to the COO Dublin, and is chiefly responsible for: 

  • FIE Dublin’s student life programming and events

  • Being a consistently supportive presence for students

  • Delivering a student health information program

  • Embedding FIE’s values in all programming

  • Developing community relationships and outreach

  • The dedicated supervision of the residence life team

  • Liaising with residence and facility management partners to maintain the facilities

Required experience, skills & qualifications  

  • Master’s degree or equivalent

  • Experience working in student services, including in a pastoral care capacity

  • Experience working with students in housing and/or Residence Life, including conduct

  • Some team management (supervisory) or leadership experience

  • Knowledge of Dublin, and Ireland more widely, as well as Irish culture

  • Competence in event planning and programming

  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills

  • Crisis management skills, and the ability to work effectively under pressure

  • A flexible approach to working hours

  • Competence in working both independently and within a team environment

  • Excellent leadership, administrative, organizational, problem-solving, and IT skills

  • Capacity for self-assessment and reflection upon performance

Desired experience, skills & experience 

  • Some experience working in the voluntary, charity, NGO sectors

  • An understanding of the international higher education sector, and the US HE system

  • Experience working with international, undergraduate and/or first-year students

  • Strength in presenting in front of large groups of people

  • Previous personal experience of having studied and/or worked abroad

The full job description can be downloaded here:

 Student Life Manager, FIE Dublin Job Description

Application Process 

Please submit a CV, covering letter, and the contact details of two referees as attachments via email to Ahmed Said at ababan@fie.org.uk. In your covering letter, please include: 

a) Where you saw this position advertised 

b) An outline of some programming that you would propose in alignment with FIE’s values 

 APPLICATIONS WITHOUT A COVERING LETTER WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.