Student Experience Team Member

Unite Foundation; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused organization in Leeds is seeking a Student Experience Team Member to enhance student engagement and build a welcoming atmosphere. This role involves delivering excellent customer service and managing community events. The ideal candidate is warm, approachable, and has strong organizational skills. Responsibilities include student reception duties, responding to feedback, and maintaining a positive living environment. Benefits include a competitive salary, generous leave, and access to various support programs.

Benefits

Performance-related bonus

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Generous pension scheme

Life assurance

Share save scheme

Enhanced Family Leave

Health Cash Plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Free volunteering day

Qualifications

• Demonstrate excellent customer service skills without a traditional educational path.
• Experience in hospitality or retail is preferred but not required.
• Strong time management skills to handle multiple tasks effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide a warm front of house reception to students.
• Respond to student feedback and guide them to appropriate support.
• Assist in organizing community-building events.

Skills

Excellent customer service skills

Time management

Organisational skills

Problem-solving

Approachability

Job description

20-02-2026

Student Experience Team Member

Be the friendly face that makes every student feel at home.

Contract Type: Permanent

Working hours: 15 hours per week, working 2 days out of 7, between the hours of 7am and 10pm. Working mostly weekends but some weekdays required.

As a Student Experience Team Member, you’ll play a key part in delivering a warm, safe, and inclusive environment where students feel supported and valued. You’ll work closely with your Student Experience Team Leader, peers, housekeeping, facilities, and Resident Ambassadors to create positive everyday experiences, from welcoming students at reception to resolving issues quickly, leading flat viewings, and helping organise vibrant community events. Every day you’ll make a real impact, connecting with students, driving bookings, and helping build a place they’re proud to call home.

Your impact

Whilst no two days are the same at Unite Students, here’s a flavour of what you’ll be responsible for in this role:

• Providing a friendly front of house reception and building strong rapport with students.
• Responding quickly to student feedback and guiding them to the right support when needed.
• Supporting sales efforts through viewings, answering enquiries, and attending university and housing events.
• Helping to deliver community-building events with Resident Ambassadors.
• Maintaining a safe, clean, and well-kept environment that students can be proud to call home.
• Work closely with day and night teams to ensure seamless service and handovers.
• Support with wellbeing or welfare matters, noticing when something isn’t right and taking action to help.
• Be a brand ambassador, living our CARE principles: Connect, Act, Respect, and Encourage.

Your background

You don’t need to fit a box or follow a traditional path — what matters most is your mindset. We’re looking for curiosity, openness to learning, and the drive to make a difference. Whether you’re solving problems, leading change, or supporting our students day-to-day, it’s your attitude and approach that will help shape something bigger.

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Demonstrate excellent customer service skills, ideally with a background in hospitality or retail, to create positive and welcoming experiences for students.
• Be warm, caring, and approachable, confident in communicating and answering student inquiries efficiently.
• Possess strong time management and organisational skills to handle multiple responsibilities efficiently.
• Take pride in doing what’s right and supporting others.
• Preferred, have experience in a customer service role or residential environment — though this isn’t essential. What matters most is your ability to connect with people and create a safe, welcoming atmosphere.
• Taking ownership of problems and act quickly to resolve issues, ensuring student satisfaction and safety.

Why it’s great to work with US!

In this values-led organisation, you’ll do work that makes a difference, helping to shape welcoming, vibrant communities where students can thrive. Whether this is your first step or your next, we’ll help you build skills, confidence and a career you’re proud of.

We believe that everyone thrives when they’re able to bring the best version of themselves to work. So, alongside a competitive salary, we built a culture and a reward package to support you in bringing your full, authentic self to work, including:

• A performance-related bonus paid twice a year
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy up to 5 extra days and earn up to 5 additional days for long service (FTE equivalent)
• A generous pension scheme where contributions between 4% and 11% depending on how much you save
• Life assurance worth 4 times your salary
• Share save scheme giving you access to purchase Unite Students shares at a discounted rate
• Enhanced Family Leave - including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents
• Medicash (Health Cash Plan) - access to claim back the cost of routine medical care, such as dental, optical, physio, etc.
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to ensure that you’re supported as much as possible when you need it
• Free volunteering day per year to make a difference!
• Access to our online platform that provides access to a range of retail and hospitality services at a discounted premium

There’s even more to enjoy — find the full benefits package on our careers page.

Alongside all these great benefits to support you, we also want to ensure that we’re supporting your family too. You’ll also have access to 20% student rent at any of our direct let properties for your children, siblings, their children, or any student of depends on you!

Once you’ve joined US, you’ll also gain access to an extensive suite of essential learning to get you ready to take on your day to day, as well as wider catalogue to explore and elevate yourself and your career!

If you’re expecting ordinary, then think again. We’re US, we’re different - and we’re proud of it. How far you could go? Join US and find out.