EDI Student and Staff Experience Officer
| Posting date: | 04 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £34,610.00 to £39,906.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 March 2026 |
| Location: | Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | University of South Wales |
| Job type: | Contract |
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Summary
Join our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Team at this pivotal moment. As EDI Student and Staff Experience Officer, you’ll help embed an anti-racist ethos and advance our wider EDI agenda, ensuring equity, belonging and inclusion are meaningful and visible for every colleague and student at USW. Central to this role is supporting the social mobility of our learners, helping to remove barriers and create fair access to opportunity so that all can succeed, regardless of background.
You’ll design and deliver initiatives that bring people together, strengthen collaboration, and champion equity across the university, with a strong focus on advancing race equity and supporting our Race Equality Charter commitments. Your work will help create environments where everyone feels they belong, their voices are heard, and their potential is recognised.
We’re looking for a proactive, empathetic connector who can build partnerships, engage diverse communities, and amplify underrepresented voices. Lived experience and a strong understanding of race equity work in higher education or similar settings are especially welcomed.
The right person will be values-driven, courageous in challenging inequality, and deeply committed to creating a university where inclusion is embedded, social mobility is enabled, and everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
This is a full time 2-year fixed term post with the expectation that you will have a physical presence across all campuses with some working from home flexibility.
For an informal conversation about this post please contact Emma Kwaya-James emma.kwaya-james1@southwales.ac.uk
Interviews are scheduled to take place on the 9th April 2026 on Newport Cmapus.
If you are a successful candidate and this position will be your first professional services role at the University (or you are currently employed by PSS Ltd), you will be employed by Professional and Support Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of South Wales, which provides services to the University and Colleges.
Discover the advantages of working with us at USW: https://tinyurl.com/PSSatUSW
USW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All those working at the University are expected to share this commitment.
We are committed to employing a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive environment. Where colleagues can be themselves and every person is treated with dignity, fairness and respect. We actively encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and communities, especially with regards to age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, race and religion and/or belief. We benchmark our success through equality accreditations with Athena Swan, Race Equality Charter, Stonewall and Disability Confident.
If you’re a Welsh learner or a Welsh speaker, we’d be delighted to receive your application. At USW, you’ll have access to Welsh courses to enable you to develop your Welsh skills further, in order to provide a bilingual service to our students, colleagues and the public.
We welcome applications in Welsh and English. Applications in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than those made in English.
You’ll design and deliver initiatives that bring people together, strengthen collaboration, and champion equity across the university, with a strong focus on advancing race equity and supporting our Race Equality Charter commitments. Your work will help create environments where everyone feels they belong, their voices are heard, and their potential is recognised.
We’re looking for a proactive, empathetic connector who can build partnerships, engage diverse communities, and amplify underrepresented voices. Lived experience and a strong understanding of race equity work in higher education or similar settings are especially welcomed.
The right person will be values-driven, courageous in challenging inequality, and deeply committed to creating a university where inclusion is embedded, social mobility is enabled, and everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
This is a full time 2-year fixed term post with the expectation that you will have a physical presence across all campuses with some working from home flexibility.
For an informal conversation about this post please contact Emma Kwaya-James emma.kwaya-james1@southwales.ac.uk
Interviews are scheduled to take place on the 9th April 2026 on Newport Cmapus.
If you are a successful candidate and this position will be your first professional services role at the University (or you are currently employed by PSS Ltd), you will be employed by Professional and Support Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of South Wales, which provides services to the University and Colleges.
Discover the advantages of working with us at USW: https://tinyurl.com/PSSatUSW
USW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All those working at the University are expected to share this commitment.
We are committed to employing a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive environment. Where colleagues can be themselves and every person is treated with dignity, fairness and respect. We actively encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and communities, especially with regards to age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, race and religion and/or belief. We benchmark our success through equality accreditations with Athena Swan, Race Equality Charter, Stonewall and Disability Confident.
If you’re a Welsh learner or a Welsh speaker, we’d be delighted to receive your application. At USW, you’ll have access to Welsh courses to enable you to develop your Welsh skills further, in order to provide a bilingual service to our students, colleagues and the public.
We welcome applications in Welsh and English. Applications in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than those made in English.
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