Reporting to the Deputy Senior Tutor – Pastoral, the postholder will work closely with the wider Pastoral Team to support the wellbeing of students at Lucy Cavendish College. The role will focus primarily on triaging student needs and providing administrative support to ensure the effective and efficient running of the team. Working in collaboration with the College Nurse, Mental Health Practitioner and Accessibility Practitioner, you will help identify students’ needs and determine the most appropriate level of wellbeing support or intervention.
The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of duty of care and data protection, excellent interpersonal and organisational skills, and the ability to plan ahead, manage competing priorities and work proactively. You will have proven administration experience and have experience working with young people whilst being confident in handling sensitive and confidential matters with discretion, composure and professionalism.
The College is ideally seeking someone to start in January 2027 to work two College terms of 10 week’s duration for a fixed-term period ending June 2027. The role is for 30 hours per week, worked across five days, with the daily working hours negotiable to suit both the College and the individual.
The University of Cambridge’s academic year runs from 1 October to 30 September. Further information on term dates is available here. The postholder will be required to work for one week before and one week after each term, amounting to approximately 20 working weeks over the period of the appointment.
In return we can offer a benefits package including:
- 36 days holiday pro rata
- Free meals on shift
- A 6% employer contributory pension scheme
- Free car parking (if available)
- Life assurance x3 salary
- A health cash back scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Wellbeing programme including free yoga and bootcamp sessions
- College gym
- College punt hire
- Employee Assistance Programme
To learn more about this post or to make an informal enquiry please contact: the Deputy Senior Tutor (Pastoral), Sophie Hughes at dst.pastoral@lucy.cam.ac.uk.
Closing date: 9am on Monday 9 November 2026
Interviews: Wednesday 18 November 2026
£8,615 (FTE £28,000)
