Student Voice Assistant
Student Voice Assistant
Rate of pay: £12.21 per hour (Students' Union level 1 rate).
Hours of work: Normal expectation between 6 - 8 hours per week.
Start date: October 2025
The Union’s Voice Team is responsible for ensuring that all students can have their feedback about their university experience heard, leading to the changes they want to see. We are recruiting Student Voice Assistants to help with the running of our projects like Course Reps, Equality Networks, and Speak Week. This role is an exciting opportunity to support the work of the Voice Zone and help ensure all students have the opportunity to give feedback about their university experience.
You can review the attached Job Description for full details regarding the purpose of this role, responsibilities, and essential and desirable criteria.
Key Responsibilities:
- To work with the Student Voice team to support a range of projects, campaigns, and events.
- To assist with general administration to support Voice Zone staff, including basic data management and liaising with staff and students via email when required.
- Support our Course Rep and Student Equality Network schemes through general project administration and communication with volunteers.
- Work closely with the Union’s Voice Zone officer team to support them in delivering their manifesto projects and in communicating with students about their activity and achievements.
- Research and produce accurate reports, briefings, and presentations, and writing up meeting notes, agendas, and minutes.
- To assist with the planning and delivery of Voice Zone events, including attending relevant Voice Zone and wider Union events or activities when required.
- Produce written content for the Union website, including news articles, and assisting the VP Voice with their social media presence, primarily on Instagram.
Person Specification:
Essential:
- Experience of general office administration
- Excellent administration and organisation abilities with strong attention to detail
- Competent IT skills – Microsoft Office, E-mail
- Able to manage own workload, time and priorities to deliver tasks to agreed deadlines
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team
- Excellent written, interpersonal, and verbal communication skills
- Flexibility and an adaptable approach to work
- Enthusiastic about student voice initiatives
- Highly organised and self-motivated individual
Desirable:
- Experience of working in a busy member or customer focused organisation
- Experience of data collection and analysis
- Experience of creating content for social media
- Experience in researching and writing reports, briefings, and/or presentations
- Experience in planning and delivering events
- Knowledge of the representative purpose and activity of the Students’ Union
- Ability to apply critical thinking skills when researching and producing reports
- Ability to analyse data, including confidence in utilising Microsoft Excel
- Confident and open style of communication with people from all backgrounds
Application Form:
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