Position Details
Student Engagement Assistant - Careers Network
Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK
Grade 2
Hourly rate: £12.00 plus holiday entitlement
Assignment dates: Monday 27th May 2024
Closing date: Sunday 12th May, 23:59
This vacancy is only open for University of Birmingham students.
Our offer to you
People are at the heart of what we are and do.
The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university. We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.
We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate. We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.
The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site. On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens.
Find out more about the benefits of working for the University of Birmingham
Background
The role is required to assist Careers Network in enhancing its reach and to provide support for increasing student engagement with the service.
Role Summary
Careers Network (CN) Student Engagement Assistants will be responsible for supporting CN’s Student Engagement Manager in developing student communications and in marketing and promoting CN activities and events. The roles will focus on digital communications and social media, together with a range of activities to raise CN’s brand with students. This will involve creating and contributing to content and providing a student perspective on relevance, look and feel. You may also be supporting two of our key programs The Birmingham Award and The Birmingham Project.
Main Duties
Person Specification
What we are looking for
Applications from current undergraduates and postgraduates
Essential
Desirable, but not essential
Additional Information
What’s in it for you?
View our staff values and behaviours here
Valuing excellence, sustaining investment
We value diversity and inclusion at the University of Birmingham and welcome applications from all sections of the community and are open to discussions around all forms of flexible working.
The University of Birmingham restricts all students to working up to 15 hours per week during term time. If your application is successful and your course does not follow the usual academic term timetable (e.g. PGT, PGR or PhD student), you and your supervisor must formally agree vacation periods if this role exceeds 15 hours per week. In addition to this, please be aware if you are an International student you will be required to apply to the Registry for the appropriate Authorised Absence.
You are only eligible to apply to this role if you are a current University of Birmingham student. If you are not a University of Birmingham student your application will not be considered.
To work you will need to carry out a right to work check. These checks will need to be completed prior to work commencing.