Student Voice Manager

The Student Voice Manager ensures that the Student Voice, from an academic representation and democracy perspective, is heard and represented through these four principles

• To be the leader and manager of the Student Voice team.

• To be the staff member responsible for ensuring student voice opportunities in both academic representation and democracy are delivered safely

• To support the delivery of student voice representation across all campuses in relation to Student Voice. 

• To support and empower our student leaders to achieve their objectives.

Key Information

• Salary: £27,500 (increasing to £29,592 after 3-month probation period) 
• Contract: Permanent
• Hours: Full-time
• Location: Any Campus (travel will be required amongst all locations)
• Reporting to: Head of Membership Services

What We Offer

• Professional development, with a free leadership and management qualification and generous study-leave policy 

• 28 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays and 2 weeks off in December) 

• Supportive line management and a fun working environment 

• Access to an Employee Assistance Scheme to help support your wellbeing 

Essential Criteria

• Experience of representation, democracy, and/or campaign work. 

• Knowledge, experience, and understanding of managing volunteers and the support they require. 

• Strong communication and public speaking skills, particularly the ability to communicate effectively with different types of people. 

• Experience of delivering a variety of training sessions.  

• The ability to establish effective working relationships with colleagues both internally and externally across large organisations. 

• Experience of successfully delivering project activity to meet set aims and objectives. 

• Commitment to finding innovative ways to interface with groups of people on a variety of issues. 

• Interest in Higher Education policy and in the detail of academic regulations (or equivalent). 

• Ability to work independently to plan and execute agreed project activity. 

• Demonstratable experience of coaching others without expressing your own opinion. 

• Appropriate level of IT skills and willingness to learn new software packages. 

• Analytical and questioning approach. 

• Ability to conduct research, activity, and explain and summarise data. 

• Willingness to accept additional responsibilities. 

• Personal commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.  

Application & Interview

Applications Close

Tuesday 7th May 1pm

Interviews
Thursday 16th May & Friday 17th May

Proposed Start Date
Monday 10th June