Student groups coordinator

East London Students’ Union is a progressive charity that supports around 24,000 students that study at the University of East London. We are based in one of the most diverse boroughs in Europe and our membership proudly reflects the communities where we are based.

We have recently launched our new brand and we will soon publish our new strategic plan. Our purpose is to support and empower our students by representing their views and providing a range of supportive services, events and activities to make university life the amazing experience it should be. We have re-opened our newly-refurbished offices, working spaces and reception area on our Docklands campus. New facilities on our Stratford campus will open in late summer.

We will now work to build a students’ union that champions their aspirations and can deliver what’s needed to make a difference. We are excited about this and have invested in several new posts to give us the expertise needed.

You’ll be responsible for supporting the development and delivery of our group activities and events. This includes establishing and working with student‐led groups such as societies, communities, media and fundraising. You’ll also deliver training and other development programmes for student leaders in student groups.

You’ll also contribute to projects in key areas such as induction/welcome, student development and event planning.

If you are excited by the opportunity to help us do things differently, empower others and build a students’ union that can better support our students, then this is the role for you. If you can operate in environments where change is continual, challenges multi-faceted and where solutions require innovative thinking, you’ll thrive here.

You’ll also need to be self-driven, able to operate with autonomy and be able to balance competing priorities.

Diversity is one of the defining features of life at UEL, with over 155 nationalities represented in our student body. Within Newham, where we are based, over 74% of residents as from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.

As we grow our staff team, we are passionate about making our teams representative of the students we support and the communities we operate in. We therefore especially welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates and other candidates typically underrepresented in leadership.