Are you passionate about empowering students, fostering vibrant campus communities and driving impactful change? Join us at the heart of student life as our Student Engagement Manager! In this dynamic role, you'll facilitate the student-led initiatives to empower communities to make change as well as cultivate an inclusive environment where every voice matters. If you're ready to join the team of change makers and play a key role in making students’ experience better, this is your opportunity to make a lasting difference for liberation communities at our Students' Union!
Join us in a rewarding journey of support, connection and empowerment with our diverse student community! We're all about listening, learning and building strength together. This role will give you an opportunity to work with students to make the University experience more equitable, accessible and fun, making sure every voice is heard, especially those of our underrepresented and marginalised groups. Let's make waves and have a blast while creating positive change!
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job title: Student Engagement Manager
Rate of pay: Grade 6, which is £33,649 - £35,709 full-time equivalent per annum, pro rata. It is normal to be appointed at the first point on the pay scale, but this is open to negotiation in certain circumstances.
Responsible to: Head of Student Representation
Hours of work: 36.5 hours per week.
Contract: Permanent
Applicants: Open to internal and external applicants*.
* Please note that student applications will NOT be considered for full time positions, as it exceeds the recommended hours of work for individuals in higher education. This applies to both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Location: Falmer House, University of Sussex, BN1 9QF.
For more information see the Job Description and Person Specification.
If you have any questions, or would like to have an informal chat about this role, please get in touch with becca.f@sussexstudent.com
KEY DATES
Applications close: Monday, 20th of May, 9am
Interviews: Week commencing 3rd of June (we can accommodate both online and in person interviews)
Start Date: ASAP
COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION
We are committed to maintaining a diverse workforce, because we know how important it is to have decision makers and collaborators with varied lived experiences and backgrounds that reflect the range of needs from our diverse student community. We welcome applications from everyone, and we want to strongly encourage applications from; people with an ethnic minority or Chinese background, people with a disability, people with dependants, and people who identify as LGBTQ+. We conduct anonymous shortlisting and all of our interview panels have Unconscious Bias Training in order to support the above. We also consider flexible working for those with care commitments. If you have any suggestions as to how we could improve our language or application process please let us know.
STAFF AND APPLICANTS WITH LONG TERM CONDITIONS
The Students’ Union aims to implement reasonable adjustments for all staff and applicants with disabilities, creating a culture of cooperation, shared responsibility and proactiveness to ensure equitable access to jobs. We want to make sure everyone is supported in our selection processes, and are equipped to work safely and get as much as possible out of their role as possible.
For more information about the support we have available follow this link.
ABOUT US
We are looking for skilled, friendly and highly motivated people who share our vision and values.
With our vibrant environment and organisational culture, the Students Union is a dynamic workplace only a few places could match. Led by students we are all about working with students to help them get the most out of their time here at the University of Sussex or Brighton and Sussex Medical School.
Whilst being located on Sussex Campus - close to Brighton & Hove - we are separate from the University, something that is crucial to our campaigning and lobbying work.
Although we have different departments we think of ourselves as one big team and are often working all together on projects or helping each other out at big events such as Freshers week or Elections.
Working on Sussex Campus and for the SU has lots of perks: Our staff get access to enhanced time off, which normally amounts to an extra 6 days leave in addition to 20 days of annual leave per year, and bank holidays. We also allocate funding for staff socials, learning and development opportunities for all our roles, as well as create a supportive workplace through regular 1 to 1s, an employee assistance programme and professional health services. You can read up more about our benefits below or on our benefits package.
If this sounds like the workplace you’d like to join, we would love to receive your application and get to know you!