Job description 

Key Targets:

• Engage at least 50 unique students with 200 engagement points in the academic year
• Curate programme of 10-12 small/medium reoccurring events on campus during each term
• Collaborate with peers to deliver 1 larger scale events
• Work with different projects to deliver cross departmental activities such as Give It A Go, GSU move and other GSU initiatives
• Support our Sports programme through admin

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Be an ambassador for the project, positively promoting it and the range of opportunities available to students on campus.
• Work with the Campus Engagement Manager to effectively market activities.
• Recruit and retain participants to the activities.
• Help develop, promote and run activities and events to ensure high levels of participation.
• This will involve attending sessions, coordinating set-up and delivering safe activity.
• When required, assisting coaches or facilitators with other project delivery.
• Be receptive to new opportunities and ideas for increasing participation.
• Collect project data including participant numbers, details, feedback, comments, photographs, and reporting findings.
• Provide regular updates to the Campus Engagement Manager.
• Undertake such other tasks as may be necessary to achieve the objectives.
• To carry out administrative duties for GSU and other departments at GSU discretion.
• Assist with key events in the Engagement and opportunities calendar; Varsity and Awards.
• Assist with Welcome week providing engaging activity and welcoming students to Avery Hill.

Personal Specification

E = Essential D = Desirable

Attributes:

Specific Knowledge & Experience:

• Understanding of university life - E
• Organisation of events - D
• Experience of coordinating activity and events on campus - D
• Experience of engaging people/customers/students - E
• Experience with student sport - E

Skills & Abilities:

• Effective oral and written communication skills and presentation skills - E
• Excellent administrative and organisation skills - E
• Good level and range of IT skills - E
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to deal effectively with a wide range of people, but especially students - E
• Self-motivated and able to work independently - E

Other requirements:

• Have an interest in developing community engagement on campus - E
• Able to meet deadlines - E
• Committed to principle of equal opportunities - E
• Enthusiastic energetic and approachable - E
• Ability to be flexible over the number and timings of the hours worked - E

Student Staff Role - Causal 

Place of Work: 

University Of Greenwich (Avery Hill Campus)

Responsible to: 

Engagement and Opportunities Manager (Avery Hill)

Working Hours: 

0-8 hours per week

Positions available: 

x5

Contract: 

January 2025 - January 2026

Opening: 

Friday 10th January 2025

Closing: 

Friday 21st January 2025

Interviews:

Friday 7th February 2025

Panel: 

Ryan Penny, Lilah Mertens

Salary: 

£11.44 Per Hour