University of Bath Hiring for Student Voice Co-ordinator (Academic Representation) Job at Bath, England Full Time

The SU, Bath is looking to appoint a Student Voice Co-ordinator (Academic Representation) to join our Student Voice Team. Working with the Education Manager, this role is all about engaging with our academic rep community, to positively shape the educational experience for students across the University of Bath.

About the role

You will join a small team of student engagement specialists, formed to support our student representatives through fun and engaging methods. Working directly with our academic representatives, this role offers the opportunity for someone to come into the organisation and shape the way we do academic representation.

In the Student Voice Team we believe students can and want to change their community for the better, and our role as staff members in The SU is to provide the insight, encouragement and support to help them do just that.

We’re all about engaging students to really understand their experiences, and work with partners across the University and further afield to look at how we can make the University of Bath an exceptional place to study and live.

Focussing on recruitment, training and events, this role will give you the opportunity to develop skills to broaden your knowledge of working with volunteers in a higher education setting. Alongside more traditional forms of academic representation, you will be comfortable with analysing data from across a breadth of digital platforms and using that to inform colleagues and students from across the university.

Working directly with student representatives and student leaders, we help them represent the views of their peers and identify new and creative enhancements to the educational experience.

About you

Our ideal applicant will be able to,

• Have experience of working with students or young people in an educational setting
• Take difficult or confusing topics and turn them into something students can understand
• Understand the importance of policy in an educational setting
• Understand the importance of democracy in an educational setting
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders
• Work with people from different backgrounds
• Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills

It’s a very busy, vibrant, challenging and constantly changing environment (which is why it’s so rewarding to work here). We are looking for someone who has fantastic interpersonal skills, creativity and flexibility, and a keen interest in Higher Education to support our academic representation activities to prosper.

Further information

For informal enquiries about this role please contact Ryan Lucas, Students’ Union Education Manager ([email protected]). However, please ensure that you submit your application through the University of Bath website.

What we can offer you

We are an equal opportunities employer and have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations. We have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award.

A family-friendly University with an increasingly agile workforce, we are open to flexible working arrangements. We’re also proud to be a disability confident leader and are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments you may require.

We offer:

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme;
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance;
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce;
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities.

Our campus is surrounded by beautiful countryside, and the City of Bath with its historic charm and social activity only a short distance away creates an excellent environment in which to work. Find out from our staff what makes the University of Bath a great place to work. Follow us @UniofBath and @UniofBathJobs on Twitter for more information.

We aim to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds leads to a better environment for our employees and students, creating a learning environment and organisational culture that enhances health and wellbeing across our community. We are very proud to have recently received Ambassadors for Autism certification and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.