Work for us
We are currently looking for five student staff to join our team on a part time basis and support the delivery of our services! Check out the roles and see if any of them are right for you...
Hours: 7 hours per week at £14/hour during term time only (total of 27 weeks)
Start Date: 27th August, with shift patterns to be agreed with your line manager
These roles are only open to returning Norwich Uni students.
The Roles
As a member of our team, you would be expected to:
- assist with general office admin duties, such as restocking community pantry
- attend and participate in team meetings, and meetings with relevant University staff or students where necessary
- being open to learning and actively participating in the Union’s ongoing development and growth
- adhere to Students’ Union and University policy and procedures
- upholding and embodying the values and workplace culture of the SU
- keeping own area of work and communal areas tidy
You can read more about each role and the duties it contains below. If you have any questions, please contact studentsunion@norwichuni.ac.uk and the recruiting manager will get back to you.
Communities Assistant
Reports to: Patrycja Poplawska, Communities Project Manager
This role supports our Communities department in running clubs and societies and supported elected part time officers. Some of the duties include:
- with the Communities Project manager, manage the SU Societies inbox and respond to enquires from students and society leads
- support the Communities Project Manager in delivering the Societies service, including but not limited to reviewing funding requests, risk assessments and helping Societies plan events
- assist with departmental administrative work relating to Part Time Officers such as supporting with the organisation of training, helping develop and execute campaigns or events
- collaborate with Communities Project Manager to build the Committees Hub on the SU website
- undertake other departmental duties as requested by the Communities Project Manager .
Communications Assistant
Reports to: Katie Pickard, Events and Communications Project Manager
This role helps ensure our social media presence in exciting and engaging. Some of the duties include:
- produceing high quality, engaging and interesting content across various social media platforms including Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn and Facebook
- assisting in developing creative designs with promotional aims, for example posters, leaflets or screen graphics
- assisting in writing content for blogs, social media or the website
- collaborating with the Universities Marketing team on joint communications where necessary, and building a harmonious relationship
- undertaking other departmental duties as requested by the Events and Communications Project Manager
Events Assistant
Reports to: Katie Pickard, Events and Communications Project Manager
This role will support the SU in enhancing its events offering. The duties of this role are:
- assist with the planning and delivery of events organised by the Students’ Union team for students including events such as Freshers, History month schedules, SU Awards, Winterfest
- assist with the creation of risk assessments for events
- assist with adding events onto our website
- create content at events, including taking photos and videos for use on our social media platforms
- undertake other departmental duties as requested by the Events and Communications Project Manager
Experience Assistant
This role is unlike the above, as it does not have listed responsibilities. Instead, we are looking for a driven and motivated staff member to pitch us their idea/s of how we can better engage with students and the successful candidate will be able to deliver those in the new academic year. We want this role to be open and up to your interpretation and creativity, with continuous support and guidance from SU Staff and Officers where needed.
We want to know all our students - and we want someone to help us achieve this: someone who can help us find out what drives our students, what they want from us, how they experience university, and ultimately help us develop our services. As part of the application process we would like you to tell us about some of the ways you would work towards this goal if you got the job, what support you'd need from us, and how we can improve our student engagement.
Some points you may want to touch on in your pitch is how we can improve engagement with students through surveys, focus groups and SU events or what you think the SU has done wrong or well so far. Most importantly, we want to hear your unique and creative suggestions for other ways we can speak to students that we have not yet done. You can present your pitch however you want, and if you have any questions you can contact g.heaney@norwichuni.ac.uk for a chat.
Democracy Assistant
Reports to: George Heaney, Advice and Representation Project Manager
This role supports the SU’s democratic processes, enabling students to drive change on their campus. Some of the duties include:
- assist with administrative work relating to democracy, including supporting SU Elections
- support the administration of the Union’s governance structures, including promoting meetings, gathering motions, and writing minutes
- working with the Advice and Representation Project Manager to ensure relevant parts of the NASU website is kept up to date
- undertake other departmental duties as requested by the Advice and Representation Project Manager
Our ideal applicant can display the following:
- An interest in or desire to learn more about the work of Norwich Arts’ SU
- Ability to work independently and as part of a small team
- Ability to be creative and take unique approaches to problem solving and idea storming
- Ability to communicate openly and honestly
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Experience of the relevant areas of work, or any work, is not necessary. Applications are assessed holistically.
If you think you could make a difference in this role but are unsure of anything about it why not arrange an informal conversation and we’ll help you decide whether you’d like to apply. To do this email our Managing Director, Arran Cottam, on a.cottam@norwichuni.ac.uk
Typical Working Day
These roles will be office based with some opportunities to work remotely. We are also open to discussion how hours will be split across the week; we welcome flexible working arrangements so that you can fit this role around your studies and other commitments. We understand the importance of your studies, and we will work towards fitting the job around your studies rather than your studies around the job. Some roles will require ‘out and about’ work, on University grounds, engaging with students, supporting events or creating content with our SU Presidents. Norwich Arts SU is proudly a developmental organisation, and while there will be some set work outlined by the post holders manager - related to supporting key services - there will also be time allocated for your development. There will be opportunity to pitch and develop independent projects that fit into your own developmental goals and interests, that sit within the Union’s mission. Post holders will be able to discuss any potential projects with their line manager.
Application
The Application form includes some questions with recommended wordcounts. Please note that the application for the Experience Assistant has an additional question.
You can apply for as many or as few as you would like to. During this recruitment process we are focussing on recruiting the best person for each role, and if we believe your skillset would be suited to a different role we will raise this with you.
The deadline to apply is 14th July at 9am. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview the week of the deadline, with the interviews takin place virtually on the 28th and 29th of July.
