Job Description

Can you ensure Bristol students have the best possible university experience?

Bristol Students’ Union is a membership organisation democratically led by students and supported by a team of staff.  We have an ambitious new strategy which seeks to build students’ pride in their union while ensuring they are well represented, that they have opportunities to develop, and that they have a great social life while they are in Bristol.

We are currently recruiting for an exciting role:

Head of Student Engagement

Salary: £37,602 - £44,247 per annum

Hours: full-time

Benefits: generous leave (25 days annual leave, bank holidays, an additional 7 closure days, and up to 3 special leave days), contributory pension scheme, flexible working, salary sacrifice schemes, season ticket loans, staff socials and much, much more.

Closing date: 9am on 10th October 2016

Interview date: 19th/20th October 2016

A message from the Chief Executive and Elected Officer Team:

Further to the recent appointment of our current Head of Student Engagement to the role of Chief Executive at Oxford University Students Union we have a vacancy for someone to join our team and help us to achieve our vision of ensuring the 'Best Student Life' for each of our 22,000 members. We are an ambitious, fast improving Students' Union looking for a Head of Service who is also ambitious and able to ensure that we deliver the best services to our students. 

If you want to work within a great team of people, in an organisation that is on the up and with some really inspiring students and think that you could be our next Head of Student Engagement then take the first step in your next career move and have a look at our website for more information about our organisation and this opportunity.

Our values are really important to us, they shape how we work. As an employer we have been recognised for our approach to inclusivity: we are the National Centre for Diversity’s ‘Students' Union of Year 2016’ and judged to be in their top 30 organisations and have recently been recognised as 35th by the Inclusive Top 50 UK employers.  We genuinely want a team that reflects the diversity of our students and the wider community.

We will consider applications for flexible working and job share opportunities.