Community Manager at The Students’ Union at UWE

Are you passionate about creating meaningful activities and fostering a vibrant student community across all of UWE Bristol’s campus sites?

The Students’ Union at UWE is looking for a dynamic and proactive Community Manager to lead our Community Department and make a real impact!

Key Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership: Set the vision and strategic direction for the Community Department, creating a dynamic, effective, and proactive team. Drive, coach, and manage your department to deliver and improve project outcomes, including student engagement in sustainability, health and wellbeing, liberation and campus activities.
• Project Management: Lead strategic projects and coordinators to achieve goals on time and budget.
• Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement: invest in partnerships and develop relationships with the University to improve the student experience across a range of projects.

Key Projects:

• Sustainability: Manage sustainability initiatives and related accreditation schemes.
• Inclusivity & Diversity: Drive strategic projects focused on inclusivity, equality, and diversity.
• Health and Wellbeing: Project manage the SOS-UK Drugs and Alcohol Impact Accreditation and related projects.

Support & Collaboration:

• Support Officers: Assist elected full-time Presidents and part-time Officers in achieving their goals.

If you’re ready to lead and inspire, apply now!

The Community Manager will be supported with the day to day people management of the Community Team through the role of our Community People Leader. The Community Manager provides the overall direction and motivation to the team, as well as line managing the Community People Leader to achieve the goals and deliverables across the coordinators in the team. 

To learn about the skills and knowledge we're looking for and to understand the duties and responsbilitiies of this role, please view the job description here.

To learn more about The Students' Union at UWE, please view our applicant pack here! 

Additional Information

Rate of Pay: £36,482

Grade: 7.1

Hours per Week:  37 hours per week, working 5 days out of 7

* Given the nature of the post, weekend and evening work will be required to achieve the desired outcomes at key times of the year

Holiday:  27 Days + Closure Days & Bank Holidays ‘pro rata’

Duration of Role:  Permanent

Location: Based at Frenchay Campus- Bristol

*The postholder will be required to work at, or from any of the Union’s establishments (Bower Ashton Campus, Glenside Campus etc)

How to Apply

Here at The Students’ Union we want our workforce to reflect the makeup of the community we serve.

Therefore, we welcome all applications irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, religion, belief, sexual orientation, age or disability.

To apply for this role, please download an Application and Equal Opportunities form and return to surecruit@uwe.ac.uk

If you have any questions about this role please email surecruit@uwe.ac.uk 

Application Deadline: 9.00am 27th August 2024

Interview Date: 3rd September 2024 

Start Date: 1st November 2024