Our Opportunities Team support students with all of the sports clubs and societies available to UWE Bristol Students during their time at university.

We have 108 societies for students to join and 43 sports clubs for students to engage with during their time at UWE Bristol.

We have two Societies positions within the Opportunities Team:

Societies Development Coordinator

Societies Administrator

Both positions report to, and are supported by, the Opportunities Manager.

We are currently recruiting for the Societies Administrator.

The Societies administrator will be responsible for supporting day to day queries and administration duties for all societies.

This could include, but would not be limited to answering email, telephone and in-person queries, booking rooms, administratively supporting the organisation of events, following internal processes, confirming societies budgets, data entry etc.

This would include, collecting and recording key information from each Society including accurate membership details and committee details, activity plans, and risk assessments.

In addition to administratively supporting societies, the Societies Administrator will also assist the Societies Development Coordinator with the delivery of societies training.

This position will administratively support the VP Societies and Communication with their manifesto, societies conferences and support them to administratively organise the annual Societies awards supported via the attendance of the awards working group.

Annually, the Societies Administrator will support and engage with organisational wide initiatives including: Elections, Welcome and Freshers/ Welcome Fairs, Speak Week, Sports Awards, Societies Awards and other key organisational projects.

As outlined the Societies Administrator will spend the majority of their day to day completing administration tasks for societies, the Opps team and the VP Societies and Communication within the scope of their role.

We are looking for an engaging and approachable individual who is highly organised, with a very strong administrative skill set.

Please review the job description here to see the full duties and responsibilities of the role and the skills and experience required.

If you have reviewed the job description and feel that this could be the ideal position for you, why not view our applicant pack here to learn more about organisation to decide if this could be the position for you!

If you have any questions about the position, working within the Opportunities Team, or The Students’ Union at UWE,  please email surecruit@uwe.ac.uk

Additional Information:

Rate of Pay: £23,088

Grade:  1.1

Hours per Week: 37 hours per week 

Holiday Benefits: 27 days annual leave + Bank Holidays + Closure Days (Pro rata)

Duration: 22 Month Fixed Term Contract (likely ending June 2026 - TBC)

Location: Frenchay Campus, but the post holder will be required to work at, or from, any of the Union’s establishments (Bower Ashton, Glenside)

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 our application form and our equal opportunities form and email to surecruit@uwe.ac.uk  

Application Deadline: 1st July 2024 at 9.00am

Interview Date: 5th July 2024

 Start Date: 5th August 2024