Student Events & Community Coordinator (Civic Engagement)

Salary: £16,028 (£26,000 FTE)

Location: Cambridge, St Edmunds College

Contract type: 3 Year FTC

Part time, 22.5 hours per week

Do you care about Student wellbeing and taking preventative actions to improve civic/ community engagement?

If so you may be interested in our new role at Eddie’s. As a Student Civic Engagement Coordinator at Eddie’s you will be responsible for providing an effective, engaging, and inclusive events within Wellbeing sphere. Together with the Director of Student Wellbeing and other key stakeholders, they will be responsible for the operational delivery of key events with a civic and prevention focus, you will also contribute to the Student Wellbeing Events strategy.

Due to the nature of the role, the ability to work flexibly is essential as you may be required to work outside of the College’s ‘core hours’. In return we offer flexibility of hours, whether that’s 22.5 hours over 5 days or 3, let us know what works best for you.

Job responsibilities

• Lead on civic and prevention focus events to maximise the student experience and play a proactive part in the student’s journey.
• Support the Director of Student Wellbeing and other key stakeholders in the marketing, coordination, and delivery operation for internal wellbeing events.
• Engage and motivate stakeholders to take part in meaningful engagements, helping to build a community of trust and respect.
• Provide administrative support for event management for all wellbeing events.
• Collect and record costs to support budget keeping and preparation.
• Liaise and coordinate all events with the relevant stakeholders.
• Review events for their return on investment, using data and analytics where possible to support future initiatives. Including but not limited to attendance, demographics.
• Create and drive event or engagement opportunities within the College, which aid breaking stigma.
• Network with others to understand other offerings and check best practise.

Person Specification

Experience

• Previous experience in a similar role
• An understanding of and experience in delivering an engaging and beneficial service
• Experience or skill in programme development and/ or management – desirable.
• Previous administration and coordination experience in a complex environment – desirable.

Skills

• Able to build and maintain good stakeholder relationships through a trust-based approach
• Thrives in deadline and time pressure environment
• Positive and proactive approach to engagement with students and stakeholders ensuring
• A good communicator, with appropriate interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• Computer literate with the experience of using in-house systems
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Flexible, with the ability to quickly & efficiently problem solve and implement changes (e.g. to conference plans), sometimes in a pressurised environment.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Looks for ways to continuously improve processes and procedures and be able to articulate these to others clearly

Qualifications

• Wellbeing related qualification is desirable
• Programme or project management qualification is desirable

If you feel that you fit most but not all of the above criteria, we would still love to hear from you.

As well as a great salary and friendly team you will also receive:

• Working daily allowance for food and drinks*
• Free car parking (where available)
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with length of service)
• Generous pension contributions
• Discounts at restaurants, shops & more
• Outdoor gym
• Death in service
• Access to LinkedIn Learning & Business Disability Forum

About St Edmund’s College

St Edmund’s College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. Our vibrant student body is made up of around 420 post-graduates and 130 mature undergraduates. With over 260 senior members – academics working at the cutting edge of their field or eminent members of their profession – and around 70 staff, you will be joining a dynamic and growing College with an ambitious vision for our role in shaping the future of higher education and collaborative research.

The maturity of our community means that we have earned a reputation as the friendly college. Relaxed, non-hierarchical and diverse, we pride ourselves on being a place in Cambridge where people of all backgrounds are welcomed, will feel at home and can flourish. Therefore, we welcome all candidates regardless of their demographic characteristics such as gender, race, disability, neurodiversity, religion, age, sex & sexual identity to apply for our opportunities.

How to apply

To apply, please send a copy of your CV and cover letter to hr@st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk.

Closing date for completed applications: 05/01/2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier should a suitable candidate be found.

Interviews will be held throughout the period that is live and thereafter, final interviews are expected to take place the week commencing 06/01/2025.

If you have informal enquiries about the post, please email the HR Manager on hr@st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk.

In applying for this role, you will provide personal data which the College will process in accordance with its data protection obligations and its Data Protection Policy: http://www.stedmunds.cam.ac.uk/data-protection

Any offer of employment is subject to evidence of your right to work in the UK and the receipt of satisfactory references.