Society Coordinator

University of Bath; Bath; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension schemes

Cycle to work

EV salary sacrifice

Team Bath gym discount

Postgrad tuition discounts

Language courses

LinkedIn Learning

Free museum entry

Health Assured support

Job summary

The SU Bath is seeking a part-time Society Coordinator to support student societies across planning, risk, budgets and venues. You will advise on event processes, review documentation for safety and compliance, and help develop administrative workflows.

The role also supports the Society Manager with annual planning and monitors workloads across projects. With a proactive approach, you’ll coordinate training opportunities, assist marketing efforts, and guide a wide range of student-led

Qualifications

• Experience in planning and coordinating student events.
• Ability to review event documentation for safety and compliance.
• Comfort using online platforms and social media for promotion.

Responsibilities

• Advise on event planning, risk assessments and budgets.
• Review event documentation to ensure safety and compliance.
• Support marketing and promotional activities for student events.
• Assist with annual planning and process improvements for the activities team.
• Monitor student staff workloads and provide administrative support.

Skills

Event planning

Risk assessment

Admin support

Stakeholder mgmt

Job description

Salary Starting from £27,241, rising to £30,986pro rata

The SU Activities Team supports more than 200 student-led groups, including societies, volunteer projects, sports clubs, and community initiatives. Our team of Coordinators play a key role in helping these groups thrive by providing guidance, oversight, and administrative support across a wide range of activities.

About the role

As a Society Coordinator, you will be a trusted source of advice and support for student societies within the activities area. You will help students with their planning of events, reviewing event documentation to ensure activities are safe, compliant, and well organised. This will include advising on areas such as risk assessments, budgets, venues, and event planning processes.

You will also support the Society Manager with annual planning activities and contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of administrative processes. A key part of the role will involve monitoring student staff workloads and providing administrative support to help ensure projects and tasks are completed effectively and on time.

In addition, you will help identify and coordinate training opportunities, support marketing and promotional activities, and provide guidance on other student-led initiatives.

We are looking for an organised and proactive individual with an understanding of event management and confidence in using online administrative systems. You will be comfortable working with data, managing multiple priorities, and providing support and guidance to a wide range of stakeholders. Experience of using online platforms, including social media, would be advantageous.

Further information

Life at The SU Bath is busy, rewarding, and full of variety. You'll be joining a welcoming and inclusive team where you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to our organisation and the students we represent. More than just a job, this is a chance to help shape the student experience and make a positive impact on our community.

The SU Bath offers a competitive salary, flexible working with opportunities, and a range of staff benefits. Our staff enjoy a supportive, safe, and positive working environment where everyone is encouraged to thrive.

This role is offered on a part-time basis (0.6 fte) for a fixed-term period until June 2027 to cover for secondment.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff benefits include discounted postgraduate tuition and language courses, alongside a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities such as apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning, and more
• Local discounts, including free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Employee assistance services through Health Assured, including access to the Wisdom app

We’re committed to creating a health-supporting working environment where everyone can thrive and be at their best. We offer a range of resources to enable you to do that from your first day here, including:

• Staff support groups and networks
• A network of Staff Wellbeing Champions
• A suite of tools, resources and frameworks that enable you to be at your best and thrive

Right to Work in the UK: We do not assess immigration or right to work status until offer stage. Being invited to interview does not guarantee you are eligible for visa sponsorship and all offers are conditional on meeting right to work requirements. Further information is available on our application support webpage.

Anonymous shortlisting: We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.