Student Voice/Academic Representation Project Worker

University of Leicester Students' Union; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 14,000 - 19,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of Leicester Students' Union is seeking a Student Staff member to support the Academic Representation Team and help empower College, School and Course Representatives. You will assist with engagement activities and help operate democratic structures to ensure student voice is heard across the Union and University.

The role requires excellent communication and administrative skills, with a good understanding of representational structures and the ability to liaise with a wide range

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the Academic Representation Team to empower College, School and Course Representatives.
• Assist with the operation of the Students’ Union Democratic Structures, including Leicester 100, Councils, Ideas System, and support Executive Officers and Part-Time Officers in their projects.
• Assist with delivery of engagement activities such as stalls, Freshers Fair, Student Leaders Conference, Academic Rep Briefings and attending Student Staff Committees.
• Support the implementation of the Knowledge Bank project to consolidate student feedback in one place.

Job description

Student Voice/Academic Representation Project Worker

Listed by University of Leicester Students' Union

Applying

Application deadline: Tue 01 Sep 2026 09:00

Hours

Up to 10 hours a week during University Term Time

Interview

Teams or in-person

Details

The Voice Team provides students at the University of Leicester the opportunity to make change by supporting and developing a number of representation systems. We support students to engage with campaigns throughout the year and take the lead on ensuring that the voice of students is known clearly throughout the Union and University.

We provide support for over 500 student leaders. We do this by offering training opportunities and comprehensive advice, guidance and insight. We seek to empower them to support students and/or create change to improve the experience of students across the University.

We are looking to recruit a student staff member to help us achieve these aims by

• Providing support to the Academic Representation Team to help empower our College, School and Course Representatives
• Supporting the operation of the Students’ Union Democratic Structures, including the Leicester 100, Councils, Ideas System whilst helping the Executive Officers and Part-Time Officers in the projects they are working on.
• Helping with the delivery of engagement activities such as stalls/Freshers Fair, Student Leaders Conference, Academic Rep Briefings and attending Student Staff Committees and
• Supporting the implementation of our new Knowledge Bank a project that is seeking to bring together student feedback into one place.

In addition, as a Student Staff member within the Union you will on an ad-hoc basis be invited to help out with additional Students’ Union Projects, this will include at times covering the Students’ Union Reception Desk.

We are seeking individuals with exceptional communication and administration skills who have a keen eye for detail. You will ideally have a good knowledge of representational structures and be able to effectively liaise with a wide variety of students.

Application Deadline 1 September at 9.00am with interviews either on teams or in-person in week commencing 7 September.

If you have any questions regarding the role, please get in touch with Ian Bruce at [e-mail]