Student Community Organiser
To apply for this position, you must be a Leeds Beckett student between July 2025 and June 2026
Salary: Real Living Wage (£12.60 per hour)
Contract: Fixed term, 13 hours per week during term time, with the possibility of some work outside term including essential induction in July / August
Location: Leeds Beckett Students’ Union, Portland Way, Leeds.
Application Closing Date: Tuesday 6th May, 9 am
Interview Date: Thursday 29th May 2025
Start Date: Tuesday 1st July 2025
Overview
The Student Community Organiser is an exciting role within our Organising & Influencing directorate. We are looking for multiple inspiring students to join us in supporting the student body at Leeds Beckett to make change through community building, organising and autonomous student-led campaigning.
Working alongside other members of the Organising & Influencing team and the elected full-time Student Officer team, we will train you to listen and engage with a broad range of students, identifying leaders and working with them to build their collective and individual power, tackle issues, improve students’ feelings of belonging at Leeds Beckett and make positive change happen. Successful candidates will be strong communicators, driven to bring people together to act around their common concerns, deliver impactful change and overcome social injustice.
Some examples of the work that these roles can expect to be involved in include:
- Buses | Working to extend student fares to all routes across West Yorkshire and in time, working to reduce those fares to £1.
- Part-time Work | Working to increase pathways to employment for students, in particular for international students who are tied to only 20 hours per week.
- Timetabling | Working to reduce the number of days students must be on campus, enabling a wider-spread rollout of hybrid teaching, and giving students more choice over timeslots for their lectures and seminars.
- Communities | Working to build student communities and develop social opportunities in the areas of academia, liberation & equality, faith and nationality.
Skills Development
We see these roles as an investment in you and your future development. If successfully appointed, you can expect to develop the following skills in this role:
- An understanding, working knowledge and ability to relate to diverse communities of people.
- The ability to inspire, motivate and lead others, including those who are different than you.
- The ability to use creative strategies to effect meaningful change that improves the lives of others.
- The ability to plan and organise yourself and others as part of a team.
- The ability to plan, deliver and evaluate training and workshops.
- The ability to develop the potential of others.
- The ability to communicate well, both verbally and in writing, to inspire, organise and build strong public relationships.
Application
We look forward to reviewing your CV and selection criteria responses, highlighting how you meet the person specification. Please pay particular attention to demonstrating how you align with the values and behaviours for this role, and expressing your desire to work for LBSU.
If you need support with your application, you'll find some useful content here: https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk...
If you are interested in this role and think you have the attributes to succeed but are unsure whether you meet the person specification detailed below, we welcome the opportunity to speak to you about the role in more detail. Drop us an email at communityorganising@leedsbeckett.ac.uk and a member of the team will be in touch.
We are especially keen to encourage expressions of interest from people currently under-represented within the organisation, these include but are not limited to those from the LGBT+ community, people with disabilities, and those from a Black & Global Majority background. Candidates with a disability will be guaranteed an interview, providing they meet all the essential requirements of the post.
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