Community Organising Coordinator (Graduate Role)
To apply for this position, you must have graduated or are due to graduate from Leeds Beckett University between September 2024 and July 2025.
Salary: £26,192
Contract : 1 year Fixed Term, Full Time (32 hours per week), 1st July 2025 to 30th June 2026
Location: Leeds Beckett Students’ Union, Portland Way, Leeds.
Application Closing Date: Friday 16th May 2025, 12 noon
Interview Date: Tuesday 27th May 2025
Start Date: Tuesday 1st July 2025
Overview
The Community Organising Coordinator is an exciting role within our Organising & Influencing directorate. We are looking for an exceptional recent or soon-to-be Leeds Beckett graduate to join us in supporting student groups at Leeds Beckett to deliver an exceptional student experience and make change through community building, organising and autonomous student-led campaigning.
Working within the Community Organising team, you will provide effective operational and administrative support to the team and to a range of student groups. We will also train you to listen and engage with a broad range of students, identifying leaders and building relationships with them to ensure the efficient and comprehensive delivery of their offer to members. Successful candidates will be strong communicators, driven to bring people together, deliver impactful engagement activity and strengthen student belonging.
Skills Development
We see this role 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 bring people together to facilitate the provision of strong student communities.
- 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 skills and experience 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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