Student Voice and Democracy Coordinator
Coventry University Students’ Union
Salary: £26,942 - £29,959 per annum
37.5 hours per week
Permanent
Coventry / Hybrid Working
Coventry University Students’ Union is a charity dedicated to improving the experience of students at the Coventry University Group, operating across 7 campuses in Scarborough, London and Coventry.
Coventry University Students’ Union is a student-led charity; we are led by hard-working, elected students who, together, reflect the experiences and hopes of our amazing membership. We further their interests to improve their lives as students.
We are looking for individuals who can further enhance our students’ learning experiences, increase their sense of course identity, and support their professional development through activity that compliments their learning.
In this key role you will assist in the delivery of Membership Services operations in a nominated School or College, providing support to local Student Officers, Student Representatives and members with activities and training.
In this interesting and varied role, you will coordinate the delivery of Coventry University Students’ Union services, and engage students in related events, campaigns, and projects.
Coventry University Students’ Union’s values are to be helpful, inclusive and ethical and these are reflected in our progressive and people focused rewards and benefits. We offer generous annual leave, an agile working scheme and place a high level of importance on staff support, development, inclusivity, and wellbeing.
Key duties:
- Coordinate and facilitate ‘student-led’ activities
- Coordinate the delivery of a varied range of student voice activities, including the Rep System, Online Feedback Platform, surveys and events with Senior Leadership teams.
- Support the coordination of local student elections, and ongoing induction and support, for elected members in line with our standards
- Champion and support student engagement in quality assurance and enhance activity within the University, including Equity and Diversity
- Maintain student-facing online content, such as websites and social media platforms
- Support student leaders and elected officers with daily activities
- Build and maintain relationships with University staff and key stakeholders
The ideal candidate will be passionate about promoting fairness, opportunity, and equity. You'll be organised and a great communicator, capable of presenting and training students and university staff as well as creating documents for different audiences and speaking up in meetings. You will be able to plan, promote, and deliver engaging activities and events to our membership. Most of all, you’ll be positive and good at building rapport with stakeholders.
You must have some experience of delivering training or workshops and planning and delivering events.
Working Hours and Location:
This post is permanent working full-time 37.5 hours per week; a flexible approach to working hours is required. As an organisation we have an agile working programme which allows for some opportunity for working from home. For this role the successful candidate will be required to work on campus in our Coventry office a minimum of 4 days a week during term time, with additional flexibility to meet business need.
Salary Details:
The salary is £26,942 - £29,959 per annum
It is usual to start at the bottom of the grade and will increase incrementally on an annual basis, however, for a candidate with highly relevant previous experience an offer may be made within the grade range.
Application Process:
Through our online recruitment portal, linked to this advertisement, you will be asked to complete an application form listing your previous work experience and qualifications as well as some application questions for you to demonstrate how you meet our shortlisting criteria.
We encourage you to read the job description and person specification, which contains the shortlisting criteria for this role. The applications that most closely match our shortlisting criteria will be invited for interview.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application or interview process please contact hr.su@coventry.ac.uk.
If you have any questions or would like an informal conversation before applying please contact hr.su@coventry.ac.uk.
Applications closing date: 18 August 2025 at 09:00am.
Interviews are intended to take in the week commencing 25th August 2025, however if selected for interview you will receive further information at least 1 week prior to the interview date.
Please note that internally the job title of this role will be Education Engagement Coordinator.
Focus on Diversity and Inclusion
We are an equal opportunities employer and actively committed to promoting equality and diversity, and expect all staff, students, and volunteers to share this commitment.
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 LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, and those from a Global Majority background.
We are a disability confident employer and candidates with a disability will be guaranteed an interview, providing they meet in full all of the essential requirements of the post.
Staff Benefits:
Our benefits offered to staff include:
- Occupational Pension Scheme, employer contributions matched up to 6%
- Generous annual leave; this role attracts 31 days holiday plus bank holidays (2 additional days after 2 years’ service and a further 3 additional days after 5 years’ service) per annum
- Free 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme offering confidential advice and support
- Mental Health First Aiders, colleagues who have received training to support others
- Life Insurance 3 x salary
- Discounted Gym membership (in Coventry)
- Eye care and Flu vouchers
- Staff reward and recognition schemes
- Agile working scheme
- Volunteer days, up to 2 paid per year
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £26,942.00-£29,959.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free flu jabs
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- Paid volunteer time
- Sick pay
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Coventry CV1 5QT
Reference ID: CUSU0030