Job Title: Commercial Events Development Coordinator

Reporting to: Events and Marketing Manager

Place of Work: The Student Centre- University of York Students Union/Hybrid with a minimum expectation of 3 days on campus each week

Contract: Permanent 

Hours of Work: 35 hours a week (includes a requirement to be able to work mornings, evenings and weekends on campus as and when required)

Salary: from £29,609 to £32,144 per annum 

Closing date: Friday 19th September at 5pm

Interviews will be held in person, 1st & 2nd October at the Student Centre

About the Role:

As the Commercial Events Development Coordinator, you will play a crucial role in income generation activity for the Union. You will liaise between internal and external stakeholders to coordinate the planning, promotion and delivery of all income-generating events. This approach will use current trends and insight to ensure maximum student engagement and satisfaction. This role requires a strategic thinker to seek out new opportunities to increase revenue in our venues and across our student and corporate events offering. You will manage key partnerships and delivery of events operationally, including overseeing risk management.

Working at York SU:

At York SU we know that maintaining a great work life balance also improves our teams wellbeing, productivity and happiness, this is why we offer flexible working arrangements to suit personal needs and requirements. We have both a flexi-time work scheme and remote working policy available to staff as standard and welcome applicants to discuss their flexible requirements at the interview. (If applicable to the role)

• A full time working week is 35 hours
• You receive 38 days holiday (including bank holidays and 4 paid closed Christmas days)
• You get extensive access to discounts and benefits
• There are paid volunteering opportunities
• You have access to the cycle to work schemes and other salary sacrifice options
• We offer a generous pension scheme
• You have the chance to shape the student experience for the better

York SU is committed to equality of opportunity - we are an organisation who works very hard to ensure we appoint based on merit. We would particularly welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and/or from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer (LV1), we are proud to offer an interview to applicants who meet the minimum criteria** for the advertised position.

**It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high number of applications, seasonal and high-peak times, we may have to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

If you are invited to interview with us we will share our interview questions in advance so you can feel a little more prepared. We’re more interested in hearing about your experiences and ideas than in testing your memory, and so we want you to feel as comfortable as possible.

If you have any further questions about the position, or if you have a requirement for adjustments that would make the application or interview process more accessible, please do not hesitate to contact us on [email protected].

Please note that products containing nuts, dairy, gluten and other potential allergies are served within our venues. We however aim to support a nut free environment within our student centre by encouraging staff not to bring nut based products to work.