Job Title: Communications Intern

Reporting to: Senior Content and Communications Lead

Place of Work: The University of York Student Centre, James College, Newton Way, York, YO10 5DD / Potential hybrid options with 3 days a week on campus

Contract: 2 years fixed term internship

Hours of Work: 35 hours a week

Salary: Starting at £25,004 per annum 

Closing Date:  5pm Monday 8th June 2026

Interview: Thursday 18th June and Friday 19th June 2026. In person at at The University of York Student Centre, James College, Newton Way, York, YO10 5DD.

About the Role:

As the Communications Intern, you’ll play a key role in supporting the Communications Team to deliver strong, impactful content across a range of digital channels.

Working closely with the Senior Content and Communications Lead, you'll support the team in creating engaging social media content, assist with planning key campaigns for the Union (such as Welcome) and collaborate with elected Officers to promote Union services.

This job would be ideal for a recent graduate.This is a full-time (35hrs/wk), fixed term role. Employees must be available to work from campus, with the option for some occasional home working if appropriate for the role and in agreement with their line manager. 

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
• For a full year, you accrue 38 days holiday (including bank holidays and 4 paid closed Christmas days) Pro rata for part time contracts
• 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.