Job Title: Events 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: £25,425- £27,958 per annum (dependent upon experience)

Closing date: Thursday 24th July at 5pm

Interviews will be held in person, 30th & 31st July at the Student Centre

About the Role:

Working within the Marketing and Events team, the Events Coordinator will lead on York SU’s events offering by coordinating headline and staff led events, and supporting and guiding student led events through York SU’s event process. This role will support, develop, and deliver a range of events, whilst prioritising student experience, attendance, and considering income opportunities. The Events Coordinator will coordinate the smooth and successful delivery of events both on and off campus working strictly to budgets and deadlines. The post holder will facilitate relationships between student groups and Sabbatical Officers, University departments, external suppliers, and York SU’s teams. This role is office based and includes evening and weekend work.

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.