SU Ambassador

📍Warwick Students’ Union & across campus
💷Hourly rate: £12.21 + holiday pay
🗓 Fixed-term contract: Term 1 2025 – 4 July 2026

Outgoing? Creative? Love all things Warwick SU? Become the voice and face of the Students' Union!

💼 What’s on Offer:

  • Pay: ÂŁ12.21 per hour + 15.55% holiday pay (equivalent to 35 days paid leave per year)
  • Contract: Fixed-term from Term 1 2025 until 4 July 2026 (includes a 6-month probationary period)
  • Hours:
  • Flexible hours available throughout term time
  • Vary depending on events, campaigns, and activities
  • Hours are not guaranteed
  • Location: Warwick SU (on campus) + wider University campus

📅 Key Dates:

  • Application deadline: 9am, Thursday 31 July 2025
    (We may close early if enough applications are received — apply early!)
  • Assessment Centre: Tuesday 12 August 2025
    (You must be available if shortlisted.)

🧠 What’s the Role?

As an SU Ambassador, you’ll be at the centre of student engagement — connecting your peers to everything the Students’ Union has to offer. You'll:

  • Represent the SU on campus and online
  • Help promote events, services, and campaigns
  • Create original content for TikTok and Instagram
  • Distribute materials and support external promotions
  • Bring a creative spark and friendly face to all things SU!

You’ll be working closely with our Communications & Marketing team, supporting year-round initiatives that get students excited, involved, and informed.

🙋‍♀️ Who You Are:

You're approachable, full of ideas, and love being part of student life. You’ll thrive in this role if you are:

  • A confident communicator who enjoys speaking with a wide range of people
  • Passionate about the SU and what it offers students
  • Organised, dependable, and proactive
  • Skilled at using Instagram and TikTok — and love making engaging, relatable content
  • Creative, enthusiastic, and not afraid to try new ideas
  • A team player who’s also comfortable working independently

🌟 Why Join Us?

  • Get involved in SU life in a hands-on, high-impact way
  • Build content creation, marketing, and communication experience
  • Work flexibly in a friendly and supportive team

Full training is provided to help you succeed in this role and beyond.

This role is part of the Warwick Award – a programme built around 12 key employability skills identified by top employers. Your time and training in this role count towards Core Skills Points, helping you prepare for whatever comes next.

👉 Learn more and register: What is the Warwick Award?

🏳️‍🌈 Inclusion & Equality:

We’re proudly inclusive and passionate about representation. We welcome applicants of all races, ethnicities, sexualities, gender identities, religions, ages, and backgrounds. If you bring passion, energy, and your authentic self, you’ll fit right in.

Questions? Contact us at jobs@warwicksu.com


JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: SU Ambassador 

RESPONSIBLE TO: Creative Content Coordinator and, through them, the Communications and Marketing Director

RESPONSIBLE FOR: None 

MAIN PURPOSE FOR JOB: To connect with students across campus and online, represent and act as an ambassador for the Students’ Union.


MAIN DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

  • To act as a brand ambassador for the Students’ Union
  • Delivery of SU publicity on and at SU events
  • Use word of mouth to increase interest in and attendance at SU events
  • Support the general member engagement and marketing activities of the department
  • Distribution of promotional materials
  • External client social media promotion on SU’s Instagram stories
  • Like, share and comment on SU social media posts
  • Create social media content for the SU’s Instagram Stories
  • Create social media content for the SU’s TikTok channel
  • Manage the SU’s TikTok channel

EXPECTED STANDARDS

  • Efficiency, effectiveness and tidiness in delivery of material
  • A professional approach to all aspects of the role
  • A positive attitude towards the SU and its services
  • Enthusiasm for promoting the SU
  • A friendly attitude towards students when working
  • Reliability and promptness
  • Wear the SU branded uniform (supplied by the SU) and have a presentable appearance when working

PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential Skills

  • Friendly and approachable
  • Reliable and punctual
  • Ability to work on own initiative
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Teamwork skills
  • Assertive and confident
  • Adaptability
  • Trustworthy
  • Competence and confidence using TikTok and Instagram