SU Ambassador (Mandarin-speaking)

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

Fluent in Mandarin? Passionate about helping Chinese students connect with SU life? Join us as an SU Ambassador and make a real impact!

💼 What’s on Offer:

  • Pay: £12.21 per hour + 15.55% holiday pay (equivalent to 35 days paid leave per year)
  • Contract: Fixed-term from Term 1 2025 to 4 July 2026 (includes a 6-month probationary period)
  • Hours:
  • Flexible and varied hours throughout term time
  • Workload will depend on SU events, campaigns, and activities
  • Hours not guaranteed
  • Location: Warwick SU (on campus) and the wider University of Warwick campus

📅 Important 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 (Mandarin-speaking), you’ll act as a bridge between the SU and our Mandarin-speaking student community. You’ll:

  • Represent the SU across campus and online
  • Promote SU events, services, and campaigns
  • Create engaging social media content for TikTok, Instagram, and Xiaohongshu (RedNote)
  • Produce content in Mandarin and add Mandarin subtitles to English-language videos
  • Support promotional activities for both internal and external campaigns
  • Help ensure all students — especially those from Chinese-speaking backgrounds — feel informed, welcomed, and included in SU life

🙋‍♀️ Who You Are:

You’re outgoing, creative, and passionate about student life. You enjoy connecting with others, sharing ideas, and celebrating diverse cultures. You’ll thrive in this role if you are:

  • Fluent in Mandarin and English
  • Confident using Instagram, TikTok, and Xiaohongshu
  • A great communicator who’s comfortable engaging with a range of students
  • Skilled at creating content that’s fun, relevant, and culturally resonant
  • Self-motivated, organised, and reliable
  • Friendly, trustworthy, and a proactive team player

🌟 Why Join Us?

  • Use your language and communication skills to support international student engagement
  • Gain valuable marketing and media experience
  • Work in a supportive, student-centred environment

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

This role is part of the Warwick Award, a development programme based on 12 core employability skills identified by leading employers. Your work and training will help you earn Core Skills Points that count toward the Award.

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

🏳️‍🌈 Inclusion & Equality:

We are proud to be a diverse, inclusive organisation that values every individual. No matter your background, identity, or experience — we want you to feel welcome here.

Have a question? Contact us at jobs@warwicksu.com


JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: SU Ambassador (Mandarin speaking)

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

RESPONSIBLE FOR: None

MAIN PURPOSE FOR JOB: To connect with Chinese 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
  • Distribute external promotional materials on campus
  • 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
  • Create social media content for the SU’s TikTok channel
  • Create social media content for the SU’s Xiaohongshu channel
  • Manage the SU Xiaohongshu channel

EXPECTED STANDARDS

  • To act as a brand ambassador for the Students’ Union
  • Delivery of SU publicity on and at SU events
  • Distribute external promotional materials on campus
  • 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
  • Create social media content for the SU’s Xiaohongshu channel
  • Manage the SU Xiaohongshu channel

PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential Skills

  • Able to speak Mandarin
  • Able to translate English into Mandarin
  • 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, Instagram and Xiaohongshu
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