Welcome to the UWS Union Job Page
2 Current Vacancies
Why Your Union at UWS?
Would you like to work at the NUS Scotland Students' Union of the Year 2022/23? We have been supporting and representing students since 1971. Of course things have changed a lot over the years as the University of the West of Scotland has expanded and grown. We work across five campuses, including Paisley (where our head office is located), Ayr, Lanarkshire, Dumfries and London.
Working for a Students’ Union is like no other job! The staff that work for the University of the West of Scotland Students’ Union care about improving students' lives.
We care about our staff and strive to ensure that you feel supported in your role, have opporunities to develop your knowledge and skills, networking with other professionals across the Student Union movement and a chance to have a little fun along the way. We provide a number of benefits to staff including:
o Generous annual leave
o Contributory pension
o Flexible working opportunities
o Commitment to supporting your continuing professional development
o Good working environment, friendly colleagues & lots of opportunities
o NUS Totum discount card & access to Perks at Work
o Access to Health Assured employee assistance programme
We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities and are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences, and abilities. We particularly welcome applications from disabled candidates, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates, and LGB, trans, and non-binary candidates.
Employment Opportunities
The Union has two exciting opportunities for UWS students to join our staff team. The posts are part-time for ten hours per week and fixed term until May 2024. You can find out more about the roles below.
Social Media Assistant
This new role would suit a student with a flair for communicating over social media. We are looking for a passionate and creative person to join our staff team and help our societies communicate with our wider members and promote volunteering opportunities to students. Working under the direction of the Digital Communications Coordinator you will create engaging social media content related to the work of our 40+ student groups and local organisations. You will build personal relationships with our society and student group leaders and help and train them to plan and organise their social media presence and ensure that their many success stories are communicated to the wider student community.
This post can be based at Ayr, Lanarkshire, or Paisley, and will be expected to travel between the campuses as required.
You can download the application pack for this role by clicking here.
You can find both the Application Form and the Diversity Monitoring form by clicking on the links in the text.
The deadline for the receipt of applications is Monday 15th January 2024 at 5pm.
Societies & Volunteering Support Assistant
This new role would suit a student who likes to help organise events and activities. We are looking for a person who is passionate about organisation and planning that can help our societies make their events and meetings the best they can be and support local organisations to promote volunteering opportunities across our campuses. Working under the direction of our Student Opportunities Coordinator, you will support our 40+ societies to achieve their event goals. You will help them plan, organise, and budget to ensure that their events are engaging to their members. These events can be anything from simple meetings to helping organise graduation balls.
This post can be based at Ayr, Lanarkshire, or Paisley, and will be expected to travel between the campuses as required.
You can download the application pack for this role by clicking here.
You can find both the Application form and the Diversity Monitoring forms by clicking on the links in the text.
The deadline for the receipt of applications is Monday 15th January 2024 at 5 pm.
Recruitment Timetable
- Deadline for receipt of applications – 15th January 2024 at 5pm
- Application shortlisting – Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th January 2024
- Interviews –
- Societies & Volunteering Assistant – 25th January 2024
- Social Media Assistant – 24th January 2024
How to Apply
You can apply for these roles by completing the associated application form and emailing it with the diversity monitoring form to unionadmin@uws.ac.uk by the application deadline. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
What to Expect at the Interview
The interview for the role will take approximately 30-45 mins and will be conducted at our Paisley campus Union. There will be two parts of the interview, a skills-based task or presentation which will take 15 minutes, and a traditional question-based interview where we will explore how well you meet the person specifications of the role. These questions will be sent to you if we invite you to interview, along with the information about the interview task or presentation.
The Paisley Union address is:
The Student Union
Storie Street
Paisley
PA1 2HB
The what3words tag for the Union is: fires.nation.region
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