£12.21 per hour plus £1.47 holiday pay
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02 Nov 2025
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Role & Department Overview

 GROW Your Future (GYF) is a Widening Participation (WP) initiative designed to support students from underrepresented and/or disadvantaged backgrounds by providing a gateway to accessing additional targeted careers support and activity. GYF offers opportunities through a variety of initiatives and aims to be a supportive student community.
 
In October 2024, GYF launched the GYF UK Black Student Stream, a careers community for black and black heritage students. The aim of the GYF UK Black Student Stream is to support students to develop their career confidence, professional networks, and employability skills.
 
The role of Black Student Community Ambassador is key to the success of the GYF UK Black Student Stream, supporting the team to organise, promote and run a range of different events and activities, and connect black and black heritage students with targeted career opportunities.
 

Pay Rate: £12.21 per hour plus £1.47 holiday pay

Start Date: 17th November 2025

End Date: 31st July 2026

Location: On campus

Working Pattern: Varied

Job Description

 As a Black Student Community Ambassador, you will support the WP Careers Advisor to continue to develop the GYF UK Black Student Stream.

Tasks are likely to include:

  • Supporting with the development of the GYF UK Black Student Stream community, including building relationships with societies and other stakeholders across the university campus
  • Working collaboratively to organise events and activities for students who are part of the GYF UK Black Student Stream
  • Searching for opportunities and adding them to our dedicated GYF UK Black Student Stream MS Teams space and/or on GYF social media
  • Creating content that can be used to promote activities on social media
  • Gathering student feedback through focus groups and creation of questionnaires

Person Specification

Essential:
  • Current student at Lancaster University
  • To have a firm understanding of black heritage and the black student community on campus
  • A member of the GROW Your Future Community (you can find out more and sign up via this link - https://portal.lancaster.ac.uk/ask/grow-your-future/ )
  • Strong face to face, electronic and written communication and interpersonal skills
  • Desire and ability to work both in a team and independently
  • Ability to provide effective administrative support, including good knowledge of Microsoft Office, in particular use of Word, Excel, MS Teams, and Outlook emails
  • Competent Canva user
  • Able to create engaging content to communicate with students
  • Strong organisational and time management skills

Desirable:

  • Ability to use social media platforms, including Instagram and LinkedIn
  • An interest in and commitment to promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Working in this role will help develop the following skills and experience:

  • Collaboration
  • Creativity
  • Exercising Professional Judgement
  • Flexibility
  • Integrity
  • Interpersonal Sensitivity

You are required to submit a cover letter to support your application. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Please note: Unless specified otherwise in the advert wording, this role is only open to individuals living in the UK.

Under the terms of this work, we endeavour to provide the advertised number of hours however, hours are not guaranteed and that work may cease if there is a fall in demand. 

Adverts that display a closing date should be treated as a guide. We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

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Help and advice on making applications can be found on the Lancaster University Careers pages. Visit www.lancaster.ac.uk/careers.

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