£12.71 per hour + £1.53 holiday pay
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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.
 
For more info on what it's like to join the GYF UK Black Student Stream as a student - From Connection to Confidence: What I Learned Through the GROW Your Future: UK Black Student Stream - Lancaster University
 
Preferred start date: 5th of October 2026
Expected end date: 31st of July 2027
Weekly hours: Approx. 4 hours per week
 
Location: On the Lancaster University campus

Job Description

As a Black Student Community Ambassador, you will play a key role in supporting the WP Careers Advisor to develop and run the GYF UK Black Student Stream.
 
 Tasks are likely to include:
 
  • Working collaboratively to organise events and activities for students who are part of the GYF UK Black Student Stream
  • Building relationships with societies and other stakeholders across the university campus
  • Take an active role in managing our dedicated MS Teams space for the GYF UK Black Student Stream, including searching for and adding targeted careers opportunities 
  • Creating content that can be used to promote activities on social media
  • Gathering student feed-back 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:
 
  • Knowledge Sharing Leadership
  • Multi-tasking
  • Organisation
  • Planning and organising
  • Problem solving
  • Resilience
  • Self-motivation
  • Teamwork
  • Time Management
  • Verbal communication
  • Written communication
For any queries about this role please email Rachel Ireland: [email protected]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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