TEAM BIRKBECK STUDENT AMBASSADOR London, England
Job description
This is a part time appointment on a casual contract and is only available to Current Students at Birkbeck, University of London.
Become more involved at Birkbeck and get paid to represent the College! Apply for Team Birkbeck, the university’s student ambassador scheme.
Are you passionate about Birkbeck? Would you like to help promote the College?
Birkbeck's Marketing and External Relations department are accepting applications from current students to join Team Birkbeck, the College's student ambassador programme.
As a Team Birkbeck Student, you will be part of a group of like-minded individuals who are able to promote Birkbeck on a number of digital platforms, and be on hand to represent Birkbeck at a variety of events and activities, including Open Days/Evenings,HE and School Fairs and campus tours. For this round of Team Birkbeck recruitment, we particularly encourage Mandarin speakers to apply.
Ideally, you will be:
- Currently studying at Birkbeck on a undergraduate or postgraduate course (Home, EU and International)
- Passionate about Birkbeck’s mission and the benefits of evening study
- Able to deliver excellent customer service
- Able to effectively communicate, both written and orally, with a diverse range of people
- Welcoming, approachable and polite
- Positive and have a can-do attitude
- Outstanding listeners
- Reliable and have excellent time management
- Willing to work a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends
- Aware of the issues and challenges prospective students may have when considering studying at Higher Education level.
- Enthusiastic about producing content for a variety of channels including social media, Birkbeck’s Unibuddy chat platform, college website, blogs, vlogs, email and any other channels as required.
- Able to represent and promote Birkbeck on the online platform Unibuddy, answering general enquiries from prospective students within 24 hours, providing information, advice and guidance to prospective students.
- Native level of Mandarin is highly desirable.
This role is an excellent opportunity to make a positive contribution to Birkbeck whilst enhancing your CV
Remuneration:
Payment is based on an hourly rate depending on length of continuous service with the College (starting rate £12.90 per hour inclusive of pro-rata London Allowance and holiday pay) for contact hours worked.
Enquiries:
If you would like to know more about the role, please click on apply below or contact the International Marketing and Recruitment Team at [email protected]
If you have technical issues or difficulties using the recruitment portal please contact [email protected], providing your name and the job reference number of the position.
While we are happy to respond to all informal enquiries, only formal applications through the online system will be considered.
Birkbeck offers a competitive salary and pension scheme, 31 days paid leave, flexible working arrangements and some of the most generous benefits in the HE sector, all while being located right in the heart of Central London.
We welcome applicants from all sections of the community. The College is committed to improving the gender and cultural diversity of its workforce, holding an Athena SWAN award, membership of WISE, operating Disability Confident & Mindful Employer schemes.
