Brand Ambassador
Please Note: This role starts on the 15th August 2025 & runs to the 14th August 2026. This role is only open to students graduating in 2026 or later.
Who are we?
We are Manchester Students’ Union, the biggest SU in the country, supporting over 40,000 students throughout their time at university. We help to make student life the best it can be by supporting students to campaign for change, creating opportunities to meet new people, providing employment opportunities, providing advice and support and being a safe place on campus.
We are a values-centred organisation that employs around 90 permanent, full-time members of staff. We recruit a wide range of roles throughout the year within all our departments from our Commercial team operating Manchester Academy Venues, 13 Media, Bar 532 & Kitchen and Corridor Coffee to our Student Activities, Student Engagement, Marketing and Communications, Finance, HR and Facilities teams. Our team of around 400 part-time, studying staff are instrumental in providing to support to all departments as well as leading major projects like Student Angels. When you join UMSU, you’ll be immersed in an environment that empowers staff to make great things happen and we're always on the lookout for innovative, passionate, and proactive people to join us.
Our values are really important to us and shape the work that we do every day. As part of our recruitment process, we want you to demonstrate how your experiences, behaviours and skills align with our values. You can find more detailed explanations of our values on our website.
About the role
The role of the SU Brand Ambassador is to welcome students to the University of Manchester, promote Students’ Union key messages, and champion the SU brand to support the work of the Marketing and Events Team. The role involves face-to-face activities with students in and around the Students’ Union and the University campus. Some examples of campaigns you will work on are Welcome Week (Freshers 2024), Refreshers, Exec elections, Reclaim the Night and more. You will support us in ensuring our organisational values are at the forefront of our marketing activity, helping us to offer students a great experience whilst at University by creating an inclusive and welcoming community where we put students at the heart of everything we do.
Working with the Marketing team you will be responsible for championing our brand by building relationships with our students and engaging with them across the variety of activities. You will do this by leading branding activity stations, handing out flyers and freebies while telling students about our upcoming events and campaigns to boost either sales and/or engagement. Helping us increase brand awareness and brand loyalty amongst our students.
Please read the full role profile before applying, as well as our guide to recruitment.
Details
Wage: £12.60 per hour + holiday pay
Contract: Zero Hours, Fixed-Term from 15th August 2025 to 14th August 2026.
Hours: approximately 2-8 per week
Our Reward Package
You'll get access to our reward package which you can see here.
Recruitment Guide
We have a guide that explains our full recruitment process. We recommend reading through this before beginning an application.
If you are invited to interview with us, we will share our interview questions in advance so you can prepare your responses. We’re more interested in hearing about your experiences and ideas than in testing your memory, and so we want you to feel as prepared as possible.
Inclusivity and Accessibility
We are committed to equality of opportunity, and we work hard to ensure we appoint based on skill and values.
We particularly encourage applications from Disabled or Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African candidates as these groups are currently underrepresented in our staff team.
If you have any accessibility requirements or require adjustments to support you to apply to work with us, please get in touch. We can offer reasonable adjustments at all stages of our recruitment process.
Recruitment Timeline
Applications opened: 3rd March
Applications close: 14th March 3pm
Interviews: W/C 31st March
Role Commencing: August
We may close applications early if we receive a high volume of applications. We recommend that you apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. In this case, all applicants who have started an application will be contacted 2 hours before we close the role.
Contact
People Team:
You can contact the People Team with any questions regarding this vacancy or our recruitment process.
Email: jobs.su@manchester.ac.uk
Phone: 0161 306 3279
Hiring Manager:
You can contact the hiring manager with any questions regarding this vacancy or our recruitment process.
Email: megan.keeble@manchester.ac.uk