Student Events Assistant
Who are we?
We are Manchester Students’ Union, the biggest SU in the country, supporting over 48,000 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
Are you interested in gaining experience in live event operations and venue management? The SU Events team are looking to recruit Student Events Assistants to provide support in the delivery of the Team’s growing for-student and by-student events programme. Working alongside the Student Events team, Student Events Assistants are responsible for providing on-the-day event management for larger student events taking place in the Academy venues, directly ensuring the smooth running of events put on by the Events Team and student societies to deliver fantastic events for a variety of societies’ communities, as well as the wider student community as a whole. As a Student Events Assistant, you will do this through working effectively alongside SU staff teams and student event organisers/leaders, ensuring correct procedure is followed in the setting up of the event, and supporting the Facilities Duty Manager in the setting up/down of the event. You will provide general oversight of the event from pre-arrival to departure of the event organisers, liaising between staff and student teams to ensure that the event runs to schedule and all venue rules and regulations are adhered to at all times. You will also be able to build and maintain a good working relationship with our internal and external suppliers and stakeholders, ensuring they are given clear on-the-day direction and service when involved with our events.
You will also be responsible for providing support to ad hoc events and marketing activity taking place across the Students’ Union and other University Venues where required. This support will include; assisting in the preparation and delivery of events and promotional activity through scanning tickets, welcoming attendees and delivering a variety of SU-led events to deliver a great experience to all student attendees. You will be enthusiastic and comfortable engaging attendees and potential guests for our events, and able to think proactively in devising strategies to maximise both the level and quality of engagement with our activity. You will promote an inclusive environment at all events, and allow for the continued growth of both our for-student and by-student events programmes, allowing us to further expand our programmes and provide scope to explore the development of new and exciting events in the future.
Please Note: This role will require you to be available to work on evenings & weekends, where needed.
Details
Wage: £13.45 per hour + holiday pay
Contract: Zero Hours, Fixed-Term until
Hours: approximately 5-10 per week
Eligibility: Open to applicants with relevant skills and experience who are eligible to work in the UK and a current student at either UoM, MMU or UoS graduating after July 2027.
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.
AI Use
GenAI tools, like ChatGPT, are revolutionising how we approach a whole host of tasks at work. As a future-focused employer, we believe in embracing, not banning, these tools. However, as with all tech, some ways of using it are better than others. You can use GenAI to refine and articulate your ideas. It’s a tool to help structure your thoughts and improve clarity, not to replace your unique voice and experiences. Please don’t just copy and paste what AI tells you to write.
We recommend you read our guide on how to approach the use of AI within our recruitment process:
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.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. Under this scheme, we aim to offer an interview to candidates who declare a disability and meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. Minimum criteria are marked with an asterisk on the person specification. However, during periods of exceptionally high application volumes or peak recruitment times (i.e. July, August and September), it may not always be possible to guarantee an interview for every eligible candidate. In such cases, we will take steps to ensure that the process remains fair, consistent, and inclusive.
Recruitment Timeline
Applications opened: 25/05/2026
Applications close: 08/06/2026 23:59pm
Interviews: 24/06/2026
Role Commencing: July 2026
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. Once the vacancy has closed, we’re unable to accept late applications to ensure a fair process for all candidates.
Once you have submitted your application, you will not be able to make any further changes. Please ensure you are happy with your responses before submitting.
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: Daniel Findell
You can contact the People Team with any questions regarding this vacancy or our recruitment process.
Email: daniel.findell@manchester.ac.uk