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Community Engagement Ambassador Recruitment

 

Applications for 24/25

Would you like to actively play a part in improving your local community?

Would you like to support fellow students to better manage their waste, recycle well and practice sustainability?

Would you like to join the team on campaigns promoting donations to the British Heart Foundation and raising awareness about crime prevention?

If the answer is yes, apply to join our fantastic team of Community Engagement Ambassadors for the academic year 24/25 

Apply here

Applications close on 28th April 

 

Requirements for the role

 You must be eligible to work in the UK for up to 10 hours per week (please see Unitemps guidelines)

You will be required to work a negotiated amount of hours per week, every week during the course of the project. Please make sure you have the availability, capacity and time to undertake the required work.

You must be able to travel to and from your place of work (Lenton, Radford, Dunkirk, Beeston)

You must be able to attend the in-person training days (below)

You must be available to work the full academic year from September 2024 - July 2025 (not including holidays)

 

Essential person criteria:

  • Be passionate about your local Nottingham community and sustainability
  • Be outgoing, confident, engaging and happy to speak with all members of the community   
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and great communicator
  • Lots of community based outdoor work (in all weather conditions) will require Ambassadors to be active
  • Can work with own initiative and independently    
  • Prepared to have challenging conversations with peers or members of the community 
  • Excellent team player  
  • Resilient and hard working
  • Conscientious and responsible University representative
  • Work confidentially and within data protection regulations, often with sensitive information


Desirable person criteria:

  • Experience of community work and working with students and non-students
  • Keen interest in sustainability and the environment
  • Previous ambassador experience in other areas of the University
  • Knowledge of Nottingham City Council residential processes (eg. waste and recycling)
  • Experience of and previously lived off-campus within an engagement zone

 

Community Engagement Ambassadors must: 

  • Be a current student for the year 24/25 (UG or PG)
  • Live in, or close to, Lenton, Radford, Dunkirk or Beeston
  • Commit to work for the duration of the project (Sept ‘24 – July ’25)
  • Be able to work the 8 weekly hours, as a minimum
  • Be available and attend the training dates (10th - 12th September)

 

24/25 project recruitment timeline

Applications open 18th March

Applications close 28th April

Shortlisting 29th April – 3rd May

Interviews W/C 13th May

 

24/25 project timeline

 Mandatory in-person training 10th – 12th September 2024

Project start 16th September 2024

Project end date (TBC – likely July 2025)

 

Please only apply if you meet all of the criteria above and can meet the deadlines

 

 

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