Community Ambassador

Job Description

UAL Post-Grad Community is a student focussed, and student led platform for all current UAL postgraduates and alumni. Therefore, Community Ambassadors play a key role in helping to provide peer to peer engagement activities and connections. Providing student content – written, recorded etc and assisting with the delivery of online and in-person activity that builds and connects student communities from across UAL.

The role commands current students to use their organisational, creative, and collaborative skills sets. Providing an opportunity for them to complement their own creative journey, professional development and networks.

Duties and responsibilities

Report on student activity from across UAL, including written text or photo essays
May be assigned to contribute to with audio-visual content such as podcasts, video, vox pop videos/ social media reels and shorts
Support social media takeovers to cover student activity, such as student exhibitions.
Helping to host online events that is inclusive of UAL’s low residency students
Develop new and existing channels of student feedback within Post-Grad Community and Student Communications and Engagement's internal student campaign activity to emphasise student voice at UAL.
Attend and help to deliver peer to peer events such as the Post-Grad Connects series, Welcome events, Community Table events etc where Ambassadors can have an opportunity to share skills through facilitated workshops or feedback gathering with students from different study levels.
Build effective relationships with other Community Ambassadors, stakeholders, students, and staff who are pivotal to supporting community building activity and helping to provide a sense of belonging for students at UAL.
Contribute to focus groups to shape strategic direction of student communication and engagement at UAL
Speak on panels and Q&As on Discovery Webinars about your application and student experience and being a Community Ambassador for the UAL Student Marketing, Recruitment and Admissions department
Be part of the Unibuddy platform where prospective students can reach out to ask you questions about your course and experience at UAL, equating to approximately 30 minutes a week (contracted separately via the Student Marketing and Recruitment Department).

Personal Specification

All criteria listed is desirable unless marked as essential. We are interested in hearing from students of all professional backgrounds and experiences, so please take the below criteria as guidance, rather than a necessity. However, please make sure you provide evidence to demonstrate clearly if you meet these criteria, or any other skills and expertise that you will bring to the team.

Essential criteria

Current UAL postgraduate student (MA, MRes, or PhD

Registered with Arts Temps (see below)

Motivated and willing to take initiative

Relevant experience

Experience working with students

Experience in event facilitation, both in person and online

Experience in producing creative content – photography, video, audio etc.

Communication

Communicates effectively orally and in writing adapting message for a diverse audience in an inclusive and accessible way.

Able to effectively adapt communications to different platforms and softwares such as Instagram, TikTok, Microsoft Teams and Zoom.

Confident talking to students and stakeholders in different settings.

Planning and managing resources

Able to work as part of a team and independently to manage time, workloads, and deadlines

Teamwork

Works collaboratively in a team, and across or with different Community Ambassadors and stakeholders

Builds and maintains positive working relations with students and staff

Professional and creative practice

Contributes to advancing professional and creative practice in own area of interest

We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

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