What you'll gain:

• Valuable skills: Gain practical experience of content creation, stakeholder engagement, event management and student support to develop strong skills.
• Real impact: Help fellow students to confidently own their employability journeys.
• Work schedule: Agree a pattern that works around your role, studies and activities.

Main duties

• Develop knowledge of the support, resources and opportunities offered by Careers Network to effectively engage students at all levels and boost their career-readiness.
• Understand our students’ key employability questions, skills, needs and challenges.
• Assist in the creation of engaging digital communications and social media content, collating content as provided, liaising with colleagues, and providing creative input.
• Create marketing assets, develop student stories and focus on creating engaging content for social media.
• Monitor other UoB and university careers social media accounts to benchmark, review best practice and suggest approaches to content curation for a student audience.
• Promote Careers Corner (our dedicated information hub in Main Library) and support Student Engagement Assistants by answering student queries and encouraging visits.
• Support and represent Careers Network at flagship events, including Welcome Week, Careers Fairs, Open Days, UoB Xtra (June), and ad hoc outreach throughout 26/27.
• Support activities to raise Careers Network’s brand on campus, which includes working on collaborative projects in CN, and with student groups and target cohorts.

Required knowledge, skills, qualifications & experience

Essential:

• A current student at the University of Birmingham (any level of study or degree discipline) through the academic year 2026/27.
• Demonstrable interest in and understanding of issues around careers and employability, and / or your personal and professional development.
• Demonstrable knowledge and passion for social media, as well as creativity and confidence to contribute ideas, engage with students and staff, and be bold.
• Excellent written and oral communication, with the ability to adapt to different groups.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with ability and enthusiasm to engage other students.
• Excellent professionalism, organisation, time-management and self-motivation.
• Strong attention to detail, ability to proofread and copywriting skills.
• Evidence of use of initiative, creative thinking and of implementing creative ideas.
• Digital literacy and adaptability, and ability to use MS Office / MS 365 programmes.
• A positive, teamwork, enthusiastic, flexible and problem-solving approach to working.
• Commitment to the working hours and contract duration.
• Experience of using social media scheduling software
• Experience of using email campaign software such as Mailjet
• Knowledge of Canva

Desirable:

• Experience of using social media scheduling software
• Experience of using email campaign software such as Mailjet
• Knowledge of Canva

Further details

The working pattern for this role will be 6 hours per week, Monday to Friday mainly, with up to 6 weekends a year for Welcome, Open Days and Offer-holder Visit Days.

Interviews are expected to take place between Monday 17th and Friday 28th August 2026.

We can interview candidates in person or via video call – when prompted in the online application form, please outline your available date(s) and preferred format(s) to attend interview.

The University of Birmingham restricts all students to working up to 20 hours per week during term time for a maximum of 13 consecutive weeks. If your application is successful and your course does not follow the usual academic term timetable (e.g. PGT, PGR or PhD student), you and your supervisor must formally agree vacation periods if this role exceeds 20 hours per week. In addition to this, please be aware if you are an international student you will be required to apply to the Registry for the appropriate authorised absence.

You are only eligible to apply to this role if you are a current University of Birmingham student. If you are not a University of Birmingham student your application will not be considered.

To work you will need to carry out a right to work check. These checks will need to be completed prior to work commencing.

Regarding the use of AI in applications, we review hundreds of applications and shortlist candidates based on their unique perspective, motivations and potential. Cover letters generated through, or edited by, AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT or CoPilot) are easy to identify. They produce generic answers and will not score highly enough to progress. You may use AI tools for research, but all written content in your application must be your own work. Authenticity and originality are key to standing out in this process.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we’re unable to contact all applicants individually. You can check the progress of your application by logging into the Worklink jobs portal using the same email address you used to apply. If you haven’t heard back within six weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.