Ready to join our vibrant department? Open to UG, PGT and PGR Home and International students, we encourage applications from all students passionate about supporting their peers and eager to develop their professional skills.

As part of your application please include an up-to-date CV and write a statement that demonstrates your skills and reason for applying to this position.

Job summary

• Regular, consistent hours throughout the academic year.
• The opportunity to experience working as part of a professional team, office-based and on-campus working, event management, and external engagement work.
• Access to employers, skills workshops, careers experts and employability resources.
• Experience and support to build your confidence and networking skills.
• Act as an ambassador for the service, demonstrating the professionalism, expertise and friendliness of Careers Network to students, employers and staff.
• Action Careers Connect (student opportunities portal) work experience vacancy approvals using the Careers Network approvals and due diligence processes.
• Present at work experience workshops and carry out live demos of Careers Connect.

Main duties

• 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.
• Collaborate with the Student Engagement Manager and Student Comms Assistants to create work experience-focused social media, blog, video and podcast content.
• Other research-based and ad-hoc tasks supporting projects for the WESO team.

Required knowledge, skills, qualifications & experience

• 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.
• Excellent written and oral communication, with the ability to adapt to different groups.
• Strong attention to detail, organisation and time-management skills.
• Experience and confidence to deliver informational presentations to small and large groups, including diverse student and staff (academic or professional) audiences.
• Digital literacy and adaptability, and ability to use MS Office / MS 365 programmes.
• Strong interpersonal skills, tact and diplomacy, with enthusiasm to engage others.
• Flexibility in switching between both creative and administrative tasks.
• A positive, teamwork, enthusiastic, flexible and problem-solving approach to working.
• Commitment to the working hours and contract duration.

Further details

The working pattern for this role will be 5 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.