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Student Events and Engagement Manager
Location: Brighton
Salary: £39,000 – £50,440
Our client is more than just an educational institution; they are a vibrant community dedicated to nurturing creativity and empowering students to reach their full potential. With campuses across the UK, Ireland, and Germany, they offer a diverse range of courses in modern music, performing arts, filmmaking and creative technology. Their commitment to excellence in creative arts education sets them apart, providing students with the knowledge, skills, and opportunities they need to succeed in their chosen fields.
About The Role
As Student Events and Engagement Manager, you will lead the development and delivery of an engaging, inclusive, and industry aligned programme of events and engagement activity across the campus. You will play a central role in shaping experiences that enhance employability, belonging, collaboration, and community throughout the student lifecycle. Working closely with academic colleagues, professional services, the Student Association, and external partners, you will ensure activity is impactful, well coordinated, and responsive to student needs.
What You’ll Do:
Lead the development and delivery of a campus Events and Engagement Plan aligned with the University’s Student Engagement strategy. Plan, promote, and deliver a calendar of high impact events that enhance student experience, employability, and cross campus collaboration. Provide campus leadership for the successful delivery of core institutional events, including Welcome activities, creative showcases, community building initiatives, and flagship moments across the academic year. Lead the operational delivery of events, coordinating venues, equipment, technical requirements, guests, staff, and students, including streamed and hybrid activity. Build effective relationships with academic teams, Creative Futures, the Student Association, and other services to ensure joined up and coherent engagement activity. Work collaboratively to deliver masterclasses, industry talks, guest sessions, and industry facing events. Support strong student leadership and student voice activity, ensuring student perspectives inform engagement and community building initiatives. Work with Marketing and other stakeholders to promote activity through appropriate channels, including digital and social media platforms. Use data and insight to evaluate attendance and engagement, informing continuous improvement and future planning. Manage events and engagement budgets and resources effectively, ensuring compliance with University policies, regulatory expectations, and health and safety requirements.
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What You’ll Bring:
Significant experience planning, delivering, and evaluating events or engagement programmes within a complex organisation. Experience working in higher education or a comparable sector. Strong organisational and leadership skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines. Experience working collaboratively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. Confidence using data, digital tools, and platforms to support engagement and event delivery. Experience managing budgets and resources effectively. Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage diverse audiences. A clear commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, with experience delivering inclusive activity.
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Why Our Client?
They are a values-led organisation, meaning their core values underpin all that they do:
Believe in Everyone. Challenge the Norm. Grow Together. Do the Right Thing. Own It.
In addition to joining a committed and dedicated team, you will have access to:
25 days holiday per year (FTE) SMART pension A comprehensive benefits package
They continually strive to create a culture of inclusivity so that they truly represent their diverse communities. They particularly welcome applications from people of colour who are underrepresented in their organisation.
They are committed to promoting the safety and welfare of their students therefore, all successful applicants are required to complete a basic DBS disclosure. Depending on the role, you may be required to complete an enhanced check / enhanced check with barred list if required by statute and internal policy.
How To Apply
Interested in this opportunity, click apply and you will be redirected to our client’s careers page to complete your application.
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