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Advocacy & Campaigns Manager
Gloucester/Cheltenham
Job description
Overview
UoGSU is a value-driven organisation. The work we do has the power to impact the real, lived experiences of our members - and how we do it is incredibly important. UoGSU exists to support its members to overcome the myriad challenges they face, so that they can love their time at the University of Gloucestershire.
Students’ Unions are amazing membership organisations bringing together hundreds of students with shared and varied interests. The Advocacy & Campaigns Manager is a key role within UoGSU ensure that the Students’ Union operates as a democratic organisation, that the student voice is heard and a part of everything we do.
To all our members and stakeholders, we promise to be:
- Inclusive
- Democratic
- Courageous
- Sustainable
About the role
Student voice is central to the SU, a key part of what makes us a special place to work and critical to our mission to support students to have the best experience possible whilst they study at UOG.
The Advocacy and Campaigns Manager leads a team of people whilst also supported elected and employed student leaders to shape the student experience of all UoGSU members. A critical management role, there is scope to shape a team and develop on a solid foundation and fruitful partnership with our institution.
Key Details
Closing Date: Friday 4th July
Interview Date: Wednesday 16th July/ Thursday 17th July
Start Date: August/September 2025
Applications are to be made by submitting a CV and supporting statement of no more than 2 pages. We advise that you look through the person specification in the job pack available on our website.
Candidates are able to arrange an informal conversation with Lou Fensome, Chief Operating Officer in advance of submitting an application. To arrange an informal conversation please find contact details in the job pack via our website by clicking on Apply Now.
Key details
Job Title: Advocacy & Campaigns Manager
Location: Across all of the main UoGSU sites, with a flexible working policy.
Department: Student Voice and Advocacy
Reports to: Chief Operating Officer
Salary: £30,002pa
Contract Type: Full Time, permanent
Hours: Full time, normally 9am-5pm. Monday to Friday. Some flexible hours required to meet demands of the Students’ Union
Benefits: 25 days holiday pro rata, contributory pension scheme available, excellent flexible working policy including some home working when appropriate
Main purpose of the job
The role exists to ensure that the Students’ Union operates as a democratic organisation and that the student voice is heard and a part of everything we do. The position will:
- Manage, review and promote the Student Representative structure
- Develop robust mechanisms for gaining student feedback in order to fulfil the
- Students’ Union’s key objective of effective representation.
- Lead on elections for our Full Time Officer team.
- Work closely with the University as well as internal SU staff and student leaders.
- Oversee the work of our independent and impartial advice service.
Lead on academic representation
- To manage, develop, promote and review student representative schemes across the SU structures in partnership with UOG colleagues.
- To liaise with the relevant University staff in matters of student representation and ensure administrative processes are effective.
- To devise and deliver student representative training in a manner which is accessible to all students.
- To manage, develop and promote SU feedback tools (both online and in-person alongside wider student voice activities and events.
- To ensure that feedback from all sources is analysed through a student focused lens.
- To work with student leaders and ensure actions developed from feedback is taking place where appropriate.
- To regularly formally report on feedback received through SU channels to university stakeholders and relevant committees.
- To lead on the production of key SU research and reports as necessary (including but not limited to government/sector led consultations) and support team members to produce other research as required.
- To develop and deliver reports for internal audiences based on data, insight and student voice.
- To act as a key support staff member in University meeting alongside elected student leaders providing support and briefings as necessary.
- Support career staff and student leaders to negotiate actions and decisions during University change projects.
Support and develop our democratic functions
- To effectively encourage student engagement with democracy.
- To oversee all election processes and act as Deputy Returning Officer for SU
- elections.
- To stay informed of local, national and international student experience developments in order to advise the elected student leaders.
- To act as the lead staff member to the Annual General Meeting of students and SU Council meetings.
- To assist in the review and updating of SU Governance documents.
- To support and advise elected Officers on their student-led campaign activity (also known as priority campaigns)
Advice and advocacy leadership
- To have responsibility for the independent SU Advice Service.
- To design and deliver improvements to the developing service which may include the
- building of triage support, referrals or innovative ways of work with other agencies
- To ensure that service standards for the operation of the independent SU Advice Service are monitored and upheld at all times.
- To ensure the SU Advice Service is delivered in an actively inclusive manner making its services accessible for all of our members.
- To ensure best practise is followed in the storage and use of sensitive information held by the SU Advice Service in line with GDPR and any other relevant data legislation.
- To ensure that the work of the SU Advice team links well with student representatives and the campaigning elements of UoGSU to make best use of service data trends.
- To act as an advocate for the service within the UOG community and beyond. This will include the production of reports to develop funding streams for the service.
To view our full job pack and person specification please visit our website by clicking on Apply Now.
Salary: £30,002
Hours Per Week: 35 hours
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