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Student Welcome and Induction Assistant (Events)

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1095228


UCL


07/07/2025


Other - See Job


36.5 hours


Not Applicable

Pay


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Description

Role
The Student Welcome and Induction Team are recruiting two Student Welcome and Induction Assistants (Events). Assistants will contribute to the planning and delivery of events and communications for this year's welcome at Bloomsbury and UCL East. In the role, you will work across many projects at once. Working on induction talks for new students, you’ll support student presenters as they rehearse. Then, watch backstage as they deliver the talk you helped organise to 100s of new students. You’ll assist with drafting social media posts and event materials. You'll work with UCL Staff to train Welcome Ambassadors and brief them on the day's events.

Duties and responsibilities
The skills you’ll gain in this role like, event management and administration will all have a real-world impact. So, a strong attention to detail is vital. You'll check shared inboxes, reply to students, and update websites and event pages. As you’ll be working with lots of people, being a team player is important. You’ll enjoy brainstorming and problem solving with the Student Welcome and Induction Team when things change. Especially on campus supporting Welcome Ambassadors, managing queues and helpdesks.

Skills and experience

Person Specification:
  • Experience of good customer service
  • Administrative experience, with the ability to use Microsoft Office software
  • Experience of events planning and management
  • Good communication skills
  • Good prioritisation and problem solving skills
  • Ability to produce written communications to high standards of accuracy
  • Awareness of and sensitivity to different cultures and diverse student populations
  • Following an agreed plan and knowing how to finish a job on time
  • Being a collaborative member of your team
  • Experience of public speaking (desirable)

Location
UCL

How to apply

To apply for the vacancy please email welcome@ucl.ac.uk with your CV and a personal statement outlining how you meet the essential (and desirable criteria, if relevant) in the person specification. 

For more information, check the full job description here.

Note to job applicant: We recommend copy and pasting the essential criteria (which are assessed on the application form) into your personal statement and describe underneath each criteria how you meet it, giving examples. Desirable criteria will only be scored if there is a tie break for shortlisting.

This role will close for applications 30/04/2025.