Details
1108755
Middlesex University
09/03/2026
Other - See Job
Flexible hours, Evening and occasional weekend work required. Fixed term until June 2026
Not Applicable
Pay
£13.85
£1.67
Description
Role
For Current MDX Students Only
Our Engagement Assistants help us to deliver a wide range of events and opportunities and play a crucial role in communicating MDXSU messages to the wider student body.As part of the team, you will be an ambassador for the Students’ Union, keeping students informed and getting them involved with everything MDXSU has to offer.
This is a fun, varied role focused around supporting MDXSU’s central events and opportunities programmes, along supporting with delivery of key projects throughout the year (including Welcome, MDXSU Elections, Graduation and more!). You could be working on front of house at a club night in MDX House, supporting a Student Group with an event, getting students excited about voting during the MDXSU Elections, chatting to students to gather their feedback, or even creating and delivering your own event ideas!
Middlesex Students’ Union is proud to be a London Living Wage employer. We understand that our job opportunities need to be flexible around your studies, and we are committed to providing development opportunities that help you to prepare for wherever your studies and career take you. This is a casual role, with hours offered on flexibal basis based on organisational need.
Duties and responsibilities
As an Engagement Assistant, you could be fulfilling a variety of different roles and tasks from shift to shift depending on your interests, skills and availability, but the key responsibilities are outlined below:
•Acting as an ambassador for MDXSU, providing information about opportunities and events, and encouraging students to get involved.
•Supporting the delivery of our central and student-led events programmes, including a mixture of daytime, evening and late-night events.
•Providing feedback and insight on our events programme, with the opportunity to devise and deliver your own events and activities.
•Promoting of events and opportunities, including supporting with content creation for social media.
•Assisting staff with promotion and delivery of key projects, including Welcome Month, Elections and Awards.
•Collecting feedback from students via conversations and surveys.
•Providing cover for the MDXSU Welcome Desk.
Skills and experience
Criteria Requirement:
- Current Middlesex University student, enrolled to study in the 2025-26 academic year - Essential
Knowledge and Experience
- Experience in customer relations / a customer-facing role - Essential
- Experience using basic sound, lighting & audio-visualequipment - Desirable
- Project management or event planning experience - Desirable
- Experience in sales, promotion or marketing - Desirable
- Good understanding of the work of Middlesex Students’ Union - Desirable
- Attendance at previous MDXSU and/or student group events - Desirable
Attributes and Skills
- Passion for supporting fellow students to make the most of their time at MDX - Essential
- Excellent verbal communication skills - Essential
- Confident and friendly - comfortable approaching and talking to new people - Essential
- Ability to make people feel welcome and at ease - Essential
- Proactive approach to problem-solving and ability to work on initiative - Essential
- Able to work alone when required - Essential
- Team player - Essential
- Attention to detail - Essential
Values & Ethics
- Positive attitude - Essential
- Commitment to equal opportunities and working with aculturally diverse student body - Essential
Location
Middlesex University, Hendon Campus, North London
Additional information
Application Deadline: Thursday, 26 February 2026 at 23:59
Interview Date: 03 March 2026 (you must be available on this date).
Start Date: 09 March 2026 - first event will be supporting with Elections from the 9th – 13th March.
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