Campus Community Officers
Campus Community Officers are an important part of the community experience at the university. They support and coordinate student volunteers and participants who are studying at the same ULaw campus as themselves. They play a key role to represent the SU on your campus, working to create an active and exciting community through organising events and activities. They collect local feedback and campaign on the issues in coordination with the SU.
- One Campus Community Officer role is appointed at each campus including ULaw Online
- They are appointed every October, via a panel comprising of one Students’ Union staff member, and two students.
- The time commitment is around 16 hours a month for main campuses, and 8 hours a month for satellites.
- The term for Campus Community Officers is November 2026 to July 2027.
Their key areas of responsibility include:
- Ensure the formation of a dedicated local community to build engagement opportunities for students, utilising tools such as the SU Website, Microsoft Teams and WhatsApp to promote connection and participation.
- Set goals in partnership with students in your community and work towards their delivery.
- Attend and represent the interests of students you represent at the Student Community Council and Student Executive meetings.
- Meet regularly with your Campus Director/Campus Hub Teams to share ideas and plans for events and activities on your campus, as well as provide feedback.
- Work within and represent the Students’ Union both as an individual and as part of a wider team.
There are many benefits for applying for the role too!
The Campus Community Officer role is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable work experience and project management skills as well as developing professionalism, knowledge and social awareness. The role is flexible and intended to fit around and prioritise your studies.
- Earn the National or London Living Wage
- Skills development – particularly in communication, organisational, negotiation, and public speaking – all very transferable to the workplace.
- A FREE CPD accredited Negotiation Skills course with The Negotiation Club, paid for by the SU.
- Access to Rep-only prize draws to win vouchers.
- The chance to win SU Representative of the Month, or SU Representative of the Year prizes.
- A University of Law Students’ Union hoodie with your role on, plus a badge.
- Access to a range of opportunities not offered to other students.
- Priority access to events and opportunities run by the Students’ Union.
Training
- You will be invited to attend training at the Birmingham campus, on Saturday 31st October. Travel expenses will be paid.
- The training is essential – if you cannot attend, you must arrange a time to complete online training.
- You will also be provided with ongoing support in your role from the Student Voice Coordinator, SU Co-President (Community) and the wider SU staff team.
How to apply
As part of the application we ask the following questions:
- Why have you applied for this role and what skills you would bring to this position? Please use examples of any existing experience, skills, knowledge and behaviours listed in the 'Who should apply' section on the job description in your answer. Please deliver your answer as a video, up to 2 minutes, delivered to camera. We ask this to get a sense of you as a person and how you 'come across' in person.
- Please give us an example of how you have worked with others to achieve success and deliver an event.
- One of ULaw Students’ Union Strategic Plan objectives is to ‘make change’. Using this role, how would you go about making a positive change for fellow students in your community?
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a short interview between Tuesday 13th and Saturday 24th October.
If you have any further questions, please email Gary.Knight@law.ac.uk.
