Student Staff – SU Ambassadors

Job Purpose
To work across multiple departments and a range of roles providing support to Union staff, students, and prospective students.

Accountabilities:

Be visible and engaged with the SU, encouraging others to do the same.

Responsibilities:

Student Facing

  • Represent Reading Students’ Union in a positive manner, maintaining a polite, friendly, and professional attitude at all times
  • Be a welcoming face, acting as a friendly and helpful point of contact for students, providing excellent customer service at events like freshers' fairs, pen days, and SU stands
  • Work effectively as part of a team of AmbasSUdors, communicating with teammates and Union staff to ensure the success of activities and events
  • Help set up and run pop-up stalls for various SU campaigns like elections, Summer Ball, and centenery events

Operational Support

  • Assist with the running of major events like Freshers’ Fair and Refreshers’ Fair: directing students, managing queues, and providing important information
  • Provide help with event logistics, including moving equipment and setting up stalls and tables

General

  • Develop and promote a culture of excellence in customer service
  • Undertake any other tasks commensurate with the level of appointment that may from time to time be reasonably requested 
  • Maintain health & safety protocols at all times
  • Be flexible and willing to take on various tasks as needed 

This job description is not necessarily an exhaustive list of duties but is intended to reflect a range of duties the post-holder will perform. The job description will be reviewed regularly and may be changed in the light of experience and in consultation with the post-holder.

Person Specification

Essential

Desirable

Experience

  • Experience of working within a team 
  • Customer service experience
  • Experience supervising a team
  • Experience in events or similar of setting up rooms to align with specific briefs safely and quickly

Skills,

Knowledge, Expertise & Qualifications

  • Ability to deal with people at all levels in an effective and efficient manner 
  • Ability to multitask and prioritise 
  • Good verbal communication skills 
  • Knowledge and understanding of current student trends 

Values & Behaviours

  • Ability to work in a proactive and timely manner including under own initiative
  • Positive attitude to work related problems  
  • Friendly, flexible, and organised approach to work 
  • Reliable and trustworthy 
  • Self-motivated and enthusiastic 
  • Champion for equity, diversity and inclusion and an understanding of how this is relevant in a students’ union 
  • Passion for sustainability
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