Student Experience Leader

Applications only accepted through the Askham Bryan College website **Job Title: Student Experience Leader** **Location: York Campus (Working across all sites)** **Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent** **Salary: £26,520-£28,926 per annum** Are you great at connecting with young people and passionate about making their college experience the best it can be? Got experience in further or higher education (or both)? Love mentoring, planning events, and getting creative with ways to hear what students really think? If you also know your way around how a Student Union works — even better We’re on the lookout for someone who’s full of ideas, energy, and ready to help shape an exciting, inclusive student community. Sound like you? Let’s make student life even better, together. **About Role**: We are seeking to appoint a **Student Experience Leader** to support the Students' Union (SU) and collaborate with the existing Student Experience Leader in delivering an exceptional experience for both residential and day students. This role will involve close partnership with the SU to support team development, oversee operational planning, and manage budgeting activities. A key aspect of the position will be coordinating a wide range of events throughout the academic year, including flagship "big ticket" events, initiatives that promote our equality, diversity, and inclusion agenda, and opportunities for community engagement. We are looking for a dynamic individual who can work effectively with the SU and the wider student body to gather insights into the student experience and identify opportunities for ongoing improvement and innovation. **Key Responsibilities**: - Plan and manage student engagement activities, including Focus Weeks, clubs, societies, volunteering, and employability events. - Build relationships with students, staff, community groups, sponsors, and partner organisations. - Ensure safe and inclusive delivery of all events and student-led activities. - Support SU Officers with effective use of budgets and resources. - Capture and represent student voice, leading Student Council and contributing to service improvements. - Collaborate with Residential Services and Marketing to promote events and enhance communication. - Champion the GROW initiative and embed College values in all activities. **Interviews: Tuesday 26th August 2025** **Start Date: As soon as possible** **About the College**: Askham Bryan College is a specialist land-based college based across the North of England with centres in York, Middlesbrough, Saltaire, Wakefield and Gateshead. We offer a wide-ranging curriculum to our Further Education students, including Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Management, Countryside and the Environment, Engineering, Equine, Floristry, Motorsport, Outdoor Adventure Sport, Sports Development, Coaching and Fitness, Uniformed Public Services and Veterinary Nursing. **Benefits of working with Askham Bryan College**: - On-site facilities including a fully functional farm, equine centre, wildlife park and VR suite - Beautiful grounds for outdoor learning, meetings and well-being walks - Teacher pension scheme with generous employer contributions - 35 days annual leave, plus 8 days bank holiday pro rata, plus Christmas shut down - Options for flexible working arrangements (role dependent) - On-site catering including a canteen and shop - Highly discounted gym membership at the on-site gym - Free car parking and cycle to work scheme - Excellent career development opportunities via our on-site L&D Partner - Continuous support from our Recruitment and Employee Lifecycle Partner - Enhanced sick pay and compassionate leave scheme - Enhanced maternity/adoption pay **Safeguarding Statement** The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, volunteers and partners to share this commitment. The Governors and Staff at Askham Bryan College regard each learner as a unique individual and therefore seek to support learner development in ways, which will foster security, confidence and independence. We recognise that high self-esteem, peer support, a secure College environment and clear lines of communication with trusted adults helps all young people and adults particularly those at risk or suffering abuse. These are regarded as central to the wellbeing of the individual and are therefore seen to be an intrinsic part of all aspects of the curriculum and ethos. Specific measures relating to pre-employment checks: - We may undertake online searches on internet activity as part of our pre-recruitment checks. - We ask applicants for details of any convictions and cautions, regardless of whether these have been deemed as “spent”. It is a condition of employment that applicants provide these details. Note on “regulated activity”: You are engaging in a regulated activity if you: - Will be responsible, on a regular basis in a school o