Events Co-ordinator
Annual Salary - £24,699
Hours per week (full time) – 35 hours
34 days' annual leave
Thank you for your interest in the position of Events Co-ordinator at Kent Students' Union Trading Ltd (KUTL); KUTL is the commercial arm of Kent Students' Union. We are a vibrant, student-led organisation with a bright future ahead of us. After a challenging few years, we are going from strength to strength with a renewed focus and energy to amplify the voice of our members and ensure they have a fantastic student experience.
We are there through their university journey. Our amazing staff and volunteers work towards improving their experience, whether it's helping them with their studies, practicalities of life or to have fun.
Kent Students' Union operate a range of services for students at the Canterbury Campus of The University of Kent Retail shops, a Bar, a Café, a Nightclub and a children's nursery.
We're excited to be re-launching our Give it a Go programme which delivers one-off events and activities to our diverse study body with the aim of building connections and supporting students feel settled. We're also wanting to enhance what we deliver for open days and offer holder days to showcase why students should choose Kent. As a result, we are looking for someone who is innovative, creative and experienced delivering events, someone who is proactive and able to work independently but can also collaborate well with other departments. The postholder will be required to work weekends and evenings as necessary to support open days and other events, and must be flexible in their approach to working hours.
Operational Duties
* To oversee and co-ordinate our Give it a Go Programme, ensuring a variety of safe, inclusive and engaging events, trips and opportunities are delivered across the year. Day to day activities might include planning, setting up and delivering events through a small student staff team, liaising with our marketing department to promote the programme, monitoring attendance, seeking student feedback and completing risk assessments and ensuring the safety of attendees.
* To co-ordinate our presence at Arrivals Weekend and deliver a series of events as part of Welcome Week including supporting the delivery of Welcome Fair.
* To co-ordinate Kent Student Union's presence at University Open Days and Offer Holder Days held on Saturdays, ensuring they are staffed, interactive and showcase Kent Students' Union's impact on the student experience to prospective students.
* To support the delivery of wider KSU events as and when required such as Summerball.
People Responsibilities
* To recruit and manage a small team of student staff to deliver the Give it a Go Programme.
* To co-ordinate the work and monitor the workloads of student staff, ensuring that staff levels are adequate and efficient.
* To undertake performance reviews of student staff, in line with Kent Students' Union policy.
* To effectively lead, coach and mentor people to help achieve their own potential.
* To actively review, plan and evaluate individual training needs, encouraging a learning and development culture.
Financial Responsibilities
* To manage the budgets for, Give it a Go and Open days/Offer Holder Days, ensuring adherence to Kent Students' Union's financial procedures.
* To maintain financial controls and ensure that the Finance Department receives all relevant financial information promptly, in accordance with Kent Student Union's financial procedures.
Application and Selection Process and Timetable
Position Advertised: 1st September 2025
Applications Close: Friday 26th September 2025
Shortlisting: w/c 29th September 2025
Interviews: w/c 13th October 2025
Applications
To apply: Please submit your application on our recruitment portal at, to include a copy of your CV.
Please ensure that you pay particular attention in your application to detailing how your experience meets the requirements of the person specification and why you are interested in the position. If you have any questions about using the recruitment portal, please email
Website
Kent Students' Union's website contains further background information about Kent Students' Union to help potential applicants. Potential applicants are encouraged to look at the website prior to applying; the website address is
Further Information and Questions
If you require further information, please contact:
Name Rebecca Green
Job Title Director of Student Engagement and Advocacy
Contact Number –
Email address
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £24,699.00 per year
Benefits:
* Company pension
* Cycle to work scheme
* Free flu jabs
* Paid volunteer time
* Sick pay
* Work from home
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: Events Coordinator