Marketing and Communications
Our Marketing and Communications team share important updates from the Association, manage our social media channels, website and branding, and create newsletters to keep you in the loop. They also help to promote student events, campaigns and initiatives, and keep an eye on our student online magazine The Hoot.
Benefits of working for us
We are an organisation who value integrity, openness, equality and inclusivity, collaboration, kindness and compassion. Here are some of the MANY benefits of working for us:
Annual leave
Generous annual leave allowance with 30 days+ to ensure
you can bring your best self to work after a proper rest!
Skills and development opportunities
Plenty of skills and development opportunities via both
regular team training and specific trainings suited to you.
Study opportunities
You can study any course with The Open University for free!
Family-friendly organisation
We have policies for people's personal lives,
including maternity leave, fertility treatment and a policy for carers,
as well as opportunities to take career breaks.
Flexible working
You can start when you like between the hours of 7am and 10am,
so you can fit work around other commitments.
We are also set up to work from anywhere, so you can work from home, the office or even in a café if it suits the work you are doing
Wellbeing
We have a team of dedicated Mental Health Champions,
special wellbeing days out of the office,
opportunities to undertake mental health training
and free access to the Employee Assistance Programme.
Eye tests
Free eye tests are available through Specsavers,
plus reduced prices of glasses.
Our vacancies
Representation Officer (2 positions available, 1 FTE, 1 0.6FTE)
Contract: 18 months
Salary: £32,080 - £37,694
Location: Hybrid working with an expectation to be on the Milton Keynes OU campus on average, once a month.
The Job
In these exciting fixed-term roles, you’ll play a vital part in empowering students to become confident advocates, making sure their voices are heard and their experiences help shape decisions that affect the wider student community. Your involvement will be key to deliver Open SU’s Student Voice objectives, and you’ll work collaboratively with the Student Voice team to deliver projects and raise awareness of opportunities for students to get involved and make a difference.
You’ll support our volunteers through recruitment, providing ongoing guidance, and helping them grow into changemakers and positive representatives of Open SU.
The Person
This role is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated individual with strong communication skills and experience in leading projects and supporting volunteers. You’ll be passionate about empowering others, helping them grow into confident advocates for their peers. As part of a small but busy team, you’ll be comfortable in a fast-paced environment and be confident managing deadlines, prioritising tasks, and organising your workload effectively. You’ll also enjoy working collaboratively, as you’ll be supporting both colleagues and volunteers to achieve shared goals.
How to apply
Please send your CV and supporting statement to oustudents-jobs@open.ac.uk. In your supporting statement, please state whether you are applying for the 1.0 FTE or the 0.6 FTE role (or both).
Please include responses to the following questions in your supporting statement:
- Supporting Advocacy:
Provide an example of a time when you supported others to become advocates.
- Member-Led Organisations:
Describe your experience of working in a member-led organisation.
- Working with Volunteers:
Outline your experience of working with volunteers, including both recruitment and ongoing support.
A job description and application pack are available.
Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we recieve a high volume of applicants so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible! All candidates must have a Right to Work in the UK.
**THIS VACANCY WILL NOW BE CLOSING AT MIDNIGHT ON 27/05/26 DUE TO LARGE VOLUMES OF APPLICATIONS**