Engagement and Events Executive in Canterbury, Kent

Thank you for your interest in the position of Events Co-ordinator at Kent Students’ Union Trading Ltd (KUTL), the commercial arm of Kent Students’ Union. We are a vibrant, student-led organisation with an exciting future ahead. After a challenging few years, we are growing from strength to strength with renewed focus and energy, working to amplify the voice of our members and ensure they have a fantastic student experience.

Our new strategy outlines our priorities for the next two years and drives everything we do. Students are the reason Kent Students’ Union exists. We support them throughout their university journey, and our dedicated staff and volunteers work to enhance every aspect of their experience—whether that’s helping with their studies, supporting the practicalities of life, or providing opportunities for fun and connection.

Kent Students’ Union operates a range of services for students at the Canterbury Campus of the University of Kent, including retail shops, a bar, a café, a nightclub, and a children’s nursery. We are excited to be re-launching our Give it a Go programme, which offers one-off events and activities designed to help our diverse student body build connections and feel settled.

Give It A Go (GIAG) is a programme of events open to all students at the University of Kent with the aim to provide a variety of activities for a broad range of students to try out. These could be craft sessions, sports, trips off campus and much more; we want to help students make connections, encouraging belonging, try something new, meet new people and develop their skills. We also want to enhance the events we deliver for university open days and offer holder days to showcase why students should choose Kent.

As a result, we are seeking someone who is innovative, creative, and experienced in delivering events—someone who is proactive, able to work independently, and confident collaborating across departments. The postholder will be part of a flexible and dynamic team and will be required to work weekends and evenings as necessary to support open days and other events. They must therefore be adaptable and flexible in their approach to working hours.

• 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.

This role involves regular manual handling tasks, including lifting, carrying, and moving items. Training, guidance, and appropriate equipment will be provided. Candidates must be able to perform these duties safely, with reasonable adjustments considered where applicable.

This job description does not form part of the contract of employment. Please contact us for a full job and person spec.

• This is a full-time position. The contracted hours are 35 hours per week.
• You will be working on-campus at the University of Kent, Canterbury, in a student-facing capacity. This position requires attendance on-site and the majority of the role cannot be performed remotely.
• The post holder is entitled to 34 days’ leave; this is inclusive of 6 ‘customary days’, normally taken over Christmas, and the 8 statutory leave days for England (full-time equivalent).
• The contracted hours are 35 hours a week, with flexibility over work hours and times.

Kent Students’ Union is committed to facilitating a healthy work-life balance.

We have recently implemented our new EDI strategy 2023-28; the Strategy is here to ensure equity and inclusion are a priority for Kent Students’ Union. Annually we review racial diversity within our workforce, and it is a key priority for us to improve racial and ethnic diversity amongst our workforce, and as such we particularly welcome applications from Racially and Ethnically Marginalised People (REMP) and have introduced a REMP Priority Interview Scheme.

• Applications Close: Monday 8 December 2025, 10am
• Interviews: Monday 15 December 2025
• To apply: Please submit your application on our recruitment portal on our website, 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 require further information, please contact: Name - Max Weston Job Title - Commercial Events Manager.