Join Our Team

Shape the future of student life at Sunderland Students' Union and come work with us.

With over 25,000 students to support across the University of Sunderland campuses, our values of passion, integrity, empowerment, success, and inclusivity drive everything we do. Recognised with the 'Investors in Diversity' award, we champion fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement. If you're passionate about student needs, fairness, and innovation, join our team and make a real difference.

Together, we'll create an exceptional student experience!

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Katherine Cooper - Chief Executive Officer

"Here at Your SU, we are driven by our passion to support our diverse student body in championing change. Our strategy is designed to deliver an exceptional student experience while promoting inclusivity at every step. We value flexible working arrangements that hold the wellbeing and personal lives of our team members in high regard.

Join us on this exciting journey as we come together to create a positive impact and shape a brighter future for our students."

Current Vacancies

SU Crew

Salary: £13.15 per hour

Position: Hours based on organisation need and allocated to SU Crew team

Closing date for applications: Friday 10 May 2024, 12 noon (lunchtime)

Interviews: w/c 20 May 2024

Training day: Friday 31 May 2024

Start date: From 3 June 2024 - Hours based on organisation need

This is an exciting opportunity to join our SU Crew, a team of students who:

  • Help us deliver exciting, impactful activities to our members throughout the year
  • Create an approachable and friendly help point for all students
  • Help us gather valuable feedback and create vibrancy on campus through engagement

SU Crew members play a key role in supporting the permanent staff team across busy times of the year, ensuring we can deliver events, gather feedback and promote the SU in line with Students’ Union priorities. The role is varied and flexible to fit in with student life - you might be helping support queries on a helpdesk, getting out and about collecting feedback, encouraging students to vote in our elections or helping to run events and activities.

We’re looking for a range of students with different skills who are passionate about supporting opportunities for their peers! We’d like to hear from you about the skills you might be able to bring to the role in addition to the person specification, whether that’s event management, being an advocate for wellbeing, experience of working with students, or anything else you can think of.

You’d need to be able to work flexibly across varied hours and the skills you have might influence the hours we could offer you. We’re looking for students who can work well in a team, are confident engaging with their peers in different settings and could bring new ideas and enthusiasm to our opportunities.

  • You must be a student at University of Sunderland in London for the academic year 2024/25
  • Complete the Application Form
  • Complete the Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form

If you have an interest in this role, please view the job description for further details.

Please send your completed Application Form and Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form to centralservices@sunderland.ac.uk by Friday 10 May, 12 noon..

For an informal chat about the role, please contact Ellie Lee – eleanor.lee@sunderland.ac.uk.

Benefits of working with us

6% Company Pension Contribution

Death in service benefit

45 Annual leave days, including Bank Holidays and Christmas Closure

Enhance maternity pay

Paid sick leave

20% Off SU Merchandise

Access to Student Discounts

Via TOTUM (£14.99/year), Studentbeans and Unidays

Student Discounts on Spotify and Amazon Prime

Metro Pass payable monthly

20 Hours volunteer allowance

Flexible working

Compassionate leave