Operations and Events Assistant

Interviews are expected to be held 29 July 2025

This role will be based on the University campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements. 

Do you want to be part of a professional service, committed to supporting students and colleagues and delivering an exceptional student experience? Are you customer focussed, flexible and a good communicator? Do you enjoy using your strong administrative and IT skills to support your team?  

The University of Leeds is one of the top 80 universities in the world. We have a truly global community, with more than 39,000 students from 170 different countries and over 9,000 staff of 100 different nationalities. Established in 1904, we have a strong tradition of academic excellence, reflected in first-class student education, along with world-leading research that has a real impact around the globe. 

Our Student Education and Experience directorates are a family of student-related services that focus on delivering an exceptional student experience. Teamwork is key to our success, and we are committed to supporting every student to make the most of their time at Leeds and go on to succeed in their chosen career and make a positive difference in the world.   

As Operations and Events Assistant, you will help provide services and activities that support international students to feel welcome and make a successful transition to life at Leeds. You will also contribute to activities which help all students to benefit from being part of our global campus community. You will provide high quality administrative and operational support for our welcome and community-building activities, our team operations, and other events and initiatives. 

We are looking for an organised, proactive, customer-focussed individual who can relate to our diverse student community to be part of our team. You will be enthusiastic about supporting student education activity and be adaptable and flexible. You will need excellent interpersonal and communication skills and a high level of professionalism; with the ability to work collaboratively with staff and external partners and assist with the supervision of a team of student ambassadors. You will also need to be able to work under pressure and carry out tasks with competing deadlines.  

This role will require some out-of-hours work during the year, and during the main 3-week arrival period in September. Shorter periods of working adjusted hours may also be required during arrival periods in January and June/July.

This role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Information on other visa options is available at: https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

What we offer in return:

• 26 days holiday plus 16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – that’s 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance.
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more! 

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Jemma Stern, Senior Projects and Activities Officer

Email: J.J.Stern@leed.ac.uk  

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