Full time: 36.5 hours per week (including some evenings and weekends)
Salary: £25,559.00 per year

Closing Date: 9am, Tuesday 5 May 2026

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Leeds University Union (LUU) is a charity that helps over 38,000 students Love their time at Leeds. Located at the heart of campus, the Union is a space to meet people, make new friends and get involved.

Find out more about Leeds University Union at www.luu.ac.uk or follow us on X@LeedsUniUnion and Instagram.

About the role:
The successful candidate would work within the LUU Student Events and Programmes team and assist the Student Events Lead in supporting student groups, enabling them to host exceptional events at LUU.

Some of the main responsibilities would include:

• To organise, coordinate and manage student led events with societies and the Student Exec within LUU.
• To manage the student event booking form, supporting them throughout the planning process from initial design to implementation.
• Events Support for Student led programming such as Celebrate and World Unite Festival.
• To work closely with internal teams, student groups and the Student Exec to support the delivery of activity across the calendar year.
• To support with the society event health and safety procedures including managing society risk assessments.

LUU offers development opportunities through training, job shadowing and wider organisational involvement in key projects and initiatives.  The position is predominantly office based, working mostly office hours, but will allow a percentage of hybrid working. This role also requires applicants to work some weekends and evenings.

What you get in return

The benefits you can enjoy include holiday pay, extensive opportunities for learning and further development, NUS TOTUM Card, onsite venue staff discounts, discounted travel card, and discounted gym membership.

Sounds good?
For further details, please download an application pack below. In your application, please explain how you meet the person specification and what you can bring to the team here at LUU. If you have any further questions, please contact hr@luu.ac.uk.

Download the Application Pack

LUU highly values inclusivity and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Key Dates

Closing date: 9am, Tuesday 5 May 2026

Interview date: Tuesday, 12 May 2026

Start date: As soon as possible

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