Job Description

All Locations
Executive Business Centre (Bournemouth - Lansdowne)
All Departments
Estates and Facilities Management
Advertising Salary
Salary from 24,900 - 25,733 per annum (pro rata) with progression opportunities to 27,644
Vacancy Type
Fixed Term
Function
Professional and Support
Closing Date
07 Nov 2025
Basis
Full Time

About the role

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Bournemouth University's vision is worldwide recognition as a leading university for inspiring learning, advancing knowledge, and enriching society through the fusion of education, research, and practice. Our highly skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the globe, who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences that help to build our global learning community.



ResLifeBU is a student led programme of activities and services focusing on the enablement and development of inclusive and self-supporting student communities within BU's student accommodation. ResLifeBU has three core aims of providing: inclusive events and activities that assist with the process of social integration; wellbeing information and guidance to assist with the ups and downs of transitioning into university life; and support with the development of the skills required for independent living.





The role of 'Events and Activities Coordinator' is an exciting opportunity to join the ResLifeBU team and support the core day-to-day operations, primarily delivering a comprehensive calendar of activities and events across the student halls of residence. Working closely with our accommodation teams, you will be getting involved in all areas of the programme with the planning, promotion and running of events, procurement or resources and management of finances as well as providing administrative support.

The successful candidate will be studying / or have studied a relevant qualification and/or have experience in a previous relevant job role, have a creative and mature approach to life and their work and, ideally, will have experience of living in student halls of residence. This is a very exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

This position is available on a fixed-term basis from

until 31 July 2026

For further information or to discuss this role please contact reslife@bournemouth.ac.uk

This position does not meet the eligibility requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route within the UK Visa and Immigration service's

Points Based System

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Therefore, BU will not be able to sponsor individuals who require permission to work to carry out this position. For more information, please visit

https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job

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About the department

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Our Estates team are a multi disciplinary department that create inspirational and sustainable environments in which teaching, research, sport, enterprise and living can thrive. We offer a range of diverse roles as we continue to develop our sites and help to drive BU's Climate & Ecological Crisis Action Plan. At BU, sustainability is a key component when undergoing works to improve our estate. This involves increasing biodiversity around our campuses and taking inspiration from the non-human world to live in harmony with nature.

About us

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Bournemouth University's vision is worldwide recognition as a leading university for inspiring learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society through the fusion of education, research and practice. Our highly skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the globe, who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences that help to build our global learning community.



BU values and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We seek a diverse community through attracting, developing and retaining staff from different backgrounds to contribute to inspirational learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society. To support and enable our staff to achieve a balance between work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.

A job description for this position is available at the top of this page. If you require this in a different format, please contact us at

hrvacancies@bournemouth.ac.uk

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