Job Description

Department: Marketing, Student Recruitment and Admissions


Location: York


Salary: 25,249 per annum


Contract Duration: 31/07/2026


Closing Date: Monday 08 December 2025 at midnight


Interview Date: Wednesday 17 December 2025


Reference: 199-25

Fixed Term Contract, Full Time.

Location:

York

Salary: 25249 per annum

Welcoming, challenging and inspiring, York St John University is an empowering place to learn and a rewarding place to work. We're looking for a resourceful, well organised graduate intern to join the Student Recruitment and Widening Participation team at our award-winning campus in York. You'll join a busy, purposeful environment at the University of the Year for Social Inclusion in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025.

The Team

The Student Recruitment and Widening Participation teams are key teams within the University. Student Recruitment staff play a key part in selling York St John University to potential domestic students, through school visits, organising large and small events to promote the University and travelling around the UK to recruitment events. Managing relationships with schools and colleges is a key part of what the team do.


The Widening Participation Team work with identified key groups of potential students who are known to be unrepresented in Higher Education, promoting opportunities, raising aspirations and in the process helping people to reach their potential.

The Role

This role plays a key part in making sure that the two teams are supported in their work. Working with the Student Ambassador Coordinator, they will help us to manage our large group of student ambassadors, ensuring that can run our events smoothly and with the correct staffing. Responding to queries from internal stakeholders and ensuring smooth communication with external stakeholders and potential students, helping to organise out many on campus events will also be key elements of this varied role.

Required skills and experience

Excellent communication, planning, interpersonal, and organisational skills,


Skills in information technology, including experience of MS office, database and web packages


Ability to think and work independently, creatively and use initiative at events frequently held off campus, and able to follow set policy's and procedures

Additional information

For informal enquiries please contact Grant Saker g.saker1@yorksj.ac.uk


Unfortunately this role is not eligible for Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship however we welcome your application if you are able to evidence right to work in the UK via an alternative route.


We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive policies and facilities and welcome applications from individuals from underrepresented backgrounds. As part of our commitment to providing an inclusive working environment, consideration is given to all requests for job share or flexible working arrangements.

This vacancy is scheduled to close on the date indicated at the bottom of this advert, but we may close earlier if we receive a high level of applications.

Application process support

We are keen to support you throughout the recruitment process. Before starting your application please refer to the attached candidate application form guidance below which provides advice about completing the application process.


If you require a reasonable adjustment in order to apply for this position please contact vacancies@yorksj.ac.uk. Within the application form there is an opportunity for you to request a reasonable adjustment at the interview stage of the process, however if you wish to discuss this in further detail at any point in the process please do not hesitate to contact us. The following resource may help you adapt the device you are using to apply to suit your needs My Computer My Way (abilitynet.org.uk)


Please note that CVs are not accepted in place of the application form. Within the application process you will be asked to answer a selection of work-related questions. Our aim is to get to know you, and understand your individual skills and experience, and how you would apply these within the role. We are aware that AI can be helpful in shaping your responses, but we encourage you to share your answers in your own words.

Our benefits package

We offer a wide range of employee benefits including -

Excellent annual leave entitlement, including five discretionary university closure days over the Christmas period Disability leave (applies to staff who have disclosed a disability and is also available to staff with disabled dependants) Pension scheme Health Cash Plan after six months service Employee Assistance Programme Paid leave for Armed Forces Reservists On-campus courses, one-to-one tutorials, and online resources to help you develop your digital skills and work with new software Relocation expenses package for certain roles Reimbursement of Skilled Worker Visa application fees and Visa loan scheme for additional costs (if applicable to the role)

Further information about life at YSJ

Our attached 'further information' document below provides further information about our culture, achievements and testimonials from our employees.


Read more about our culture, inclusive community, working arrangements and benefits for York St John employees


Read the latest news, views and stories from our staff and students.


Read more about our commitment to managing and reducing our environmental impact and to promoting sustainable development wherever we can.

Closing Date -

Monday 08 December 2025 at midnight

Provisional Interview Date -

Wednesday 17 December 2025