We’re Heriot-Watt University Student Union, an independent charity buzzing with energy, driven by and for our students. We’re all about doing good, that’s why all surplus funds generated through Liberty’s Café, Geordies Bar and the Student Union Shop are channelled straight back into crucial student support services like our Advice Hub. So, yes, we're a charity, but we also mean business.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At HWUnion, diversity isn’t just celebrated; it’s our strength. We thrive by bringing together voices from all walks of life, and we’re excited for you to help us champion this mission. At HWUnion, you’ll find more than just a job—you’ll find a community eager to welcome your talents. Let’s do something great together.

Role Overview

As the Assistant Accountant, you will be responsible for ensuring the day-to-day financial management of the Union is carried out effectively. This is not just about managing data; you will play an active role supporting financial planning, reporting, and compliance. You will collaborate with departments across the organisation, ensuring accurate financial records while supporting the strategic priorities of the Union. Your analytical skills and attention to detail will ensure that we maintain financial integrity and operate efficiently.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the University of Stirling Students’ Union as Student Representation Coordinator to help deliver key academic and democratic activity in line with the charity’s aims and objectives and core responsibility. You will work closely with our elected student leadership and Student Voice Manager to establish relationships with university staff positioning strong student voice across the University. You will help the Union improve meaningful student engagement building effective student voice mechanisms across campus physically and digitally. You will take a lead role in the administrative aspects of our democratic process, from small committees to large student meetings helping to ensure that students are able to influence their learning and environment at all levels.

About Us

Stirling Students’ Union is the representative student body at the University of Stirling. We are a registered charity and exist to support students getting the best degree, helping students make friends, supporting students when they need support and building skills for the future. We do this by supporting academic reps, providing volunteering opportunities, societies and sports clubs. We also offer support, employability skills, advice and opportunities to influence our sustainability work. We are proudly student led and each spring elect four full time paid students to lead our work: President, Vice President Communities, Vice President Education and Sports Union President.

About You

We’re looking for a talented and passionate individual to join our organisation. You’ll be driven, using your initiative to support a wide range of organisational initiatives, programmes and projects. Specific duties of the role include:

Student Voice & Representation

• Coordinate an effective Academic Rep programme which supports and empowers students to raise issues and highlight good practice to continually improve the student experience.
• Organise, plan, develop and maintain a database of student academic representatives and identify any gaps in representative coverage.
• Design and deliver digital and in-person training for student representatives.
• Ensure that all academic Divisions and Faculties have access to student representation and that these structures effectively contribute student input.
• Contribute to student organising approaches for greater levels of student voice recognition.
• Organise, coordinate and administer the Union’s democratic process, including; zone and committee meetings, general meetings, and other relevant meetings as forums for student leaders to represent the student voice, ensuring they receive effective support.
• Support analysis of feedback data such as NSS to help plan and support the Union’s targeted approach to effective student representation.
• Provide insight, perspective, positive challenge and context to elected leadership on matters relating to student voice and representation.
• Support the various Union departments in building evidence-based systems to manage student feedback and enable our elected Student Officers to be impactful advocates for our members.
• Have lead responsibility for the delivery of RATE, the students’ union’s annual student-led teaching awards, including administration, logistics and event delivery.
• Ensure that an annual report is produced reflecting on student nominations in the RATE awards.

Democracy

• Contribute to stronger and accessible Union approaches to student democracy and change making.
• Contribute to the continued development of stronger, accessible and inclusive Union approaches to representation, student democracy and change making in line with good practice and with high levels of student engagement
• Champion student democracy, identifying opportunities to improve engagement, contributions and turnout.
• Develop relationships for effective knowledge transfer and good practice with other students’ unions and NUS.
• To monitor, evaluate and report on democratic activity.
• Coordinate voter activity in planning logistics of elections and democratic engagement.
• Organise and lead the Union’s campus presence during election periods, including organising candidate briefing, hustings and voter outreach.

Health Wellbeing & Sustainability

• Promote and evaluate student wellbeing through engagement with student representatives.
• Plan and take forward projects and campaigns that aim to use engagement and campus communities as a method of improving Health & Wellbeing whilst positively impacting on the student experience.
• Engage with Union, University and national campaigns and initiatives for establishing healthy and resilient student communities.
• Embed innovative practices in engaging student representatives to with sustainability opportunities.

Finance & Funding

• Work with the Student Voice Manager and Finance Manager to ensure representative and democratic budgets are set and managed appropriately.
• Oversee the effective use of campaign, activity and officer training budgets.
• In collaboration with Union colleagues support student celebration events as and when necessary.

Why apply?

At Stirling Students’ Union every day is different. If you like variety and would like to utilise your skills and experiences to make a difference within a fast-paced environment, then this could be the job for you. With a competitive salary for the non-profit sector, there’s plenty of reasons to consider building a career with us.

If you’re a passionate and driven individual, exciting by the opportunity to create change and make an impact as part of a dynamic organisation then we’d love to hear from you.

We are delighted that you are considering a role of Trustee of the University of the West of Scotland Students' Union. We have 20,000 members across five University campuses in Ayr, Dumfries, Lanarkshire, Paisley and London.

The University of the West of Scotland (UWS) is sector leading in breaking down barriers to students from the lowest socio-economic backgrounds accessing Higher Education. Our Students' Union plays a vital role in ensuring ALL students across ALL campuses get the support they need to ensure they achieve their academic goals and have an excellent student experience.

If you are passionate about advancing the opportunities for students and supporting the development of a dynamic and passionate students' union this would be a great opportunity for you!

A key value of our students' union is promoting Equality and Diversity - Advancing equality and breaking down barriers in all that we do. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of their race, gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or any other

diversity. We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments you may require in the recruitment process or once in the post.

About ENSA

Edinburgh Napier Students’ Association (ENSA) exists to enable our 20,000 student members across Edinburgh and around the globe to make the most of their university experience. We do this by representing, supporting and developing Edinburgh Napier University students to be successful in their studies; to try out new things; to engage in, and contribute to, university life; to be healthy and happy; to bring about positive change; and to have fun.

About the role

As our Chair has now come to the end of her term in office, we are looking to recruit a new Chair with the skills and experience to lead the Board of Directors, promoting good governance and providing effective and empowering line management to support our CEO. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who has the strategic focus, governance understanding, leadership experience and time to support and develop a committed Board and ensure ENSA delivers the best experience for students.

Please see the Job Description and Person Spec for full details.

About ENSA’s Board of Directors

The Board is collectively in charge of ENSA, for upholding its values and aligning it to the Association’s charitable aims. It has overall responsibility for ENSA’s governance: budget-setting and financial reporting, health and safety, human resources and legal compliance.

The Board is made up of 12 Directors: six External Lay Directors (including the Chair) appointed through a competitive process for their professional expertise; three Student Lay Directors who are registered students of Edinburgh Napier University and appointed through a competitive process; and three Sabbatical Officers who are elected by the student body.

In line with charity law, all ENSA’s Directors (elected and appointed) have equal status. Directors have a variety of experience and skills which offer different perspectives, and are all, jointly and severally, liable for the governance of the charity. Directors are expected to take their responsibilities seriously, attend meetings, and manage any conflicts of interests appropriately.