Royal Holloway Students' Union
Royal Holloway Students’ Union (RHSU) is an ambitious organisation that has students at the heart of our aims: to improve their education, make campus fun, look after their wellbeing, make them more employable, and ultimately empower them to change the world around them That’s where you come in. You’ve taken the first steps towards joining the team, be that pulling pints behind the bar, working in the Union Shop, being the welcoming face behind our Helpdesk or putting the creative touches to our marketing collateral, there’s a ton of opportunities available to everyone. In fact, we employ over 400 students every year, putting more than half a million pounds back into their pockets and helping them to develop a bunch of new skills. Working here comes with some great benefits, such as the ability to pick shifts that suit your academic schedule and other life priorities, as well as the opportunity to widen your social network and make some friends for life.
Research Assistant
The Student Voice team delivers a variety of activities within the Students’ Union, including policy, research, academic representation, Collectives and significantly more. Across all of our areas, we support approximately 500 student leaders in a variety of roles.
Over the last five years our work within the field of research and insight has developed considerably and, using in-depth student insight, we have produced several high-quality Student Voice Reports and Student Insight Reports for smaller pieces of research which have focused on various student experiences on campus. These reports very much form the basis for discussions with the University to seek improvements to student experience through a list of recommendations.
This role will support the delivery of high-quality research into the student experience at Royal Holloway. The successful candidate should have a commitment to supporting equality and diversity, have experience of conducting high quality research projects, with very strong verbal and written communication skills and a keen attention to detail.
The nature of our research work means that there are peaks and troughs of activity and we cannot commit to set weekly hours. As such this role would suit someone who is happy to be flexible with their hours.
Department: Membership Engagement
Team: Student Voice
Responsible to: Research & Insight Coordinator
Responsible for: NA
Contract type: Zero Hours (in accordance with the needs of the organisation)
Hours of work: Up to 20 hours per week during term time (between Monday to Friday 9:00 – 16:30)
Hourly rate of pay: £11.54 per hour
Closing date: Sunday 5 May 2024 @ 23:59
We reserve the right to close this opportunity early if we reach the threshold of candidates applicable to this role.