Student Assistant Roles
Recruitment for 2025-2026 will go live in July
Annually we recruit a variety of student staff roles to support the Sports Union team in the service we provide.
These positions provide students with many skills to expand their expertise, such as:
- Improved customer service skills
- Broadened knowledge of sports administration and sports development
- Experience using administrative tools and software
- Networking within the University and in the student sport sector
- Overall boosting graduate employability
Recruitment Timeline
| Mid-July |
Vacancies open |
| Mid-Aug |
Vacancies close |
| Mid-Aug |
Candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted |
| End-Aug |
Interviews |
| End-Aug |
Successful candidates informed |
| Start-Sep |
Successful candidates in post |
You can find out more about the roles including accessing the job descriptions below.
Social & Recreational Assistant
Support the development of sport at Strathclyde, by assisting the Sport Development Coordinator (SDC) with student engagement in social and recreational sport opportunities
Main Responsibilities
- Support the organisation and delivery of regular social sport sessions such as StrathActive, and one-off social and recreational sport events throughout the academic year
- Lead a team of volunteers that are part of the StrathActive programme, with tasks including setting a volunteer rota, and assisting with training and skills development
- Build a strong relationship with internal stakeholders, such as Strath Union and relevant departments within the University of Strathclyde
- Aid the development and progression of StrathActive by undertaking reviews and collating feedback to showcase in testimonials and reports
- Work closely with sports club committees on recreational sport opportunities, both within their own club offering, as well as the central Sports Union offering of organised events
- Assist with our marketing workstreams by contributing to digital marketing tasks such as social media posts for events and campaigns
- Act as front-facing reception cover in the office as well as managing the central Sports Union email and phone line for routine enquiries from students or sports club members, providing high standards of customer care
- Undertake any other reasonable duties as directed by the managing staff
- Line managed by Sport Development Coordinator
Full Job Description
Competitions Assistant
Assist the Sport Programme Coordinator with key fixture and competitions administrational tasks covering all of our clubs entered in BUCS & SSS.
Main Responsibilities
- Support the collation of BUCS/SSS fixtures and results on a weekly basis
- Ensure the accuracy of fixtures and results across internal and external platforms
- Provide teams support with logistics when required
- Help to ensure BUCS/SSS entries are submitted within deadlines for individual/team competitions and events
- Create marketing materials related to competitions to be published via various social media platforms on a weekly basis
- Act as front-facing reception cover in the office as well as managing the central Sports Union email and phone line for routine enquiries from students or sports club members, providing high standards of customer care
- Ensure you have sound knowledge of the general and sport specific BUCS/SSS rules & regulations
- Undertake any other reasonable duties as directed by the managing staff
- Line managed by the Sport Programme Coordinator
Full Job Description
Membership Services Assistant
The Membership Services Assistant will support the Sport Union Coordinator with core Sports Union administration particularly focussed around finance, transport and marketing.
Main Responsibilities
- Act as front-facing reception cover in the office as well as managing the central Sports Union email and phone line for routine enquiries from students or sports club members, providing high standards of customer care
- Assist with our marketing workstreams by contributing to digital marketing tasks such as social media posts for events and campaigns, as well as working with sports clubs to promote club activity across all platforms
- Assist with finance workstreams, by liaising with committee members, finance officer and Strath Union finance staff to monitor and maintain healthy financial accounts for sports clubs by producing balance statements
- Work closely with sports club committees on the process of applying to, spending and reporting of Alumni Fund grants
- Lead on the processing of Student Drivers by coordinating online assessments, conducting license checks (in accordance with the Transport Policy) and maintenance of driver database
- Help deal with various elements of club administration and deadlines such as GMs, committee training, membership sales, etc
- Take on desk research assigned by line manager to support the ongoing development of student sport programmes within the Sports Union and across the University
- Undertake any other tasks relating to Sports Union business that may from time-to-time be reasonably requested
- Line managed by Sports Union Coordinator
Full Job Description
Behind the scenes: What its like to be Student Staff
"Staff in the office are all great chat, and the working environment is a great blend of hard-work and more relaxed moments. The Sports Union are very open and supportive of the assistants bringing new ideas to the table, performing additional tasks/gaining skills in areas that interest them". - Ross, Competitions Assistant.
"The job gave me loads of useful experience - from helping run events and working with volunteers to improving my communication, teamwork and leadership skills. I had the chance to help with things like organising tournaments and leading volunteers". - Naomi, Recreational Assistant.
"This job is flexible and fitted into my university schedule, with the time of shifts and location of the office. My absolute favourite part is getting first-hand competition results from teams (especially the wins) and cheering for their achievements". - Veronica, Competitions Assistant.