Faculty of Social Sciences Role: Lead Active Student Voice Partner (LASVP)

Overview:

 The Faculty of Social Sciences is offering 1 position in the role of Lead Active Student Voice Partner (LASVP). This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to shaping and developing the student experience within the faculty through student voice. This is a genuine opportunity to help embed student voice to shape key decision-making processes and strategies that impact undergraduate and postgraduate experiences across the faculty. 

The LASVP will lead and be supported by 3 ASVG (Active Student Voice Group) Partners. They will be supported throughout the role by the Faculty of Social Sciences Education Team. The Education Team will provide LASVP with advice, guidance, and training where required, throughout the project. This is a genuine student-staff co-production opportunity to shape and enhance the student experience. Successful applicants lead and be part of a small team of students, sharing best practices and knowledge with each other, building a sense of community and working towards common goals, while working on project briefs informed by student voice within the faculty. 

The LASVP will be supported by the Faculty Education team to explore themes and develop pieces of work, as identified by student voice metrics. This work will be provided in the format of set projects, which ASVG will work on together, to enhance specific areas of student experience. 

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop recommendations to inform faculty strategy and improve student experience

• Lead on themes and pieces of work informed by student voice metrics 

• Suggest areas of improvement, contributing to the design and implementation of this improvement, and showcasing the benefits this can bring to students. 

• Work collaboratively in student staff partnership, on small projects throughout the year, which will seek to change and improve the student experience 

• To work with staff and students as equal partners within project work

• Help ensure the views and opinions of other students outside this group are encouraged, listened to, and incorporated into project ideas

• Present the work of the Active Student Voice Group to committees, other stakeholders in the Faculty and the University

• Lead and attend project meetings with your team members as appropriate

• Be pivotal in the day-to-day progress of the projects 

• Successfully manage the team to ensure project completion 

• Attend mandatory training sessions

• Undertake project work with ambition and creativity

• Lead on annual reflection of the ASVG work

• All other duties, in line with the level of the post

• Must be a current University of Sheffield student studying within the Faculty of Social Sciences
• Passionate to improve and enhance the student educational experience 
• Willingness to help engage and encourage others to share their personal experiences of studying at University
• Willingness to share personal experiences, views and opinions about educational practices within the Faculty of Social Sciences
• Ability to work as part of a team & lead a team
• Ability to develop positive relationships with others and assist other team members to achieve the overall objectives
• Ability to provide solutions to problems, make decisions and know when to refer decisions to line managers

This work opportunity is expected to take no more than 90 hours over the academic year. We recognise that students have a number of responsibilities outside of and including your studies. As such, there is flexibility regarding how and when the work is undertaken, within an agreed timeframe.

Rate of pay: This role is paid at Grade 3.3 (£13.01 plus holiday pay). All role holders will be able to use this opportunity on future job applications, and we would be glad to provide any future employers with a formal reference on request. 

All candidates will also have to register with myJobshop and if successful, complete Right to Work in the UK check with the Students Union Employability & Placements Hub Team. Further information regarding this check will be provided to successful candidates. 

Applications open on 6th Oct and will close on 17th Oct. 

We are expecting to contact all applicants by email to let them know the result of their application around the week ending 24th Oct. Interviews are due to be held on Thursday 30th Oct and will take around 20 minutes. Interviews will be online. 

Enquiries – please contact the Faculty Education Team:  [email protected]