Public and Community Engagement Coordinator (Festivals)

Part Time Permanent (21 hours per week)

Engagement is about bringing together and valuing people of all backgrounds to share learning, enter into meaningful dialogue and to truthfully collaborate on solving challenges. The Public and Community Engagement team aspire to enable, empower and inspire our internal community of incredible staff and students in carrying out high quality, equitable engagement with people locally, nationally and internationally. We’ve signed a Civic Agreement with local councils highlighting our shared intent to tackle economic and social challenges and are overhauling our offer to ensure that the University of Southampton is not just world-leading in its research, education and enterprise but in its role in society too.

The role and you

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a vibrant and committed Public and Community Engagement team in a Coordinator level role. The role holder will be a key part of our Festivals team, providing event management skills, social media savvy and operational expertise to ensure our award-winning Festivals are delivered to the highest quality. You will be supporting the delivery of the Southampton Science and Engineering Festival (SOTSEF), a major event that draws 5000+ visitors and involves 800+ students, staff and community member exhibitors as well as the Bringing Research to Life Roadshow, Southampton Arts and Humanities Festival and other related events.

You will be someone who has experience in and thrives when helping to run major events, is highly organised, skilled in creating/maintaining systems that support event management and enjoys bringing people together, collaborating and maintaining relationships. A good foundation in Customer Service will be essential, with the ability to clearly communicate and listen to needs, both in person and digitally.

What we can offer you

We believe equality and diversity are fundamental to making the University of Southampton a vibrant, proud and successful organisation. We not only want to be a fair employer; we want to create a creative and caring environment for our staff and students to work and study in.

We believe that we can only truly meet our objectives if we are reflective of society, so we are passionate about creating a working environment in which you are free to bring your whole self to work.

As well as additional benefits that will make your life easier, such as a generous holiday allowance and additional university closure days and flexible working arrangements. We will support you and your long-term future too, with access to a pension scheme, subsidized health and fitness facilities and a range of discounts. All our benefits can be viewed (link opens benefits page)

If you wish to discuss the role informally in more detail, please email:

Silvia Lanati, Senior Public Engagement Manager, s.lanati@soton.ac.uk

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