Cambridge University Students’ Union is seeking their new Chief Executive to maintain the Union’s course to be one of the most effective, change-making student charities around. The CEO will provide focused, determined and disciplined execution of our bold strategic plan, and successfully sustain the momentum in the student-led charity through engagement from elected officials and our committed staff team.

The Union has been on a long journey of improvement; student leaders, staff and trustees at the union feel the Union has matured in recent years into a powerful agitator for change at the historic institution. Our new CEO will champion this appetite for change across the charity and among our most important stakeholders, and will continue to grow the Union’s potential to match the big ambitions of, and issues important to, our students.

The ideal candidate will be a low-ego manager, politically astute and high in emotional intelligence; they’ll achieve in the role by promoting leadership in others and championing teamwork and collaboration as key facets of the Union’s personality. They must be an all-rounder: as comfortable with financial systems and data as with business planning, HR and managing people; they’ll be sufficiently hands-on, but adept at looking ahead, sizing up the landscape and stepping out of situations in order to present solutions and ways forward.

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To apply, please submit a CV and supporting statement (the supporting statement should be a maximum of two sides of A4) that clearly outlines your suitability for the role. We strongly suggest reading the Job Pack.

Applications should be submitted electronically to vacancies@cusu.cam.ac.uk.

We welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds. ​We particularly welcome applications from those from Black, Asian and an ethnic minority backgrounds, as they are under-represented within Cambridge University Students’ Union at this level.

Email vacancies@cusu.cam.ac.uk with your contact details for an informal conversation about the role with the Chair or outgoing CEO.

An Inclusive Process

Cambridge University Students’ Union (CUSU) is committed to creating an organisation in which all members and employees are respected, discrimination is not tolerated and diversity is encouraged.  All members and employees will be treated fairly and with respect.  Selection for employment, promotion, training or any other benefit will be on the basis of aptitude and ability.

We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments individuals may require in the recruitment process, on commencement, or once in post. We will do our utmost to provide formats more accessible to prospective applicants, please email us.

The students’ union often requires temporary and casual staff to fulfil projects, campaigns, support meetings and services. If you’d like to be contacted for work when we require someone, get in touch and register with us.

We may from time-to-time seek to employ someone for a few hours in any given week for a specific need, and we may sometimes require temps at short notice, or for regular hours. Placements may vary – from one hour, to a whole week, or from evenings to weekends to out-of-term placements.

The type of work will be varied and could involve: administration, communication tasks, manual handling, stewarding, service support or website or design work. For example, we currently require a regular minute-taker for bi-monthly meetings where 4-6 hours will be offered. We always pay at-least the Living Wage.

If you would like to be considered for work placements as and when they arise, please register your details with us by emailing us your CV and introducing yourself. 

Where possible, CUSU prefers to provide employment opportunities to students, however cannot provide regular work and is conscious of providing work placements that may detract from students’ studies. Many Colleges discourage students from taking on part-time work during Term-Time.

Our volunteers assist the work of CUSU – CUSU achieves a lot for its membership with limited resources and could not continue its work without the energy and experience of volunteers.

We regularly seek volunteers for major events, such as the annual Freshers Fair. Please register your interest with us to be notified of up-and-coming volunteering opportunities. To become a volunteer for CUSU, please email Grace, CUSU’s Membership Engagement Coordinator, membership@cusu.cam.ac.uk