Tuesday 25-09-2018 - 21:31

How would you influence one of the most diverse Student Unions in the UK?

Kingston students are different. Many of our students are the first in their family to go to university, many of us are commuters, and we have an exceptionally diverse student population. We represent 20,000 talented students, across four different campuses, and our students’ study everything from arts to astronautics (that’s literally rocket science!). We are proud of all the different aspects of our diversity and believe that it makes us a vibrant organisation that is able to think of new ideas, transform lives and act as a force for good to support, empower and enrich the lives of all students at Kingston University.

We are emerging from a period of significant change; we have relocated, rebranded and refocused our aims, consolidated our activities, strengthened our relationship with Kingston University and appointed a new Chief Executive. We have done this to better represent the ambition of our students, and they are now beginning to realise the power of this transformation. Change is never an easy or quick process, naturally, there are still challenges ahead, but we have built an excellent foundation for the Union and are excited to embark on the next stage of our development.

We are coming towards the end of our strategic plan, and you will be joining us at an exciting point in time; where we start to look ahead to the future and begin plotting an ambitious plan that will develop us into one of the leading SU’s in the UK. You will have a significant opportunity to help shape this journey and ensure that we deliver on it.

 

 

We are looking forward to appointing External Trustees who can provide us with the strategic ability, financial acumen and experience of organisational growth to help us create an exceptional Students’ Union that our students can be proud of. We are particularly interested in candidates with strong accountancy and/or auditing expertise and candidates with experience of income generation (this could be from commercial growth, service development/innovation, bid writing or fundraising).

This is a Trustee Board like no other in the not for profit space and you will need to be able to work in partnership and communicate effectively across our wide range of stakeholders which includes students, staff, sabbatical officers, Trustees and university leaders. You don’t need to have a prior knowledge of the student movement, but you do need to be motivated by the opportunity to work with what are often first-time leaders within one of the most diverse organisations in the UK. 

If you think you can help us realise our ambitions, we would love to hear from you!

For a confidential conversation about the role, please contact our recruitment consultants Bill Yuksel on 07801 897063 or email - bill@peridotpartners.co.uk or Sarah Szulczewski on 07841 017043 or email - Sarahs@peridotpartners.co.uk.

For further information please visit www.peridotportal.co.uk/kingstonstudents

Closing date for applications is: 9am Monday 15th October