Main duties associated with these posts are:

Developing and delivering the 'Mind Your Mood' student mental health campaign, to include:

• Organising and delivering a range of engaging events and workshops, targeted towards a student audience;
• To co-ordinate the planning and logistics of events, whether delivered internally or through an external facilitators;
• Managing and motivating a team of volunteers (e.g. the Student Committee, and other students who express interest in joining the campaign)
• Developing publicity and raising student awareness of the campaign and mental health in general, in particular development of social media and online communications and resources, working with Students’ Union and Schools and ensuring promotional presence at relevant events;
• Maintaining relationships with current partners and developing new contacts to support the campaign;
• Development and operation of campaign governance structures, such as the Project Board, comprised of student representatives, University staff and external members;
• Contributing to the management and monitoring of budgets;
• Seeking funding sources and contributing to development of funding applications;
• Further developing ways for project monitoring, evaluation and reporting;
• Carry out any other duties which are appropriate to the post as may be reasonably requested by the supervisor 

• Registered students at Queen’s University Belfast for academic year 2021 - 2022 and for the full period that these posts are available, otherwise the application will not be considered.

(Please note, eligibility restrictions apply to PhD/MPhil applicants based on date of first registration as an undifferentiated research student, as per the University's code of practice and University Regulations associated with PGR students, in the first instance).

• An awareness of, and a keen interest in Mental Health issues
• At least three to six months experience of organising events including booking venues, communicating with attendees, preparing materials, and identifying and resolving issues as they arise;
• At least three to six months demonstrable experience of taking initiative and solving problems in a working / volunteering environment with minimal supervision;
• At least three to six months experience of posting engaging content across the main social media platforms and growing audiences;
• Experience with and proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office applications and in the use of the internet as a tool for finding information;
• Willingness to complete the training required to undertake the role;
• Willingness and ability to work flexible hours - must be available for at minimum 8 hours a week between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday during term time.

• At least three to six months previous experience of working on Mental Health campaigns (in a paid or volunteer capacity).
• At least three to six months experience of developing policies and procedures for an organisation or project that are carried out and followed by other people within the organisation / project;
• At least three to six months previous experience of supporting students or pupils, in paid or voluntary capacity in a role that involved giving one-to-one advice;
• At least three to six months experience of writing content for publication (e.g. FAQs, Blogs, Website, leaflets), and social media;
• Evidence of creating innovative campaigns;

The pay for these roles will be £8.91 per hour.

• The Lead Co-ordinator will be contracted to work for between 12-15 hours per week.
• Each of the Faculty Ambassadors will be contracted to work for between 8-10 hours per week.

Interested applicants can apply using the link to the application form below.

Applications for these posts will close at 11:59PM on Sunday 28 November 2021. Applications submitted after this time will not be considered. 

Please note: we strongly recommend that you complete your application beforehand in a word processing software such as Microsoft Word. This is so that you can perfect your application, as once it is submitted, you will be unable to amend your application thereafter.