Peterborough

Volunteer

Celebrate Culture. Create Change. Amplify Student Voices.

Are you passionate about representation, equality, and building a stronger student community? Want to make a real impact while gaining leadership experience, boosting your confidence, and meeting like-minded people?

As a Black Student Lead, you’ll play a key role in championing Black student voices at ARU. You’ll help organise exciting events, lead campaigns, celebrate Black culture and history, and work to create a more inclusive and supportive student experience for everyone.

This is an amazing opportunity to develop valuable skills, build your CV, grow your network, and make meaningful change within the university community.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Organise and support events celebrating Black culture, history, and achievements, including Black History Month and awareness campaigns.
• Represent Black students and ensure their voices and experiences are heard in meetings and decision-making spaces.
• Gather feedback from students to help improve inclusion, representation, and the overall student experience.
• Lead and support campaigns focused on equality, diversity, inclusion, and positive change.
• Work with student groups, university staff, and external organisations to strengthen engagement and support opportunities.
• Promote events and activities through outreach, communication, and student engagement.
• Help create safe, welcoming, and inclusive spaces where students feel valued and supported.

What You’ll Gain:

This role is a fantastic opportunity to build skills employers look for, including:

• Leadership and teamwork
• Event planning and campaign coordination
• Communication and public speaking
• Networking and community engagement
• Confidence and problem-solving skills
• Advocacy and student representation experience

You’ll gain hands-on experience that will strengthen your CV and support future career opportunities while making a genuine difference to student life.

Perks of the Role:

• Full support and mentoring from the Union team in Peterborough
• Monthly team meetings with free pizza
• Free role uniform
• Free entry to all Union events
• Opportunities to meet new people and expand your network
• The chance to lead positive change and celebrate Black culture within the student community
• Free tea and coffee provision
• Summer and Winter celebrations

Why Apply?

This is more than a volunteering role — it’s a chance to shape the student experience, celebrate identity and culture, and help create a university community where every student feels represented and empowered.

Make your voice count. Build your experience. Be a leader for change.

We are fully committed to Equality and Diversity, and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

For a job pack with full information about the role, please click  here

Applications welcome until 23:00 on Tuesday 22nd September.

If there are too many applicants for one role then you may be asked to support an alternative position.