Peterborough

Volunteer

Make Student Life Better. Build Your Experience. Represent Your Community.

Are you passionate about improving the university experience for commuter students? Want to make a real difference while building leadership skills, boosting your CV, and meeting new people? 

We are looking for a Commuter Student Lead, who will be the voice of commuter students at ARU, helping shape a more inclusive, supportive, and engaging student community. They’ll work alongside students, staff, and external partners to bring ideas to life, lead campaigns, organise activities, and ensure commuter students feel represented and connected.

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience in leadership, communication, event planning, campaigning, and student representation — all while making a positive impact on campus life.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Represent commuter students and make sure their voices are heard in meetings and decision-making spaces.
• Speak with students to understand their experiences and gather feedback on what could improve university life.
• Help lead campaigns and projects focused on inclusion, wellbeing, accessibility, and student engagement.
• Work with student groups, university staff, and external organisations to create opportunities and support for commuter students.
• Promote events, activities, and discussions through social media, outreach, and student engagement.
• Help create a stronger sense of community for students who commute to university.

What you’ll Gain:

This role is perfect for building skills and experience that employers value, including:

• Leadership and teamwork
• Communication and public speaking
• Event planning and campaign coordination
• Confidence and networking skills
• Student representation and advocacy experience
• Problem-solving and organisation skills

You’ll also gain practical experience that looks great on your CV and can help support future job applications and career opportunities.

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 grow your network 
• The chance to create meaningful change for commuter students at ARU
• Free tea and coffee provision
• Summer and Winter celebrations

Why Apply?

University is about more than lectures — it’s about community, connection, and making your voice count. This role gives you the opportunity to improve the student experience for others while developing yourself personally and professionally.

Be part of something positive. Lead change. Represent commuter students.

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.