About Loughborough Students' Union

Loughborough Students' Union is a dynamic and vibrant organisation that serves as the voice of students at Loughborough University. We provide a wide range of services, events, and opportunities to enhance the student experience. Our mission is to empower and represent students, offering them the best possible university experience.

About LSU Advice and Student Voice

This role sits across two departments within the Union: Student Voice and LSU Advice. Student Voice amplifies student views through representation and engagement, while LSU Advice provides impartial guidance on academic and university matters. Together, they ensure students are heard, informed, and supported.

The Student Voice department empowers students to shape their university experience through democratic engagement, representation, and advocacy. It coordinates student voice activities, recruits and trains student representatives and volunteers, and supports student leaders by recognising their achievements. The department also provides administrative and project support to elected Executive Officers, ensuring they can effectively represent students. In addition to facilitating key democratic processes, such as elections, committees, and forums like the Student Voice Committee and LSUggestions. The department is currently in the process of actively developing initiatives to empower students in leading campaigns on key student issues. Through the provision of resources, guidance, and platforms, it is dedicated to amplifying student voices, fostering meaningful change, and building a more inclusive and engaged student community.

LSU Advice provides impartial, confidential and non-judgmental advice on a range of academic processes or conflicts with the University. The service supports students and doctoral researchers on both the Loughborough and London campus as well as Loughborough College. Whilst this list is not exhaustive, LSU Advice typically supports students with processes including; academic misconduct, appealing results, disciplinary offences, car parking offences, mitigating circumstances, and complaints regarding the University.

Full details can be found here:

Student Voice Consultant Job Description – April 2025.pdf

If you believe you have the skills and the drive to excel in this role at LSU, please submit your application, ensuring that your application answers demonstrate how your knowledge, skills and experience meet each point in the Person Specification detailed in the Job Description.

This role is appointed at 35 hours per week (core working hours are 10:00 – 16:00 Monday – Friday with an unpaid lunch break) 52 weeks per year. You will be primarily based in the Union Building, Ashby Road, Loughborough. LSU is supportive, wherever possible, of flexible working arrangements.

The position is offered on LSU Scale 5, currently £25,013 - £26,858 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) on an open-ended basis. Offers will be made at a pay point appropriate to the skill and experience of the successful candidate. Appointments made prior to 1st April will be eligible to be awarded an increment in accordance with the annual increment process.

The closing date for applications is Monday 5th May at 17:00 , with interviews planned for week commencing 19th May 2025.