Ambassador activities

Ambassador activities

• Open Days - both on campus and online
• Student panels and talks
• Campus tours for prospective students and parents/guardians
• Student led online chats
• Blog and digital content

Role requirements

Role requirements

• You will need to be a role model for prospective students
• You should be proactive, enthusiastic, reliable and punctual
• You will need to provide helpful insight into university life at the University of York

Compulsory training is provided.

Right to work

• You will need to provide proof of your right to work in the UK. Your department will tell you how to arrange this.

DBS

• As you will sometimes be working with under 18s, we require a disclosure barring service check for all ambassadors. This is paid for by the University.

Skills this role develops

Skills this role develops

Being a Student Ambassador helps you develop the following skills:

• Communication - talking to a range of people on a one-to-one basis or to large groups
• Team work - co-ordinating your work with other Ambassadors and University staff
• Social and cultural awareness - meeting and working with people from a range of backgrounds
• Problem solving/using your initiative - you may face unexpected challenges, which require you to change your approach. These incidents may also require resilience, persistence, tact, creativity and innovation.

Visit the Your employability skills page for more information about skills and how to develop them.

For help in presenting your skills and experiences in job or course applications, visit the CVs and applications page.

Privacy notice

Privacy notice

The privacy notice sets out the ways in which the University of York gathers, uses, stores and shares your data. It also sets out how long we keep your data and what rights you have in relation to your data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

• Casual Workers Privacy Notice