Outreach Ambassadors

We recruit Outreach Ambassadors once per year in the spring.

• Early March – Applications will open. We’ll promote the recruitment process via emails to course leaders, the Students’ Union and Futures team. Please note, applications are open to Level 4 and Level 5 only. Level 6 and MA students aren't eligible to apply.
• End March – Applications close. Shortlisting complete and those successfully shortlisted are invited to attend an interview in April.
• Mid-April – Those students that were successful at interview will be informed they have been appointed as Outreach Ambassadors and will await their paperwork from HR.
• End June/Early July – Compulsory three-day training, to include safeguarding, mental health first aid, disability awareness, Campus Tour training and public speaking.
• Start date for first job – Potentially over the summer if students stay in Bournemouth. For most, the start date will be the following September/October.

If applying to become an Outreach Ambassador, you’ll firstly complete the online application and if you’re successfully shortlisted, you'll be invited to attend an interview. This interview will last approximately 30 minutes.

As part of becoming an Outreach Ambassador for AUB, there'll be three days of training the after the summer term ends, which will be mandatory, and attendance is required as part of accepting the role. Please note, the training will be paid.

1. Induction session – An introduction to the outreach ambassador programme and expectations around the role.
2. Safeguarding – There'll be a half-day training, for which you'll receive a certificate for at the end.
3. Campus Tour training – You'll have Campus Tour training with the opportunity to practise giving tours. This will also include health and safety training.
4. Mental Health First Aid – This is a one-day training session, for which you'll receive a certificate for at the end.
5. Disability awareness training – Delivered by young people from The Chatterboxes, a local organisation for those with hidden and visible disabilities.
6. Public speaking – Building confidence in how to introduce yourself and talk about your course, and experience at AUB.

HR will email you onboarding documents to complete, sign and return and they will need to complete a Right to Work in the UK check. Once finalised you will receive a contract with further details of your employment.

It’s important you complete the onboarding documents sent to you in a timely manner.

Further information on proving your Right to Work in the UK can be found on the UK Government website.

If you are an international Outreach Ambassador, please be aware that your working hours are restricted by UK Border Agency Rules. As an international student, you are not permitted to work in excess of 20 hours per week during term time.

It is your personal responsibility to ensure you adhere to this regulation and maximum set number of 20 hours whilst employed as an OA for Arts University Bournemouth.

You must not accept work that takes you over this limit. Therefore, it is important you keep track of your hours worked.

There is no minimum requirement of hours you need to work per week, you can apply for jobs around your timetable and study commitments. The OA scheme is designed to be flexible, to allow you to work more when you’re perhaps quieter or have finished a hand-in and less at those times when you may have lots of projects to complete.