Who are we?

NUS is a confederation of over 440 students’ unions representing just under 4m students and apprentices across Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales. In Scotland, there are over 40 students’ associations representing 460,000 students.

NUS Charity is an exciting organisation developing and championing strong students’ unions. We connect our members and curate services to deliver advice, guidance and crisis support to students’ unions.

We do professional differently. We are a progressive charity representing students’ unions across the UK. The sector is inclusive, fun, dynamic and representative and we put students and students’ unions at the heart of everything we do. We are challenging but are committed to creating a supportive and flexible environment which pushes your personal development in your everyday activity.

What we do

Students’ unions can be transformational hubs for students, staff, and wider society. NUS Charity support our member’s development to enhance their capacity and harness opportunities to maximise their positive impact. We do this in many ways, from managing a purchasing consortium to drive great value for our members, to our development activity, supporting the best potential in students’ unions - we strive to make a difference to our members.

The student movement is fast-paced and sometimes challenging, but we’re also a big family who support each other.

We’re see anti-oppression as central to our mission. Education isn’t working unless it’s working for everyone in our society. We’re trans inclusive without exception. And we welcome individuals who are up for taking active responsibility for their own ongoing learning on liberation, equity, diversity and inclusion.

What’s the job?

The Operations Adviser is a full time, permanent post within the Operations Department. Being a team member is essential as you will work with other members of the Operations team ensuring that the Membership inbox is monitored and queries responded to in line with our service agreements. The role holder will also provide administration support to our Boards and committees, booking travel and hotel accommodation and working with the Governance Business Partner to ensure any queries around the meetings are resolved.

Who you are

To succeed in this role, you’ll need to demonstrate a comprehensive blend of experience, knowledge, skills, and attributes. Essential qualifications and experience for this position include Microsoft Office Word and Excel experience. You must possess good IT knowledge, including Outlook and the ability to demonstrate good communication skills. The ability to work with little supervision is essential, as is being organised in all aspects of your work. Finally, regarding attributes, you must demonstrate a commitment to being an active part of an environment that promotes equality of opportunity whilst recognising and valuing diversity, and the ability to keep focused and maintain a high level of attention to detail.

This is a full time, permanent post. Your normal place of work will be Stockport, and we support hybrid working and flexible working requests.

Why apply?

As well as a great place to work, we offer a range of benefits including:

•Generous holiday entitlement

•Enhanced sick, maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay

•Paid volunteer days

•Health Cash Plan

•Pension scheme with employer matched contributions up to 6%

•Employee Assistance Scheme

•Cycle to Work Scheme

•Childcare Allowance

•Paid volunteering days- three days per year for full time staff

We aim to practice what we preach and offer a flexible person-centered working environment.

We’re committed to equality of opportunity for all and we are explicitly trans inclusive. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability.

You can be yourself here whoever you are, be proud of the work you do and build a career in a place that knows different is good.

Please apply via our online application form, we are unable to accept CVs. If you are unable to complete or application due to accessibility needs please contact recruitment@nus.org.uk.

Closing date for applications is Thursday 3rd September 2026.

If you’re successfully shortlisted we’ll see you at an interview on 16th September 2026.

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