ℹ️ Applications to become a student ambassador are now closed. We anticipate applications will reopen in Autumn 2025.
On this page:
- What an ambassador does
- ambassador responsibilities
- ambassador specialisms
- benefits of working as an ambassador
- job description and person specification
- ambassador pay rate
What do student ambassadors do? 🤔
Student ambassadors support the work of the University and are responsible for representing the University across a variety of jobs. The activities include:
- Talking about your experience at Herts to prospective students
- supporting with events - open days, applicant days, taster days, clearing, start of term, graduation, school visits to campus and more
- supporting future Herts students - help your School of Study and course with interviews of prospective students
- off-campus activities - visiting local schools and UCAS fairs
- office support - supporting with administrative tasks across Herts
- photoshoots and content creation for promotional materials and social media.
Responsibilities 📝
As a student ambassador, you will primarily be providing event support (ie supporting key student recruitment events including supporting your School/course at our open days, applicant days and taster days) - these events are mandatory for all ambassadors to participate in. In addition to event support, you will be given the opportunity to a variety of other jobs depending on the needs of the University, this may include supporting Marketing and Communication with event set-up and preparation, telemarketing, administrative work, photoshoots and wayfinding during peak times in the academic year (ie start of term, graduation etc), as well as working during the summer to support with Clearing.
Ambassador specialisms ✨
As well as the general responsibilities for all student ambassadors, there are also three specialisms that you can express your interest in joining - acceptance on to a specialism may require additional interviews and training provided by the related team in Marketing and Communications.
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Social ambassador Supporting with content creation |
As a Social ambassador, you will be involved in all things content creation and help to paint a picture of what life at Herts looks like through photo, video and written content. Social ambassadors may produce this content themselves or feature in photo/video shoots led by the University’s marketing team.
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Education Liaison ambassador Supporting with school visits/fairs |
As an Education Liaison ambassador, you will support the University Education Liaison team by being an active participant in external visits to schools and Higher Education fairs/exhibitions, as well as helping out with school visits to the university campus.
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Unibuddy Online student support (via Unibuddy) |
As a Unibuddy you will act as a first point of contact for prospective students and operate online via the Unibuddy messaging platform. Unibuddies are a brand ambassador for Herts, answering questions from prospective students and sharing inspiring and exciting content (ie blogs and vlogs) about your life as a Herts student.
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Why should I become a student ambassador? ⭐
Being an ambassador has many great benefits, such as:
- Developing your skills 🧰 - the activities you'll be involved in as an ambassador are varied and offer a range of transferrable skills. One day you could be delivering a talk on student life at a local school, and the next showing prospective students around the University. Working on events will help you increase your confidence and help you gain skills and experience in public speaking, organisation, problem solving teamwork and your communication skills, to name a few!
- making your CV stand out 📃 - employers love to see fun, extracurricular activities when you apply for a job. Your experience as an ambassador can help you highlight key skills, like time management, presentation, customer service and networking skills. Plus, it shows that you were actively engaged in university life outside of your studies
- represent your School and course 🥳 - show prospective students and guests how proud you are to be a member of the Herts community by representing your School of Study, your course, and the University as a whole, at a variety of events
- making new connections 🤝 - becoming a student ambassador is a great way to meet new people outside of your course and make new friends, connections and expand your network
- earn money while you study 🤑 - the ambassador scheme is flexible, so you can choose when you want to work so it fits in around your studies and personal life. As an ambassador, you will receive job bookings throughout the year, and can only accept the ones you want to work!*
*Please note, there is no guarantee of work each week or month, and no requirement for you to work each week/month. You will only be paid for the hours you work.
Job description 📄
This role is flexible around your studies, and as such there is no guarantee of hours/work each week. There are no minimum hours required to work per week, however students are expected to work a minimum of 8 hours throughout the academic year at mandatory recruitment events.
International students will be required to work hours in line with any visa restrictions – working no more than 15 hours per week during term time.
Ambassador pay 💷
Student ambassadors are paid the National Living Wage, plus a percentage for accrued holiday pay. An estimate of this can be seen below:
| Hourly rate | Acc. holiday rate* | Total rate |
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| £12.21 | £1.47 | £13.68 |
*Accrued Holiday (Acc.Hol) is paid based on a percentage of basic pay, this hourly rate is an estimate only.
Updated 1 April 2025
Register your interest ✅
Applications to become an ambassador have now closed. We anticipate applications will reopen in Autumn 2025.
If you submitted an application when we were accepting applications, we'll be in touch with you in December 2024 with next steps.
ℹ️ Existing ambassadors do not need to reapply each year. You will continue to be an ambassador for the duration of your studies at Herts, unless you resign or are removed as an ambassador.