Student jobs

We’re hoping to hire 10-15 students to work in new bar/venue. Applicants must have previous bar experience. This can be in any type of bar, club, hotel or other venue which sells alcohol.

What are the main tasks?

The key tasks for the bar-type roles are preparing and serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, making coffee and other hot and cold drinks, preparing/heating food, keeping spaces clean and tidy.

Why should you work for us?

We offer around ten hours work per week. Supervisors work up to 20 hours. Shift times vary greatly, with some roles starting at 07:30 on weekdays, some working until 23:00 or later, and some working weekends. They’re typically in blocks of four to six hours, meaning you can work around your studies.

The pay ranges from £13.85 per hour for new starters to £15.00 for supervisors. Holiday pay is paid in addition to this.

There are lots of opportunities to learn new things, and you’ll be working with a broad range of staff and students.

What experience and skills are needed?

If you have the right attitude and approach, we believe we can train you to do most of the tasks. However, previous experience in a café, restaurant, shop or other in-person, customer service-type environment will be helpful.

We’ll run a group assessment/selection process where you’ll have a chance to demonstrate what you’re good at and what you like doing.

What is the application process?

The application form asks about your experience in previous roles (paid and unpaid/voluntary) and what skills you have. You should provide enough detail so that we can see what you can do. If you've writing one-word or one-sentence answers, there won't be enough information.

We intend to run a group assessment/selection event. These will involve a mix of interviews, tests, etc. which will be related to the roles.

Using AI

We’re not against students using AI as an aid in job applications. However, you shouldn’t use it to write applications. Instead, you should use it to help you to structure or format your writing or to write more clearly.

Here are some examples based on applications we receive from students. It’s not helpful to ask AI to describe what you did in your last job so you can simply paste that into a question about experience. AI has no way of knowing that and will simply provide generic text based on the job title. AI also doesn’t know what skills or attributes you have; it just provides generic answers. At an assessment/interview, you’ll have to answer lots of questions about your experience, skills and attributes and demonstrate those things. AI won’t be able to help with that.

If you are selected based on an application written by AI rather than by you, you’ll be found out very quickly in a face-to-face selection process. You’ll just be wasting your and our time if you haven’t really thought about your answers.

Our top tips

Our first tip is to tell the truth. Just be honest about what you’ve done before, who you are, and what you want to do. Focus on what we're asking and think about why we're asking that.

Our second tip is to re-read this page and follow the instructions/advice carefully. This is really the first part of the process. The second part is using the information on this page to write a good application. You’re already ahead of everybody who skipped straight to the application link below.

Deadline

The deadline to apply is 08:00 on Saturday 24 October. Take some time to think about, write and edit your application, and then submit it. There's no benefit to submitting an application immediately.

If we like your application, we’ll invite you to the selection event on Tuesday 27 October. This invitation will be sent by email on Monday 26 October.

Read the notes at the start of the application form about the timelines and requirements.

Application form

If you’ve skipped all the above to save time, you should re-think that decision before you go any further.

We recommend you type your answers in Word or similar so you can edit and save them before submitting.

Apply here: link

Questions

If you have any questions, email su.jobs@uel.ac.uk