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THE ROLE:Ìý
- Calling alumni (graduates) of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ on the phone to talk to them about their experience here and ask them to support The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ Fund with a donationÌý
- Make a personal connection, be a face of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ and bring alumni back to the university through the callÌý
- Alumni donations have funded, for example, scholarships and bursaries, internships, travel grants, sports provision and Welsh language and cultural activities. You’ll need to use your own experience or that of a fellow student to bring this to life on the phoneÌý
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THE BENEFITS:Ìý
- Attractive rate of pay of £13.45 per hour!Ìý
- Enhance your skills to add to your CV – you’ll learn how to negotiate, enhance your communication skills, work as part of a team and much moreÌý
- Full training and supportÌýÌý
- Talk to some truly interesting, inspirational and influential peopleÌý
- Raise money for some great projects right across Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏÌý
- Work around your university commitments – evening and weekend shiftsÌý
- We run two campaigns per year so there’s the potential for ongoing workÌý
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REQUIREMENTS:Ìý
- Responsible, mature attitude with impeccable punctuality and reliabilityÌý
- Extremely articulate, with an excellent phone mannerÌý
- Ability to relate to and communicate with a huge variety of people – well-developed listening skills and high standard of both spoken and written English and, for some team members, also the ability to communicate to a high standard of both written and spoken WelshÌý
- Persistent, creative and flexible – able to turn negatives into positives and negotiate to achieve agreed outcomesÌý
- Enthusiastic and passionate about Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ â€“ happy to talk about your knowledge of the university and your departmentÌý
- You’ll be a well-rounded and interesting individual capable of really engaging conversations – involvement in Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ clubs and societies is considered helpful, but by no means essentialÌý
- Whilst not an essential requirement, we will be pleased to hear if you speak any other languages in addition to English.Ìý
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YOU MUST BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE FOLLOWING:Ìý
Recruitment sessions – If you’re shortlisted, you’ll be invited to a mock telephone test and if you are successful, you will be asked to come for an interview.ÌýÌý
Training session – training will take place on Saturday October 19th, 10am-3pm. You’ll be paid for this session if you complete the minimum shift requirement of 4 shifts a week. We cannot consider your application unless you can attend the training so, please do not apply if you are unable to attend.Ìý
Calling – the first shift will be Sunday 20th October and the campaign runs for 4 weeks.Ìý
For your information the shifts are:Ìý
Mondays to Thursdays from 6pm to 9pmÌý
Sunday 4:00pm – 7:00pmÌý
Visit our page for more information about the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ Fund Telethon.