"Student Ambassador"

PRIMARY DETAIL

Exciting casual work opportunities for existing MQ students to gain professional work experience. Commence in late November 2025.

The Role

The Domestic Future Students team has exciting opportunities for current Macquarie University students wanting to develop new skills, make connections and promote the University to the next generation!

Being a Student Ambassador is a rewarding experience. You will play an important role in promoting the University to a range of future students through outreach activities and will undertake the following duties/tasks:

• Talk to prospective students and their influencers about: your experiences at Macquarie University including your course and extra-curricular activities, your experience of making the transition to university.
• Provide information to prospective students on courses, study options, and pathways.
• Capture prospective student details (leads) at student recruitment events and activities.
• Deliver professional presentations (in-person and online) to a range of audiences and stakeholders (internal and external). Presentations are prepared by the Domestic Student Recruitment team and provided to Student Ambassadors.
• Represent Macquarie University at careers markets and expos.
• Conduct tours of the Macquarie University campus.
• Provide event support for student recruitment activities on campus and online.
• Assist in online initiatives including social media campaigns.
• Conduct telephone calling to prospective students or other stakeholders.
• Support the Future Students team with administrative & office tasks.
• Handle boxes of approximately 10kg on a regular basis.
• Undertake general administrative duties and office support work.
• Drive University vehicles in a safe manner to various student recruitment events (on and off campus).

To perform well in this role, you will need to be approachable, proactive, adaptable, confident in presenting to a wide range of audiences and willing to go the extra mile.

Perks of the role:

• Attractive hourly wage.
• Meeting and becoming friends with students from different degrees and backgrounds.
• Working with and learning from experienced colleagues.
• Developing transferable skills that are important in any career (e.g. presenting, networking, customer service, working as part of a team).
• Networking opportunities and developing professional work experience.

You must be available for Open Day on Saturday 15 August 2026 and training days throughout 2026.

This position requires a Working with Children Check Clearance. You must hold, or can obtain, a paid Working with Children Check (not Volunteer version), should an offer of employment be made. For more information see: http://www.kidsguardian.nsw.gov.au/working-with-children/working-with-children-check.

To Apply

A. To be considered for this position, please apply online and attach your resume and complete the survey in which we will be looking to see how you meet the selection criteria below:

https://forms.office.com/r/9V6TLcwKPQ

Desirable: Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Prior experience in a customer service role. Involvement in a range of extra-curricular activities at university (e.g. student groups, sport, PACE, exchange, mentors etc.

B. Email your expression of interest to domesticSArecruitment@mq.edu.au with a 60-second video of yourself speaking on one of the following topics: What made you choose Macquarie? What is your favourite thing about your degree? What is your favourite place on campus and why?

Role-specific Enquiries: Domestic Student Recruitment team via domesticSArecruitment@mq.edu.au

General Enquiries: Email the Positions and Appointments team via positionsandappointments@mq.edu.au

Applications Close: 30/09/2025 11:59 PM