About The Role 

Culture Café is a vibrant community hub dedicated to celebrating diverse cultures, exchanging languages, and fostering genuine connections. Our weekly meetups feature free food, traditional games, and fun cultural trivia designed to inspire meaningful cultural exchange. Beyond these regular gatherings, Culture Café hosts large-scale events such as the Mid-Summer Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Diwali, bringing together students from all backgrounds to celebrate together. 

It’s a beloved program that not only celebrates cultural diversity among UNSW students but also fosters meaningful social connections, creating a home away from home for many international students and friendships that extend far beyond Culture Café’s walls. 

We’re seeking a motivated Student Officer who is passionate about Culture Café’s mission, capable of leading a team of dedicated volunteers, and eager to expand both our audience and the scope of programming beyond the current weekly events. 

​Who are We? 

Arc is UNSW’s student organisation. We like to call ourselves the cool older sibling. We know that the best parts of going to uni is all the stuff you do outside the classroom, and we pride ourselves on making that experience awesome. We do that through a huge range of opportunities and services available to students online and in-person.  

Working at Arc you’ll join a welcoming team of full of like-minded students, who believe in listening to students, working together and having fun between hard work. Work perks include professional development opportunities, the occasional work cake party, hot desk spaces, tickets to the Arc Annual Dinner, and more. But probably the best thing you’ll get out of working here are some friendships you’ll never forget.  

Imposter Syndrome disclaimer: 

If you’re reading this thinking, ‘no way can I do this, I have no experience’, you should know that some of the best student Officers at Arc applied when they had no experience. We took them on because we believe in giving people their first chance, and because they showed they had a willingness to learn, problem solve and try new things. You could be that person too. 

Key Tasks & Responsibilities: 

• Program Operations 

• Act as the Culture Cafe (CC) ambassador and collaborate with supervisor and stakeholders including clubs, colleges, external vendors and staff members to facilitate involvement across the UNSW community in line with their goals. 

• Manage weekly CC sessions and stalls, ensuring that all ideation and execution processes align with the goals and metrics of the CC program. 

• Assist in the development of project plans, timelines, budgets, volunteer rosters, run sheets, and logistics for any small to medium events executing them within set parameters. 

• Assist in the delivery of large-scale events, including involvement in ideation, timelines, volunteer rosters, run sheets and logistics. 

• Evaluate event success and identify areas for improvement to enhance future events. 

• Generate creative ideas for marketing collateral to promote Culture Café sessions and events. 

• Maintain up-to-date content across our online platforms (including website, and social media) providing opportunities for students to engage with their communities and in a digital space. 

• Volunteer Coordination  

• Assist in the recruitment and training of volunteers 

• Help to build a passionate community of volunteers and facilitate social, interpersonal and professional development opportunities for them.  

• Maintain clear and consistent communication as the point of contact for volunteers to direct and guide them through necessary tasks and events.  

• Logistics & Admin  

• Track volunteer data and facilitate sufficient volunteering opportunities for AHEGS accreditation.  

• Track metrics and meet targets around student engagement and participation in relation to program goals & KPTs.  

• Complete risk assessments, safety briefings, and other ad hoc administration tasks.  

• Ensure photos are collected after every session and event as part of documentation