Digital Systems Engineer 26
Job Title: Digital Systems Engineer
Reporting to: Digital & Data Manager
Place of Work: Hybrid (min 3 days on campus) The University of York Student Centre, James College, Newton Way, York, YO10 5DD
Contract: Permanent Full-time
Hours of Work: 35 hours a week
Salary: Fixed point salary of £34,071 per annum
Closing Date: Sunday 25th January 2026 at 5pm
Start date: Monday 23rd February 2026 (a flexible start date may be considered)
Interview : Online or in person
About the Role:
Are you ready to take ownership of digital systems that power a dynamic and ambitious charity? We’re looking for a technically skilled and proactive individual to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of our IT infrastructure, hardware, and software environments. In this role, you’ll provide support and encourage knowledge sharing with other technical roles within the team.
The role is perfect for someone who has a keen interest in digital technology, particularly digital and data transformation. We would encourage applications from people who may feel they meet the majority of criteria, but might have one or two knowledge gaps that could be supported in post through training and development. The SU is a small but lively organisation and so you can expect a varied workload, and lots of opportunities to upskill and learn new things!
Even if you don’t feel that you meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.
Working at York SU:
At York SU we know that maintaining a great work life balance also improves our teams wellbeing, productivity and happiness, this is why we offer flexible working arrangements to suit personal needs and requirements. We have both a flexi-time work scheme and remote working policy available to staff as standard and welcome applicants to discuss their flexible requirements at the interview. (If applicable to the role)
- A full time working week is 35 hours
- You receive 38 days holiday (including bank holidays and 4 paid closed Christmas days)
- You get extensive access to discounts and benefits
- There are paid volunteering opportunities
- You have access to the cycle to work schemes and other salary sacrifice options
- We offer a generous pension scheme
- You have the chance to shape the student experience for the better
York SU is committed to equality of opportunity - we are an organisation who works very hard to ensure we appoint based on merit. We would particularly welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and/or from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer (LV1), we are proud to offer an interview to applicants who meet the minimum criteria** for the advertised position.
**It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high number of applications, seasonal and high-peak times, we may have to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.
If you are invited to interview with us we will share our interview questions in advance so you can feel a little more prepared. We’re more interested in hearing about your experiences and ideas than in testing your memory, and so we want you to feel as comfortable as possible.
If you have any further questions about the position, or if you have a requirement for adjustments that would make the application or interview process more accessible, please do not hesitate to contact us on hr@yorksu.org.
Please note that products containing nuts, dairy, gluten and other potential allergies are served within our venues. We however aim to support a nut free environment within our student centre offices by encouraging staff not to bring nut based products to work.