Public Engagement Intern Employed on campus
Public Engagement Intern Employed on campus
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Grade UE03:per annum
Corporate Services Group / Edinburgh Research Office
Full time: 35 hours per week
Fixed term: 9th June 2025 29th August 2025 12 weeks)
Employ.ed on Campus internships are ONLY open to 2nd year to penultimate year undergraduate students from the University of Edinburgh based in the UK.
We are looking for an intern to support marketing and delivery of the Universitys public engagement programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The Opportunity:
The University in partnership with the Stand Comedy Club have a longrunning public engagement with research programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe feature university academics talking about some of their more controversial research in an informal setting with local standup comedians. 2025 will be the thirteenth year that this has run.
The Public Engagement Intern will lead on the final marketing of the 2025 shows. This will include:
- Undertaking a programme of focussed tailored publicity for each show.
- Designing and implementing a social media campaign for the whole programme.
This post is fulltime 35 hours per week); however we are open to considering parttime or flexible working patterns. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a noncontractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular oncampus working.
Employ.ed on Campusis run by the Careers Service in collaboration with university departments and Schools. It offers exclusive summer internships at the University over the summer for 2nd year to penultimate year undergraduate students from the University of Edinburgh. As well as great work experience the Careers Service provides supporting resources this is combined with a framework to support the development of participants employability and selfreflection with anEdinburgh Awardas part of the internship.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Experience of using social media ideally in a work or volunteering context.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Assertiveness.
- Adaptability and reasonable flexibility.
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Application Information
Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:
- CV
- Cover letter
For guidance on writing an effective application see the additional information section of the Job Description.
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
The University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh is an exciting positive creative challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits which includes a generous holiday entitlement a defined benefitspension scheme staff discountsfamilyfriendly initiatives flexible working and much more. Click to access ourstaff benefits page(opens new browser tab)forfurther information and use ourreward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.
The University offers hybrid working; in Edinburgh Research Office we expect colleagues to be on campus for a minimum of team anchor days team meetings allERO meetings and other inperson meetings and events required in your role.
Championing equality diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions actively promoting LGBT equality.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on ourright to work webpages(opens new browser tab)
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 19th March 2025.
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
Interviews:
Interviews will be held online on the 21st of April 2025
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on ourright to work webpages(opens new browser tab).
Edinburgh Research Office
Working inEdinburgh Research Officeyou will be part of aprofessional supportive and friendly team; at the heart of University research support working in collaboration with academics and research support professionals across the institution. The breadth of our remit means you will get an overview of research support activity while you build your skills in your specialism. Gaining new knowledge and skills to help you develop in this role and progress in your career is a priority. We offer colleagues a stimulating working environment based on our values of integrity expertise community and collaboration. Our work is fastpaced and intense; you will thrive here if you are motivated collaborative and passionate about providing an excellent service to enable ourresearchers to do amazing work.
The Research Engagement and Impact Team leads and coordinates impact development policy and public engagement with research across the University working in partnership with colleagues in Colleges Schools and other support units including Edinburgh Innovations and Communications and Marketing. As a member of our team of 11 you will build networks across the University and with counterparts in other institutions. Working with academic colleagues you will gain insight into our amazing research and have the opportunity to maximise and demonstrate the benefits of this to the wider society and the economy.
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Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Full-Time
