Artist in residence Intern Employed on campus
Artist in residence Intern Employed on campus
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Job Description
The Opportunity:
The interns will collaborate with colleagues across the School with a strong focus on members of the TAPLab group which does research on DNA physics. The interns will explore the researchers and the workthey do to stimulate the production of original artwork to be produced with input from our team. Final artwork to include around 10 elements of different scales (to be agreed at the start of position depending on art specialties). After the placement you will have the possibility to run paid artsphysics workshops for local community groups.
Applications from illustrators and glass artists are particularly welcome (we have a large professional glass kiln).
This post is fixed term 2 months) and 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.
The salary for this post is 23414 per annum.
The School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating discrimination. The School strives to create a more diverse equitable and inclusive workplace for all and we are looking to actively diversify our staff. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and in particular encourage applications from people of colour women people with disabilities LGBTQ people and other minority and underrepresented groups. We aim to ensure that our culture and systems support flexible and familyfriendly working as evidenced by our Juno Champion and Athena SWAN Silver awards.
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 based in the UK. You cannot take part if you are a visiting student or you have already taken part in the programme before. Further information about Employ.ed on Campus can be found on ourEmploy.ed on campus webpages(opens new browser tab).
Your skills and attributes for success:
- A current 2nd 3rd or penultimate year Undergraduate University of Edinburgh student;
- Strong conceptual and artistic skills;
- The ability to drawing on peoples experiences and work to create art;
- Good organisational skills;
- Good communication and team working skills.
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Application Information:
Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:
- CV
- Cover letter
- Link to an online art portfolio if you have one (optional)
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary;
- An exciting positive creative challenging and rewarding place to work;
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community;
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits such as a generous holiday entitlement competitive pension schemes staff discounts and familyfriendly initiatives. Check out the full list on ourstaff benefits page(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits;
- 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. Further information about the Edinburgh Award can be found ourEdinburgh Award homepage(opens new browser window).
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 our right 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 March 19th 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 will be held in April 2025.
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Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Full-Time
