Peer Support Student Coordinator
Peer Support Student Coordinator
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Job Description
Grade UE05: 29179 - 33482 per annum pro-rata as part-time
Part-time: 9 hours per week
Fixed-term: for 12 months from start date - Summer 2025
The School of Chemistry are looking for a student to help us develop our Peer Support offering in the School of Chemistry.
The Opportunity:
We have two active peer support committees in place for 25/26 CAcFams and ChemPALS and we are looking for a PSSC to support both to provide Peer Support to our Chemistry students in 25/26 as well as maintaining a good connection and collaboration with our other key student group the ChemSoc committee.
The Opportunity here is to us to capitalise on the learning relationship building and resources created to further develop Peer Support in Chemistry. The Peer Support Student Coordinator (PSSC) will have the opportunity to work with their peers and the academic and student support staff to drive this project.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- In-depth knowledge of the School of Chemistry student experience e.g. by being a current (25/26) undergraduate student or a postgraduate student who completed their undergraduate degree in the School of Chemistry.
- A pro-active and collaborative approach to projects and leadership.
- A good communicator both verbally and in writing.
- Experience in conducting surveys focus groups or other methods of qualitative data gathering would be an advantage.
- Knowledge and/or sensitivity to Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) issues with regard to accessibility.
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Informal enquiries are very welcome please contact Jean ODonoghue to find out more about the role and whether it is a good fit for you :
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 family-friendly 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.
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).
On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore 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 26 June 2025.
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Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Part-Time
