Grade UE05: £27,979 - £32,332 per annum, pro rata

School of Chemistry

Part time: 9 hours per week

Fixed term contract: 12 months from start date in Summer 2024

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated student to help us develop our Peer Support offering in the School of Chemistry.

The Opportunity:

In 2023 we hired our first Peer Support Student Coordinator (PSSC) to trial new ideas to create a future plan for Peer Support in Chemistry. We now have two active committees in place for 24/25 – CAcFams and ChemPALS and so we are looking for a new PSSC to support both to provide Peer Support to our Chemistry students in 24/25 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 in 23/24 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 (24/25) 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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As a valued member of our team you can expect: 

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. 

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. 

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.

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 20 May 2024

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