College Festival Projects Intern (Employ.ed on Campus)

Full Job Description

Grade UE03: £21,978 to £22,681 per annum (A revised salary range for this grade of £22,214 to £24,248 is planned to take effect from Spring 2024)

CAHSS / College Office

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Fixed-term contract: from 3rd June 2024  for 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 a College Festival Projects Intern.

The Opportunity:

This internship is an exciting opportunity to work closely with the College on its interactions with Edinburgh’s summer festivals. The College supports a number of high-profile events at the festivals, as well as partnering in community engagement and creative industries projects. You will provide strategic support to University staff involved in a variety of projects and activities in the lead up to and during festival time. 

Work will focus on collaborations with the Edinburgh International Festival and high-profile author events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. It will include supporting our festival communications, particularly around how we are involved in other summer festivals, including the Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. You will gain excellent transferable experience of creative and cultural events, learn about branding guidelines and their application, and about many of the professional services roles in the University and in Edinburgh’s Festivals.   

Programme Information:  Employ.ed on Campus  is run by the Careers Service in collaboration with University departments and Schools.  It offers exclusive summer internships at the University. 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 self-reflection with an Edinburgh Award  as part of the internship. 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. You cannot take part if you are a visiting student, or you have already taken part in the programme before. 

This post is full-time (35 hours per week) and will be based largely in the Edinburgh Futures Institute at 1 Lauriston Place. Some hybrid working will be possible during the internship.  

Your skills and attributes for success: 

• Able to communicate clearly and professionally. 
• Able to maintain good relations and good humour during busy periods.   
• Able to deal with sensitive material, confidentially and discreetly. 
• Well-developed organisational skills. 
• Proactive when dealing with complexity and problems that arise with events. 

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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, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff 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 our right 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 Wednesday 13 March 2024.  

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 on Tuesday 9 April 2024.