Student Ambassador (Undergraduate)

Grade UE02: £24,547 per annum, pro rata.

Student Recruitment and Admissions / USG.

Guaranteed Hours contract: 20 hours per annum.

Fixed term: duration dependant on length of study.

We are looking for enthusiastic Undergraduate Student Ambassadors to share your authentic experience with prospective students and their supporters.

To ensure representation across the University’s academic programmes and to complement our current pool of ambassadors, we are recruiting Undergraduate Student Ambassadors from particular schools and subject areas within them.

Accepted Degree Programmes

Generally, we are recruiting students who fit the following:

College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science

• Business School: All undergraduate programmes based in the school.
• School of Divinity: All undergraduate programmes based in the school.
• Edinburgh College of Art: All undergraduate programmes based in the school.
• Edinburgh Futures Institute: All undergraduate programmes based in the school.
• School of History, Classics and Archaeology: Students on specific undergraduate programmes only.
• School of Law: Undergraduate students on our Global Law (LLB) programme only.
• School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures: Students on specific undergraduate programmes.
• School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences: All undergraduate programmes in Cognitive Science (Humanities) and Psychology.
• School of Social and Political Science: All undergraduate programmes in International Relations, Social Anthropology, Social Work, Sociology, and Sustainable Development.

College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

• Edinburgh Medical School: All students on MBChB programmes except for the online section of the HCP-Med MBChB programme.
• Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Medicine: All students on BVM&S programmes.

College of Science and Engineering

• School of Biological Sciences: All undergraduate programmes based in the school.
• School of Chemistry: All undergraduate programmes based within the school.
• School of GeoSciences: All undergraduate programmes based in the school.
• School of Informatics: All undergraduate programmes based in the school.
• School of Mathematics: All undergraduate programmes based in the school.
• School of Physics and Astronomy: All undergraduate programmes based in the school.

The Opportunity

Being a Student Ambassador is a great way to get involved in university life, have fun, and gain valuable transferable skills. You’ll play a key role in helping prospective students and their supporters understand what makes the University of Edinburgh a great place to study.

Student Ambassadors represent the University, their School, and the wider student body to a range of internal and external audiences. The work is varied and may include leading campus tours, supporting on-campus and online events, taking part in peer-to-peer text chat, contributing to student panels, and supporting other activities throughout the year. Ambassadors will receive role-specific training to support the activities they undertake.

The role is flexible and designed to fit around your studies, with no guaranteed or set number of hours per week or month. While the work is ad hoc and cannot offer a steady income, it provides valuable paid work experience. The pay rate for this role is £13.45 per hour, with an additional 18.1% (£2.43) applied to cover holiday pay.

Essential Skills and Attributes for Success

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Awareness of equality, diversity, and inclusion
• Passionate about the university experience and the University of Edinburgh
• Able to represent the University with integrity, professionalism, and enthusiasm
• Friendly, approachable, and confident initiating contact with prospective students and/or their supporters
• Reliable, with strong time-management and organisational skills
• Willingness to follow instructions and guidance
• Excellent team-working skills
• Self-motivated and able to work independently on individual tasks
• Basic IT skills (e.g. use of Microsoft Office)
• Current student at the University of Edinburgh and residing in the UK

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Previous customer service experience or experience in a similar ambassador-type role
• Awareness of barriers that individuals may face when accessing Higher Education

How to Apply

You are required to submit a cover letter/personal statement, this should be no longer than one page of A4. This cover letter must answer the following questions:

• Why do you want to be a Student Ambassador?
• What skills and experience do you have that are relevant, in particular in relation to the essential and desirable criteria?

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.

To ensure that our ambassadors appropriately represent the University we will be recruiting students to reflect the diversity of the student body. We encourage all applications, and we welcome applications from students who are evidentially underrepresented within our student body.

Key Dates to Note

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 2 March. Interviews will be held during the week commencing Monday 23 March. Training will be conducted on campus on Saturday 23 May, with an alternative session offered in September.