Earth Fellow: Sustainable Land

2 weeks ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**UE05 £25,742 pro rata (£14.11 per hour) or UE07 £37,099 pro rata (£20.33 per hour) depending on level of study**

**Edinburgh Earth Initiative, Edinburgh Global**

**Part-time (9 hours per week)**

**Fixed term (starting October 2023 for 9 months)**

The Edinburgh Earth Initiative is working to build a vibrant student-led research communications and engagement unit to work with people across the University of Edinburgh working in the theme of Sustainable Land and Seas.

This post will specialise in raising the profile of the Sustainable Land and Seas research theme, supporting the implementation, enhancement and growth of the communications and engagement activities. The Earth Fellow will work closely with the Directors and support staff of key research groups connected to this theme and the Edinburgh Earth Initiative.

This post is advertised as two different grade options/salary ranges depending on the current stage of education of the applicant. Postgraduate students will be appointed at Grade 5 and PhD students will be appointed as an Advanced Earth Fellow at Grade 7 of the University’s salary scale.

As an Earth Fellow, you will be joining a diverse, fun and dynamic team of researchers, students and staff all working together to address the global climate emergency. As part of the Earth Fellows programme, you will have access to co-working space, exciting networking and personal development opportunities and opportunities to contribute towards partnerships and solutions for climate change on a global scale.

Earth Fellows work on individual and team-based projects which contribute to the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Earth Initiative’s work on climate change research-led impact, innovation, engagement, and teaching.

**Your skills and attributes for success**:

- Evidence of interest in climate and environmental change
- Ability to work proactively with colleagues in other work areas/institutions, contributing specialist knowledge to achieve group outcomes
- Experience working with a wide range of stakeholders, and ensuring a focus on real-world impact of research carried out.
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to communicate complex information clearly

**For more information about the specifics of this role, **read the project brief here (opens new browser tab).**

Click **here **for a full copy of the Postgraduate job description

Click **here **for a full copy of the Advanced Earth Fellow job description

**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work alongside the Edinburgh Earth Initiative team and Earth Fellows community which includes undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students as well as the wider student community, academics, professional services, and global partners working on climate and environmental change. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success.

You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme **, **staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Click to access our **staff benefits page **(opens new browser tab) for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

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.

**Application process**

**Key dates to note**

Interviews will be held in the first two weeks of September.

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