Being a Student Ambassador is a great way to get involved with the University, have fun and gain valuable skills. We are now recruiting!Being a Student Ambassador is a fantastic way to get involved with the University, have fun, and gain valuable skills. We are currently recruiting on-campus postgraduate students to join our team. Overall, my experience as a Student Ambassador at the University of Edinburgh has been one of the highlights from my time at the university. I was able to improve my communication, organisational and time management skills and was able to choose my shifts based on my own availability, which was very helpful during my postgraduate degree. Gergana Student Ambassador What are Student Ambassadors?Student Ambassadors are an essential part of the University’s recruitment and pre-arrival activity. The ideal candidate is someone who is enthusiastic about sharing authentic student experiences with prospective students and their supporters. Ambassadors will have opportunities to represent the University, their School and their academic programme to internal and external audiences. Ambassadors will receive specific training to support the activity that is expected of them.Detailed breakdown of possible activities you could be involved inThe work is varied and dependent on ability, interest and availability. It includes but is not limited to participating in activities that allow you to share your student experience with prospective students and their supporters. For example:Student panels Peer-to-peer text chatBlogging/vloggingAssisting with recruitment, offer holder and welcome eventsParticipating in photo shoots/video, focus groups and other marketing activityOpportunity to be involved with wider University activities, for example graduationsKnowledge Skills and Experience required to apply to be a student ambassadorEssentialExcellent communication skills, verbally and in writingAwareness of equality and diversityPassionate about the university experience in general and the University of Edinburgh in particularRepresent the University with integrity, professionalism and enthusiasmFriendly, approachable and happy to initiate contact with prospective students and/or their supportersReliable with excellent time-management and organisational skillsWillingness to follow instructionExcellent team working skillsSelf-motivated to work on individual tasksBasic IT skills eg. use of Microsoft Office suiteAccess to a desktop, laptop or smart deviceDesirablePrevious customer service experience or having held a similar ambassador type roleAwareness of the barriers people might face when accessing Higher EducationHear from our Ambassadors about their experience as a Student Ambassador:Student Ambassador blogsPay and contractsPay Rate: £12.04 per hour as of July 2024 (plus 18% in lieu of annual leave allowances which equals to £2.16)Flexible Hours: No set hours per week or month; work around your studies. This role does not offer a steady income but can top up other sources of income, while giving you varied experience.Minimum Guarantee: At least 10 hours of work per year. Overview of peak times for work opportunitiesThere are lots of bits of work throughout the year that are offered to ambassadors that we don't know of until nearer the time but here is an indication of how the year will look so you have an idea:September: Pretty busy with Welcome Week work opportunitiesOctober: Campus Tours and Open Days (guaranteed work) – second busiest month of the yearNovember: Campus Tours and Postgraduate Open Day (These tend to be online and there will be a lot of work but we can’t guarantee for all)December: This is a very quiet month for work and there are no Campus ToursJanuary: This is also traditionally a quieter month but Campus Tours will be onFebruary: This is also traditionally quieter but more work starts coming through and there are Campus ToursMarch: Work starts increasing to support offer holder events and there are Campus ToursApril: Campus Tours and Offer Holder events – this is our busiest month and we are aware it is also very busy with your studies. If you can try and effectively time manage both there is plenty of work opportunities and staff really want your help at the offer holder eventsMay: Starts to get quieter but there are Campus ToursJune: Undergraduate Open Day (guaranteed work) tends to happen and there are Campus ToursJuly: Tends to be quieter but there are Campus Tours and less people around so higher chance of getting shiftsCheck you are eligible to applyIf you meet all of the following criteria you can apply to be a Student Ambassdor in our current round of recruitment:University of Edinburgh studentStudying an on-campus postgraduate programme during the 2024/25 academic yearWill have begun studying by October 2024Will be living in the UK during the 2024/25 academic yearStudents starting programmes in 2024 are encouraged to apply as are continuing students.I am eligible and want to apply to be a Student AmbassadorNot currently eligible to applyOur normal recruitment schedule is:Autumn semester - On-campus postgraduate studentsSpring semester – Undergraduate students and Online Learners (UK based)We may also top up representation of other areas during any of our recruitment periods. If you would like us to alert you when you can apply to be a Student Ambassador please sign up. We will contact you when you can apply to be a Student Ambassador or when other roles that you have expressed an interest in become available.Sign up to be contacted about future recruitmentNeed Help?If you have any questions about the position or the application that are not answered on this page please contact the Student Ambassador team: student.ambassadors@ed.ac.uk Employee privacy notice This article was published on 2024-07-22
