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UEBS WP Champion


Job Location:

Edinburgh - UK

Yearly Salary: GBP 29588 - 29588
Posted: 29 September 2026 (2 days ago)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

Grade UE04 - 26093 - 29588 Pro Rata
Business School/Student Development Team
Part Time Guaranteed Hours
Fixed Term 40 weeks

The Opportunity:

Help us redefinewhatspossible. Be part of something bigger.

Here you can continue to make a difference in everything around you. Take on new challenges grow your career be recognised for your contributions and benefit from our commitment to your wellbeing. Be part of something bigger where your work has real impact and your development matters. There are so many reasons to take your next step with us.

The University of Edinburgh is a world-class organisation. We are a large University covering a wide range of Professional Services we support the Universitys research and teaching offering many career and role specialisms.

This role is designed to give students valuable experience of working in a professional setting while providing a meaningful opportunity to shape the experience of Widening Participation (WP) students within the Business School. WP Champions will act as a link between WP students and the wider school building relationships with WP students gathering their views and experiences and representing the WP student voice on the schools WP Steering Committee. The Champions will share their findings and recommendations with the WP Steering Group at the end of each semester helping the Business School better understand and respond to the needs of our WP students.

People have always been at the heart of our people are at the centre of the University community and everything we valuecolleagueswith drivedeterminationand a passion for what they are a place where everyone is welcome and offer a range of policies and benefits designed to support you in building the right meaningfulflexibilitythat worksfor you.

A career with us has a range of other benefits that can be tailored to your lifestyle:

  • Interesting work
  • Variety every day
  • Responsibility and autonomy
  • Contributing to the work and purpose of the University.

This post is part time guaranteed hours with 100 hours for the duration of this contract. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.

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How to apply

Please include the following documents in your application:

- CV

- Cover letter

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

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 are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also a Stonewall Proud Employer actively promoting LGBTQ 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 ourright to work webpages(opens new browser tab)

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Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is 2nd of October.

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm UK time. 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 the week of the 12th of October.




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