SWAY Intern in Edinburgh

Grade UE03: £24,729 - £25,804 per annum pro-rata if part-time.

University Secretary's Group / Edinburgh Global

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Fixed-term: for 3 months

On Campus internships are ONLY open to 2nd year to penultimate year undergraduate students from the University of Edinburgh based in the UK.

The Opportunity: We are seeking a talented and enthusiastic individual to help us maintain and improve student feedback and work on a number of innovative projects within sustainability, partnerships and improving the student experience. This post is full-time (35 hours per week). We are open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Experience of analysing and presenting complex data.
• Excellent IT skills - in particular, a highly competent user of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Ability to prioritise effectively when faced with many competing demands.
• Ability to liaise and work effectively and enthusiastically in diverse teams, and with a range of university staff members.
• Passionate about sustainability and social responsibility.
• Ability to take initiative and identify areas for improvement.

Please include your CV and a supporting statement with details of how you meet the knowledge, skills and experience required for this post.

The programme and eligibility on Campus is run by the Careers Service in collaboration with University departments and Schools. It offers exclusive summer internships at the University over the summer for 2nd year to penultimate year undergraduate students from the University of Edinburgh.

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.

You will be working alongside a highly-specialised team that:

• facilitates the highest number of outbound exchanges in the UK;
• receives around 2000 visiting students every year;
• centrally manages the University's exchange partners and agreements;
• delivers a range of real-world and virtual funded opportunities for students to study and work abroad;
• generates and manages funded opportunities for all staff to have international experiences;
• manages the incoming Visiting Student programmes for the University;
• manages or provides oversight of key University alliances like Una Europa, U21, LERU, UNICA, U7+ and Coimbra.

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, including generous annual leave entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, a wide range of staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options.

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. We want to inspire those in under-represented groups; therefore, we encourage applications from students of widening participation background or with protected characteristics who are under-represented in the student body at the University.

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.

Key dates to note: The closing date for applications is Wednesday, 18th March 2026. 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 browser's local time zone.

As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow's greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.

Edinburgh Global provides a range of services for staff, current students and prospective students. This includes visa advice, opportunities to go abroad, and guidance on setting up partnerships, whilst also working with the Vice Principal International leading the strategic development and implementation of the University's Global Engagement Plan. It carries out activities in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and North America, Latin America and manages the University's Representative Offices in China, India, North America, Chile and Singapore.