Earth Fellow: climate and environment research communications

The University of Edinburgh; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Edinburgh seeks a part-time Earth Fellow to create engaging digital content spotlighting climate research initiatives. This role is aimed at current postgraduate students, focusing on climate engagement and communications. Flexible working within a supportive team enhances skill development and creative contributions to climate solutions.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Comprehensive staff benefits including holiday and pension schemes

Access to co-working space and networking opportunities

Qualifications

• Current University of Edinburgh postgraduate student in the '25/'26 academic year.
• Basic experience using social media to engage an audience.
• Experience creating digital content such as videos or graphics.

Responsibilities

• Support sharing EEI's activities with students and staff.
• Create engaging digital content for EEI's online channels.

Skills

Interest in climate and environment research

Basic experience using social media

Experience creating digital content

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work proactively with diverse colleagues

Education

Current University of Edinburgh postgraduate student

Job description

Job Description

Grade UE05: £29,179 to £33,482 per annum pro rata

CSG / Edinburgh Earth Initiative / Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability

Part-time: 9 hours per week

Fixed-term: 9 months from September 2025

The Edinburgh Earth Initiative (EEI) is looking for a postgraduate student to support sharing EEI’s activities with students, staff and external audiences. This 9-month project will focus on creating engaging digital content for EEI’s online channels, highlighting EEI’s activities and the University of Edinburgh’s climate and environment research and innovation.

Click here to view the full project brief for the Earth Fellow: climate and environment research communications, including key tasks and deliverables (opens browser in new tab).

This post will be appointed at Grade UE05, step 1 which is £29,179 per annum, pro rata.

Earth Fellowships are only open to current postgraduate and PhD students at the University of Edinburgh based in the UK. Please do not apply if you are not a current University of Edinburgh student.

Your Skills And Attributes For Success

• Current University of Edinburgh postgraduate student in the ‘25/’26 academic year.
• An interest in climate and environment research, innovations and partnerships.
• Basic experience using social media to engage an audience and encourage participation.
• Experience creating digital content, for example videos, social media posts or graphics.
• Excellent communications skills including the ability to communicate complex information clearly and engagingly.
• Ability to work proactively with colleagues with a variety of expertise; understanding and valuing different points of view.
  
  

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.

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Application Information

Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:

• CV
• Cover letter
  
  

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, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.
  
  

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.

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).

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is 14th August 2025.

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 browsers local time zone.

About Us

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.

About The Team

Launched in 2022, the Edinburgh Earth Initiative was established by the University’s Executive with a cross institutional remit to drive a step change in the University’s engagements with climate and sustainability challenges.

In 2024, a strategic review of Edinburgh Earth Initiative was completed and the results of that review, including a strategy for 2025-2030, were approved by the University Executive. The strategy states that the mission of EEI is to catalyse bold, globally significant transdisciplinary research, innovation and partnerships at the University in support of the Research & Innovation Strategy 2030 and Climate Strategy.

Edinburgh Earth Initiative Website ( https://earth.ed.ac.uk/ ) (opens in new browser tab)