Media Caption Supervisor (Student Experience Post)

University of Edinburgh; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 29,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible/hybrid

Annual leave

Pension

Staff discounts

Job summary

The University of Edinburgh is seeking a student with team leadership and administrative experience to join our intern Media Caption Editors. You will help caption videos and lecture recordings across the university to improve accessibility for students and staff, while learning and growing professionally.

Ideal candidates have excellent English, strong attention to detail, good IT literacy and reliable timekeeping, and enjoy working in a small team with flexible hybrid options.

Qualifications

• Student with team leader and administrativa experience; strong English language skills; impeccable attention to detail; good IT literacy and timekeeping; able to work well in a small team.

Responsibilities

• Distribute tasks to team members.
• Review captioning accuracy of media.
• Report to the Captioning Service manager.
• Data entry and records keeping; contribute to short-term projects with colleagues.

Skills

Team leadership

Administrative experience

Excellent English

Attention to detail

IT literacy

Timekeeping

Job description

Grade UE04: £26,093 - £28,778 per annum, pro rata

Information Services / Learning, Teaching and Web Services / DLAM Captioning Service

Part-time: 15 hours per week

Fixed-term: 12 months contract

Use your knowledge to drive change. 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 activities. In Professional Services, we support the University’s research and teaching, offering many career and role specialisms.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a student with team leader and administrative experience to join our diverse team of intern Media Caption Editors. We work on videos and lecture recordings across the entire University to improve accessibility for students, general audiences, and assist teaching colleagues and staff who create media content. Our ideal candidates have excellent English language skills, impeccable attention to detail, good IT literacy and timekeeping skills, and work well in a small team. Daily duties include distributing tasks to team members, reviewing media captioning accuracy, and reporting to the Captioning Service manager. The role may involve data entry and records keeping, as well as other short‑term projects in collaboration with colleagues across Information Services and colleges.

This post is part‑time (15 hours per week); we are open to considering flexible working patterns. 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.

People have always been at the heart of our work. Our people are at the centre of the University community and everything we do. We value colleagues with drive, determination and a passion for what they do. We are a place where everyone is welcome and offer a range of policies and benefits designed to support you in building the right meaningful flexibility that works for you.

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

• Working within one of the world’s leading universities
• Opportunities to develop new skills and broaden your experience
• Flexible/hybrid
• Interesting and varied teamwork
• Good pay rates
• Contributing to the work and purpose of the University

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. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page and use our reward calculator to discover the 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.

We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and particularly encourage applications from international candidates.

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 14 October 2026

Unless stated otherwise, the closing time for applications is 11:59 pm (UK time). If you are applying from outside the UK, the closing time shown on our adverts will automatically adjust to your browser’s local time zone.

Interviews will be held on the week commencing 26 October.

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