Responsibilities

• Planning and development of a social media calendar of activity to help to promote ongoing RESP activities and existing RESP creative content.
• The successful candidate will join the RESP Archive Project team within Heritage Collections to increase awareness of the RESP’s oral history collections.
• This is an opportunity to gain hands-on experience delivering a social media programme that will promote and increase awareness of the RESP Archive.

Requirements

• Current student at the University of Edinburgh; and residing in the UK.
• Must be a UoE student for the duration of the post and eligible to work [9hrs] p/w alongside studies.
• If you already have an existing work contract with another department within the University of Edinburgh, use your student UUN email address when applying for this role, not your University work email address.

Preferred

• Experience of or an interest in spoken word/oral history archives and related resources.
• Experience of using social media platforms (Instagram) and web based graphic design platforms such as Canva.
• Experience of working in an archive, library, or research environment.

Benefits

• As a valued member of our team, you can expect:
• A constructive and inclusive work environment.
• A role that provides real-world experience in Heritage Collections, contributing to the promotion of the RESP Archive.
• 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.