Student Ambassador (MBChB/HCP-Med)

UE02: £24,547.00 Per Annum, pro rata (£13.45 per hour).

College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine / Edinburgh Medical School (Medical Education).

Fixed Term: Student Experience post - contract length will depend on duration of studies, and will end no later than end of studies.

Guaranteed Hours: 1 hour per year minimum.

We are looking for enthusiastic undergraduate Student Ambassadors to share your authentic experience with prospective students and their supporters.

The Opportunity

Being a Student Ambassador is a great way to get involved at the University, have fun and gain valuable skills. You’re also helping prospective students learn why the University of Edinburgh is a great place to study.

Ambassadors will have opportunities to represent the University, their School and the student body to internal and external audiences. The work is always varied but will primarily involve opportunities to lead campus tours, on-campus and online events, peer-to-peer text chat, and student panels. As well as other activities that arise throughout the year. Ambassadors will receive specific training to support the activity that is expected of them.

The work is also flexible around your studies – there are no set hours per week or month. Whilst this work cannot offer a frequent income, it does offer valuable work experience.

This role is only open to currently matriculated MBChB and HCP-Med students.

Your skills and attributes for success

• Passionate about the student experience
• Current student at the University of Edinburgh and residing in the UK
• Represent the University with integrity, professionalism and enthusiasm
• Excellent communication skills, verbally and in writing, in person and online to a variety of audiences
• Awareness of equality and diversity
• An ability to work in a team as well as independently
• Reliable with excellent time-management and organisational skills

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Important information for your application

Writing your application

• Please submit a cover letter/personal statement, this should be no longer than one page of A4. This cover letter must answer the following questions:
  • Why do you want to be a Student Ambassador?
  • What skills and experience do you have that is relevant, in particular in relation to the essential and desirable criteria?
• The cover letter is the most important part of your application and will be used to decide who is progressed to interview, but you can also submit a CV/resume to support your application.

Applying and next steps after submission

• If you already have an existing work contract with another department within the University of Edinburgh, use your University work email address when applying for this role, not your student UUN email address.
• We will not look at references for this role as these are not required – when completing the online application please put “not applicable” in this section.
• Once you have submitted to P&M our team will contact you asking you to fill out an additional form to help us with the recruitment process, which includes essential information we need for your Right to Work Check. You will be given 2 days to complete this form.

Working in the UK

• 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).
• You must also have, or be applying for, a National Insurance Number. Everyone working in the UK is required to have one. Further information is available on our National Insurance webpages.

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 30 October 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 browsers local time zone.

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