Job Description

Grade UE02: 22,995- 23,028 per annum pro rata (12.60 per hour (UK Living Wage) plus 18% in lieu of annual leave allowance)

Student Recruitment and Admissions

Fixed Term: (18 August 2025 - 31 July 2026),

40 Guaranteed Hours across period of contract

The Opportunity:

Join ACES Edinburgh as Student Ambassador and support us in achieving big results for under-represented and disadvantaged young people interested in studying art, design, or architecture at university. The events delivered by ACES range from Portfolio Preparation to one-off events and online talks. Our events are delivered online as well as in-person, and the successful student will be supporting both.


We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, and wish to particularly encourage applications from students who are evidentially underrepresented within our student body, including students


from Black and ethnic minority backgrounds from backgrounds that the ACES project supports
To ensure that our Student Ambassadors appropriately represent the University, we will be recruiting students to reflect the diversity of the student body and subject areas.

Your skills and attributes for success:

You are a current, full-time and matriculated student (including academic session 2025-26) within the School of Art, School of Design, or ESALA at Edinburgh College of Art Work experience or internship in education or a customer facing position, with demonstrable ability to deal with people in a professional, helpful and welcoming manner. An understanding of, and empathy for, the student groups targeted within Widening Participation programmes. Good oral and written communication skills. Excellent interpersonal skills, flexibility and time-management skills.

As most shifts will be available from September to January around Portfolio Prep, the successful applicants must be available to work Fridays 13:00-17:30 between 06/09/2025 to 24/01/2026.

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As a valued member of our team, you can expect:

To gain fantastic experience working with young people and supporting events An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community

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

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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.


Prior to any employment commencing with the University, a Disclosure Scotland PVG check needs to be completed. Further information is available on our

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Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is

Tuesday 10 June 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.




Interviews will be held in-person on

Monday 23 June 2025

For queries about the role, please email stef.blum@ed.ac.uk