Experience Guides - Careers Hive
£12.60 per hour
Closing Date 10 September 2025
Fixed Term
About the Organisation
Edinburgh Science Foundation is an educational charity that inspires people of all ages and backgrounds around the world to experience the wonder of science and technology. Best known for Edinburgh’s annual Science Festival – the world’s first science festival and still one of the world’s largest – and for our Learning programmes that sees Generation Science tour Scotland and bring science to life in classrooms throughout the year and promotes STEM careers to teens through initiatives such as Careers Hive. An increasing worldwide element shares our content, passion and expertise more widely through an extensive portfolio of international projects.
About the Role
Our STEM careers event for S1–S3 pupils, Careers Hive, will be in-person at the National Museum of Scotland. Careers Hive is an immersive careers education event designed to give students between the ages of 11-14 a new way to think about their futures.
We are looking for Experience Guides to interact, facilitate, and engage young people through the Careers Hive exhibition and auditorium.
- You will be a natural communicator and able to build rapport quickly and easily with young people.
- You will be experienced and confident at presenting to and facilitating groups of young people.
- You will ideally have some experience (formal or informal) in youth work or in an education setting or community education setting. A Scientific or STEM background is desirable but not essential, but you will have a passion for inspiring, encouraging and supporting the development of young people.
Careers Hive: 2025 will run from 27 October - 30 October.
How to Apply
- Download: the full job description HERE
- Apply: via the dedicated jobs portal HERE
- Deadline: 11.59pm on Sunday 7 September
- Interviews: will be held between 17 and 26 September
At Edinburgh Science we welcome applications from all backgrounds because we believe that bringing together people with different perspectives, ideas and experiences always leads to better discussions, decisions and results.