Volunteer Coordinator
£12.60 per hour
Closing Date 20 July 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
Edinburgh Science runs Careers Hive each year. This is an exciting immersive careers education event designed to give students in S1-S3 a new way to think about their futures. It highlights the opportunities available to those who study STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths), as well as the cross-disciplinary skills and subjects that can support and enhance STEM careers.
We are looking for a confident, and enthusiastic Coordinator to recruit and manage STEM volunteers to participate in Careers Hive. You will enjoy communicating with people at all levels and the administration of co-ordinating events, people, and processes.
You will have experience working in a busy customer service or coordination role, with strong organisational skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office applications. You will demonstrate an excellent telephone manner alongside well-developed communication and influencing skills, enabling you to engage professionally with a wide range of individuals and groups. You will have experience supervising or leading a team in a fast-paced environment, and will be confident managing a varied workload while balancing competing priorities. Experience working in an arts, festival, educational, scientific or cultural setting is desirable, as is a proactive, hands-on approach and a willingness to get involved in all aspects of delivery.
How to Apply
- Download: the full job description HERE
- Apply: through the dedicated jobs portal HERE
- Deadline: 11.59pm on Sunday 20 July
- Interviews: w/c 28 July
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.