Earth Fellow Opportunity: Post-Carbon Africa Conference at the University of Edinburgh

Overview

Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Department: Social Responsibility and Sustainability
Application Deadline: Jan 6, 2025
Contract Duration: Fixed-term, 6 months (Part-time, 9 hours per week)
Grade: UE07 (£40,247 every year pro-rata)
Start Date: February 2025

The University of Edinburgh’s Centre of African Studies, in collaboration with colleagues from the Edinburgh Earth Initiative (EEI), is looking for a postgraduate or PhD pupil to affix as an Earth Fellow for the 2025 Annual Conference titled Climate Dynamics and the Politics of a Post-Carbon Africa. This convention goals to foster discussions on Africa’s vitality transition, specializing in sustainable options and socio-political elements affecting local weather motion.

Key Responsibilities

As an Earth Fellow, you’ll contribute to the growth and group of the convention, which can convey collectively specialists, policymakers, and lecturers from throughout the globe. Your obligations will embrace:

1. Developing Briefing Materials (for Conference Participants and Speakers):
   • You will create an interesting and informative briefing pack summarizing the convention themes, key audio system, and demanding points associated to the post-carbon future of Africa.
2. Supporting Online and On-Campus Events:
   • Assist with organizing and selling each on-line and bodily occasions main as much as the convention.
   • Ensure that conference-related actions are successfully communicated to the wider viewers, each internally at the University and externally to the world neighborhood.
3. Creating a Final Report:
   • You will produce a complete report that maps the key themes mentioned throughout the convention and provides actionable suggestions for local weather motion in Africa.
   • The report will function a place to begin for figuring out pathways and alternatives for local weather motion that align with sustainable vitality transitions in Africa.

Required Skills and Attributes

To excel on this place, you have to to display the following:

• Academic Qualifications: You should be a present postgraduate or PhD pupil at the University of Edinburgh throughout the 2024/2025 educational 12 months.
• Interest in Sustainable Energy Transitions in Africa: A robust curiosity in sustainable vitality, environmental coverage, and political frameworks influencing Africa’s vitality transition is crucial.
• Communication Skills: You ought to possess glorious written and oral communication abilities, with the means to articulate advanced info in a transparent and concise method.
• Ability to Work Independently and Collaboratively: You might want to display the means to independently handle duties whereas working successfully with various colleagues and exterior collaborators.
• Academic Conference Experience: Some familiarity with educational conferences, whether or not as an organizer or contributor, will likely be a bonus, as it should help you have interaction successfully with the group and the occasion’s individuals.

Benefits of Joining

As an Earth Fellow, you’ll not solely acquire sensible expertise in organizing a significant educational convention but in addition be part of a vibrant group of researchers, college students, and workers working to handle the local weather disaster. You will obtain entry to:

• Co-working Spaces: Work in dynamic, collaborative areas that foster innovation and inventive problem-solving.
• Networking Opportunities: Connect with local weather change specialists, policymakers, and researchers from round the world.
• Personal Development: Participate in workshops and occasions aimed at constructing your skilled abilities and rising your community inside the local weather motion neighborhood.

Financial and Employee Benefits

The Earth Fellow function provides aggressive compensation and advantages:

• Hourly Rate: £22.11 per hour, pro-rata (£40,247 every year if full-time).
• Additional Benefits:
  • Generous vacation entitlement.
  • Access to a outlined profit pension scheme.
  • Staff reductions on numerous providers.
  • Family-friendly initiatives and versatile working choices.

About the Edinburgh Earth Initiative and the University of Edinburgh

The Edinburgh Earth Initiative is at the forefront of addressing local weather change via analysis, innovation, and engagement. By becoming a member of this initiative, you’ll contribute to impactful, cutting-edge analysis that goals to deal with the world local weather disaster. As part of the University of Edinburgh, a world-leading analysis establishment, you can be part of a various, worldwide neighborhood devoted to addressing the world’s best challenges.

• The Social Responsibility and Sustainability division works collaboratively with a number of college departments to assist obtain formidable environmental and social targets.
• The University of Edinburgh is dedicated to gender equality, variety, and inclusivity. It holds a Silver Athena SWAN award and is a Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champion.

Key Dates to Note

• Application Deadline: Jan 6, 2025
• Interviews: Mid-January 2025
• The University of Edinburgh will solely think about candidates who have already got the proper to work in the UK. Unfortunately, the University can’t sponsor candidates for this function.

How to Apply

Interested candidates are inspired to overview each the Project Brief for the Earth Fellow: Post-Carbon Africa Conference and the General Earth Fellow Job Description for additional particulars. In your application, you’ll want to define how your abilities and experiences align with the necessities listed.

For extra details about the University of Edinburgh’s sustainability efforts, go to the Social Responsibility and Sustainability webpage.

Apply Now
To apply for this thrilling alternative, go to the University of Edinburgh official webpage and submit your application earlier than the deadline.