R(D)SVS Student Ambassador

Student Ambassadors are an essential part of The University’s recruitment and pre-arrival activity. They will have opportunities to represent the University, their School and the student body to internal and external audiences. The main purpose of the student ambassadors is to promote their own student experience through a variety of activities, including but not limited to vlogging/blogging, campus tours and participation in open days, in order to share the authentic student experience and engage with prospective students.

Please note: you must be a current matriculated student on one of the veterinary medicine programmes to be eligible to apply for this position.

• Planning and Organising
• Problem Solving
• Communication

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

• A competitive salary
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
• Flexible working hours of your choice

Along with your application you will must include:

• An up-to-date CV
• Answers to the supplemental questions. The questions can be found here.

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 closing date for applications is 18th 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.

As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.