PG Opportunity – Academic Ambassadors

Are you passionate about your subject area and enthusiastic about sharing it with others? Do you want to gain teaching experience in a flexible way? The School of History are recruiting now for Academic Ambassadors.

The Academic Ambassador role provides an exciting opportunity for University of Kent postgraduate students to work on a range of paid projects for their academic school.  This role involves developing and delivering subject specific sessions to school, college and/or community groups both on and off campus.

More information about this role can be found on the job description on the ambassador website; please contact Dr Will Butler if you have any questions (W.M.Butler@kent.ac.uk).

To apply, you must be a current postgraduate student. Applications may be submitted up to Monday 15th October using the online application form at https://www.kent.ac.uk/ambassadors/prospectiveinfo/postgraduate-roles.html.

Paid work: Student Research Assistant with Dr Andrew Cohen

school-of-history-uok-logoThe School of History is seeking to appoint a Student Research Assistant to support Dr Andrew Cohen with his research project, ‘’Labour Migration and Labour Relations in South and southern Africa, c.1900-2000’.

The successful applicant will join Dr Cohen and two other Student Research Assistants on this project, and will be expected to undertake a variety of tasks, including:

  • The cataloguing of research materials
  • Obtaining research materials from archives
  • Support for the organisation of conference and other research events
  • Digitisation of records and other sources
  • Support for editorial work (standardising footnotes etc.)
  • Undertaking basic research tasks

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Paid roles – Hub for Innovation and Enterprise Ambassadors

The University’s Hub for Innovation and Enterprise is looking for two student ambassadors to join them, working at Canterbury and Medway to promote the Hub enterprise activities, help budding entrepreneurs with finding the right advice, and liaising with internal departments and external businesses for organising conferences and meetups. This is an excellent paid opportunity to learn about business development, and receive a range of opportunities for networking and personal development.

Applications Start Date: 1st August 2018          

Applications End Date: 3rd September 2018, 23:59     

Interviews to be held: 11th/12th September 2018

For the role descriptions and details on how to apply, head to the Hub’s blog.

Internship opportunities at Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury Cathedral is advertising a pair of internship placements suitable for anyone interested in learning more about collections management, community engagement, and the wider museums and heritage sector.

These internships would fulfil all the criteria of a Year in Industry for the successful candidate, or be an excellent foot in the door for a recent graduate interested in the sector. For more details about the Year in Industry scheme, please contact Jon Beer. For more information and to apply for the internships, see the links below.

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Paid work: Student Research Assistant with Dr Andrew Cohen

school-of-history-uok-logoThe School of History is seeking to appoint a Student Research Assistant to support Dr Andrew Cohen with his research project, ‘’Labour Migration and Labour Relations in South and southern Africa, c.1900-2000’.

The successful applicant will join Dr Cohen and another Student Research Assistant on this project, and will be expected to undertake a variety of tasks, including:

  • The cataloguing of research materials
  • Obtaining research materials from archives
  • Support for the organisation of conference and other research events
  • Digitisation of records and other sources
  • Support for editorial work (standardising footnotes etc.)
  • Undertaking basic research tasks

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Graduate position – Documentation Officer, Maidstone Museum

Maidstone Museums are looking for a highly motivated and ambitious person to work with collections across Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery, Tyrwhitt Drake Museum of Carriages and the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regimental Museum in order to support the overall service purpose of enabling and broadening access to engage communities, inspire learning, and to disseminate knowledge.

The successful candidate will contribute to delivery of a high quality customer focused museum service by undertaking documentation and registration duties by being responsible for managing the effective administration of all records relating the museums’ collections in line with best practice Spectrum and Accreditation Standards.

They will be an effective communicator and should be able to communicate clearly and concisely, be well-organised, professional and flexible, with the ability to work as part of a team as well as on their own initiative.

Click here for more information: http://southeastmuseums.org/news-and-opportunities?item=2810

Closing Date: Sunday, 1st October 2017

Paid positions – Student Fundraiser

The University is looking for students that want an exciting and challenging job, representing the University and raising money for funds that will help protect and increase opportunities for their peers.

The Development Office runs fundraising telephone campaigns in order to> raise money for the Kent Opportunity Fund, which helps to support students. It does that by providing scholarships, supporting students going through financial trouble and helping to finance student projects. As a Student Fundraiser you will be contacting alumni and helping to raise money for these causes.

Applicants should be comfortable on the phone, confident and willing to speak positively about their experiences at the University of Kent.

The University plans to recruit twenty-one Student Fundraisers, and the fundraising campaign will being on Saturday 28th October, and run until Sunday 26th November. Callers will be asked to work two shifts per week (6-9pm) and either a Saturday or Sunday (12-5).

For more information and to apply, head to https://kentunion.co.uk/jobshop/job/54.

Paid Work – Student EP Ambassador

The University’s Enterprise Hub, which runs the Employability Points scheme, is currently looking to hire a Student EP Ambassador for the forthcoming academic year.

This is a paid position (£500 per term, 5-hours per week), for one student to work closely with academic schools, professional services and student societies to promote the EP Scheme to current Kent students at both Canterbury and Medway campuses. In the past, EP Ambassadors have attended networking events, held pop-ups, delivered shout-outs and much more.

The Enterprise Hub team are welcoming students to apply by completing the online application form by 23:59 on 4th September 2017. You can find the form and Role Description here:  https://www.kent.ac.uk/employabilitypoints/student-ep-ambassador-role.html

Paid work – Street Promotions team with Canterbury Tales

Over at Kent Union’s Jobshop, paid jobs in the Street Promotions team of the Canterbury Tales attraction in Canterbury are currently being advertised:

This role will support our marketing team with the selling and promotion of the much-loved Canterbury Tales Visitor Attraction.

Mainly working outdoors in the historical City of Canterbury and the surrounding areas, you’ll be the first point of contact to our guests; informing them about our experience and assisting visitors with their enquiries.  You won’t need to be an expert on Chaucer but an interest in the subject is essential.

An outgoing personality, confidence and great work ethic are essential attributes of the role.

This role may also help to build relationships with local hotels and accommodation providers and require travelling in and around Canterbury City Centre on foot.

For more details about the role and for how to apply, head to https://www.kentunion.co.uk/employability/jobshop/vacancy/1979/

Paid work: Student Research Assistants with Dr Emily Manktelow

school-of-history-uok-logoThe School of History is seeking to appoint three Student Research Assistants to support Dr Emily Manktelow with her research project, ‘The Local and the Global at Canterbury Cathedral’.

This project aims to explore the colonial and global past of Canterbury Cathedral through the empire-related memorials within the cathedral and the archive holdings relating to St. Augustine’s missionary college – an organisation designed to train Anglican missionaries for posts around the British Empire. The project will culminate in an exhibition hosted by the Cathedral, and the creation of public engagement resources on the topic of the project.

What are Student Research Assistants?

The Student Research Assistant scheme is run by the School of History, and gives give you the opportunity to be hired as research assistants (RAs) to work with academics in the School on their research projects. As an RA, you would be contracted as an employee of the School, and paid the National Living Wage for all work undertaken. You would undertake a range of duties to help further the aims of the project, which could include archival research, helping organise a conference and exhibition, and undertaking your own research and learning more about a particular subject to inform your work.

If you are interested in taking on one of these RA roles, the job description is below, and you have until midnight on Sunday 29th January to apply. For details on how to apply, and for more information about Dr Manktelow’s project, see the job description.

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Paid Position – Kent Union Representation Coordinator

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[Open to alumni only]

Kent Union is currently recruiting to the role of Representation Coordinator (Academic Communities). This role will work closely with the University’s Academic Societies to support them and enhance their work, as well as looking to work with schools to continue to develop and create new academic communities so that all students can find an opportunity to feel a part of a community of learning at Kent.

The recruitment pack can be found on the Kent Union website at https://www.kentunion.co.uk/news/article/11479/Representation-Coordinator-Academic-Communities/.