Earth Fellow: University engagement with COP

at  University of Edinburgh

FIXED-TERM FOR NINE MONTHS FROM SEPTEMBER 2024

The Edinburgh Earth Initiative are looking for a PhD student to contribute to the University of Edinburgh’s engagement with COP 29, hosted by Azerbaijan. The project is aiming to develop assets such as a monitoring and evaluation framework and a delegate briefing pack for use at the COP 29 meeting in November. Additionally, the student will support online and on-campus events running during COP.
Click here to view the full project brief for the Earth Fellow: university engagement with COP, including key tasks and deliverables (opens browser in new tab).
Click here to view the general Earth Fellow job description (opens browser in new tab). Please refer to both the project brief and job description when outlining your skills and experience in your application.
This post will appointed at Grade UE07, step 1 which is £39,347 per annum, pro rata (£21.56 per hour).

YOUR SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES FOR SUCCESS:

• Current University of Edinburgh PhD student.
• An interest in international politics and policy related to climate change.
• An interest in measuring impact and the ability to create logical frameworks.
• Ability to assimilate information from multiple sources and communicate it effectively to a wide variety of stakeholders.
• Ability to work proactively with colleagues with a variety of expertise; understanding and valuing different points of view.
  As an Earth Fellow, you will be joining a diverse, fun and dynamic team of researchers, students and staff all working together to address the global climate emergency. As part of the Earth Fellows programme, you will have access to co-working space, exciting networking and personal development opportunities and opportunities to contribute towards partnerships and solutions for climate change on a global scale.
  Earth Fellows work on individual and team-based projects which contribute to the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Earth Initiative’s work on climate change research-led impact, innovation, engagement, and teaching.

Please refer the Job description for details