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Eden Centre for Education Enhancement

Graduate Internship: Student Research Conference Organiser

Salary £29,935 pa inclusive of London allowance

This is a full time, fixed term appointment for 8 months

This position is open to LSE graduates within the past 24 months, both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the entirety of the contract

The Graduate Intern: Student Research Conference Organiser is based in the LSE Eden Centre for Education Enhancement. The LSE Eden Centre brings together educational, digital, and developmental expertise at the School to support the development of academic staff, enable curriculum enrichment and digital innovation. It works with academic and professional services colleagues across the School and in partnership with students to ensure research-rich inclusive education in line with the priorities of the LSE 2030 Strategy and ‘Educate for Global Impact’ (EGI).  

This role is an exciting opportunity for a graduate intern to support the British Council for Undergraduate Research (BCUR) annual conference which will be hosted in 2024 by LSE and is taking place in April 2024 on LSE Campus. The conference is a two-day gathering for undergraduate researchers from several UK HE institutions.

The Graduate Intern: Student Research Conference Organiser will play a key organising, co-ordinating and administrative support role for the BCUR conference.

Candidates should have:

·       Educated to degree level, preferably in the social sciences or cognate humanities

·       Experience of planning and organising events, conferences or festivals (or similar), including booking venues, catering, travel and accommodation and other logistics

·       Superior organisational skills, both of self and others, including demonstrable previous experience of planning and organising own workload, preferably in a professional context

Please see the Person Specification for the full range of experience and skills required.

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave, hybrid working, and excellent training and development opportunities.

For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification.

To apply for this post, please go to www.jobs.lse.ac.uk. If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the role, please email David Faggiani on a.d.faggiani@lse.ac.uk

The closing date for receipt of applications is Sunday 27 August 2023 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.