The Opportunity
JOB DESCRIPTION
We are seeking a Podcast Production Assistant to work on producing episodes of Miniatures, a podcast on the history of everyday life hosted by the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology. The role involves working on pre- and post-production of podcast episodes, including communicating with guests, editing podcast audio, determining the narrative sequencing of podcast episodes, and creating comms/social media content. The post-holder will work in collaboration with the Lead Producer and Co-Hosts of the podcast and will require a high degree of personal initiative, judgement and confidence to work independently and efficiently. The post holder will also require familiarity with the discipline of history. This is a great opportunity for someone who is interested in history, public history, podcasting, and communicating the past to the public.
The post is guaranteed hours (GH) and fixed-term from the 1st September 2025 until the 31st July 2026, for a total of 110 hours only.
The annual salary is at Grade UE06: £34,610 - £39,906 (based on full-time employment). The successful candidate will be appointed on Step 1, £18.96 per hour, plus annual leave allowance. The role will require the post holder to be on campus in Edinburgh on a regular basis.
Your Skills And Attributes For Success
- Ability to apply knowledge of History as a discipline to determine important themes and information in podcast episodes and their appropriate presentation and publicity.
- Knowledge of how to produce an intelligible and convincing historical narrative (e.g. as obtained from article and/or essay writing experience).
- Confidence with IT systems and willingness to learn new software packages.
- Excellent written communication skills.
- Ability to work independently.
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Application Information
Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:
- CV
- Cover letter, detailing relevant experience, why you would be a good candidate for this position (with reference to the job description), and why you are applying for this role.
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.
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.
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 University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 28th August 2025.
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Interviews will be held shortly after closing date.
About Us
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.
About The Team
The School of History, Classics and Archaeology is part of the College of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, founded in August 2002. It is co-located in a completely refurbished 'A' listed building designed by the distinguished Scottish architect, Sir Robert Rowand Anderson in the nineteenth century, with state of the art facilities for staff and students.
The School combines the expertise of the departments of History, Classics and Archaeology.
Though each department has its own areas of special concern, there are many activities and interests in common and important synergies between disciplines. There is a full programme of seminars and conferences, and close links are also maintained with subjects in other Schools.
We are one of the largest, most distinguished and most highly ranked centres for the study of the human past in Europe, with over 140 teaching, research and administrative staff. Teaching is provided to around 1500 undergraduate and over 300 postgraduate students drawn from some 40 countries. Around 600 of our students are from outside the UK, reflecting the School's high international reputation.
The range of choice in our programmes is remarkably diverse while at the same time the structure allows for study in depth of particular areas, themes and periods. The departments have an outstanding international reputation for research and enjoy a very lively research culture.
