Peer-Assisted Learning Support Coordinator

UE05: £29,588 - £33,951 per annum pro rata

CAHSS / School of Social and Political Science

Part Time: 7 hours per week

Fixed term: September 2026 to 31 August 2027

 

The Opportunity:

Shape what happens next. Be part of something bigger. 

 

Here, you can continue to make a difference in everything around you. Take on new challenges, grow your career, be recognised for your contributions, and benefit from our commitment to your wellbeing. Be part of something bigger — where your work has real impact and your development matters. There are so many reasons to take your next step with us. 

 

The University of Edinburgh is a world-class organisation. We are a large University covering a wide range of activities. In Professional Services, we support the University’s research and teaching, offering many career and role specialisms.

 

The School of Social and Political Science (SPS) is looking for two Peer Learning Support Coordinators to support and develop our Peer Support Schemes across the disciplines in the School.  These posts are open to fully matriculated students on SPS programmes. 

 

You will provide administrative support for day-to-day running of the schemes including timetabling, room bookings, attendance data entry/analysis, and coordination of peer support volunteers, and be actively involved in Peer Support Project initiation, reviews, recruitment, promotion, session planning, debriefs, professional development days and quality assurance measures in the School. 

 

People have always been at the heart of our work. Our people are at the centre of the University community and everything we do. We value colleagues with drive, determination and a passion for what they do. We are a place where everyone is welcome and offer a range of policies and benefits designed to support you in building the right meaningful flexibility that works for you.

 

A career with us has a range of other benefits that can be tailored to your lifestyle: 

• Opportunities to develop new skills and broaden your experience 
• Contributing to the work and purpose of the University. 
• Variety every day 

 

This post is part time (7 hours per week). These posts will be hybrid (on a non-contractual basis) combining a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.

 

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How to apply

Please include the following documents in your application:

- CV

- Cover letter detailing your suitability for the post

 

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, including generous annual leave entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, a wide range of staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the 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 a Stonewall Proud Employer, actively promoting LGBTQ+ 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)

  

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is 3 September 2026.

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm UK time. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
 

Interviews will typically be held 2-3 weeks after the closing date.

 

 

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.

The School of Social and Political Science (SPS) is one of the largest and most successful schools of social science in the UK, with global reach and local and global impact. Our goals are to promote excellence in education, research and innovation. The School comprises seven Subject Areas plus a number of research and teaching centres and institutes, and a number of cross-Subject consortia and other units.  The academic staff complement currently numbers c.265fte. Our staff profile is multi-disciplinary across the key social sciences with a strong and growing international orientation.  The School has c. 2,600 undergraduate and postgraduate taught students on its programmes of study,  and c. 250 doctoral researchers. 

The School's primary aim is the advancement and dissemination of knowledge and understanding of social science. We provide an outstanding educational environment and support the highest quality research, tackling some of the world’s greatest challenges.  We deliver excellence in discipline-based and interdisciplinary programmes. In addition, as a School, we play a leading role in delivering learning opportunities for students across the University to engage with current global challenges and uncertainties and in equipping students with the social science tools and lenses they need to become active, responsible and critical global citizens and leaders.

In REF 2021, the School returned 100% of its eligible staff from Professors to early career researchers; a strategy that combined excellence with inclusion. All four Units of Assessment to which SPS contributed were rated amongst the top five in the UK for their breadth and quality of research.  Overall 39% of our research activity was classified as world leading with a further 47% assessed as internationally excellent. For two of our four Units of Assessment – Politics and International Relations, and Social Policy and Social Work – the whole of the research environment achieved the highest possible rating and was judged to be world leading.

For further information about our school please visit http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/