Category: Career Opportunities, Internships & Volunteering

Paid opportunity to assist with Undaunted’s Greenhouse Demo Day – 18 April (10 hours)

The Undaunted’s Greenhouse Demo Day is being held at the Royal Institution on 18 April, where 15 climate-positive startups from cohort 5 of the Greenhouse innovation programme will be pitching their companies.

The Greenhouse is looking for three students to help out on the day for 10 hours (10am – 8pm) with:

– Cooperate with the Undaunted team on the day of Demo Day

– Helping with registration

– Guarding doors, give directions

– Bringing/removing chairs from stage

– Herding audience back to the Theatre

The Undaunted will pay £16.13 per hour. If you would like to support the Demo Day, or if you have any questions, please let Nicole (n.bachanova@imperial.ac.uk) know by 12 April.

Volunteer for Grantham’s Climate Friendly Pop Up Kitchen (15-16 June 2024)

Can you help for a couple of hours at Grantham’s Climate Friendly Pop Up Kitchen at the Great Exhibition Road Festival on Sat 15 – Sun 16 June 2024 – opportunity for all staff and students.

Interested in planet-friendly eating? The Grantham Institute is supporting a Challenge Team of DTP students to run a stall with professional chefs who’ll create samples of sustainable meals – and give cooking demos – at this year’s festival following the success of last year’s Climate-Friendly Pop-Up Kitchen.

The food samples will be mainly plant-based. Recipe cards and QR codes for these will be available too. There will also be an interactive quiz about climate-friendly eating, based on a similar activity that proved popular last year – with prizes!

How can you help?

  • Helping to set up the stall and ensure it runs smoothly and helping pack up at the end. There will be a rota with breaks.
  • Engaging visitors and giving out leaflets and recipe cards like these (on recycled paper and/ or as QR codes).
  • Offering visitors food samples and chatting to them about possible tweaks they might consider making to the meals they cook/ eat.
  • Supporting the quiz for all ages likely to focus on which food items are “low climate-footprint” and which are “high/higher climate-footprint”.

Time slots

We are keen to have volunteers sign up to a 2-hour slot – which promises to be a great experience in science communication. During that time you will need to be at the activity at the Festival site at South Kensington in the Sir Alexander Fleming building. We will in advance listen to all your ideas and offer clear instructions, a pre-event briefing and you will be carrying out your duties in teams of two.

  • 10am – 12noon Setting up
  • 12noon – 2pm Chatting to visitors about sustainable food, quiz, giving out samples
  • 2 – 4pm Chatting to visitors about sustainable food, quiz, giving out samples
  • 4 – 6pm Chatting to visitors about sustainable food, quiz, giving out samples
  • 6 – 7pm Tidying up

Feedback from last year was positive from staff and students so we are looking forward to hearing from you!

To sign up please contact Pop-Up Kitchen Team member Jenn Marsh j.marsh22@imperial.ac.uk and/or Linsey Wynton Media and Outreach Officer at the Grantham Institute l.wynton@imperial.ac.uk

Warden Vacancies 2024  (Deadline: 19 April 2024)

Sub-Warden Vacancy

The College invites applications for the post of Sub-Warden at our undergraduate halls of residence. There are 20+ vacancies available across several of our halls.

Applicants will apply for all halls, rather than for a particular hall. Shortlisted applicants will then be invited to an interview panel with representatives from across the halls. Allocation will take place after interviews.

Posts are available from August 2024

To support its academic mission, the College recognises the importance of providing a high-quality student experience, which offers support and development opportunities to its students in all aspects of student life. The college has 11 halls of residence, accommodating circa 3100 undergraduate students in total. Each hall has a residential Warden who has overall responsibility for fostering an inclusive and safe community for residents, helping to support both their transition to independent living and academic journey.

Wardens have responsibility for the leadership of a team of Sub-Wardens within their hall, who support the Warden in maintaining good discipline and play a key role in community development and delivering pastoral support to student residents.

Successful candidates will have a strong desire to help students develop a balanced approach to university life, have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively in a close-knit team.

This voluntary position is open to PhD students with at least one year of their research remaining. Applications from those with relevant pastoral care experience are particularly encouraged.

Post holders are provided with accommodation at no cost (including rent, furnishings, and essential amenities).

Applications

To apply for a Sub-Warden post, please complete the online application form, making reference to the job description and the questions on the application form.

Applications will close at midnight on 19 April 2024.

You will be requested to specify two referees who will automatically be contacted to provide a reference upon submission of your application. Please ensure you have notified your referees before submitting your application.

The deadline for receiving references is midnight on 26 April 2024.

Enquiries about the application process and the roles can be made to Student Services, student-services@imperial.ac.uk.

Interviews for shortlisted candidates are expected to take place in the week commencing 29 April 2024.

 

 

Volunteer at the Great Exhibition Road Festival (Deadline: 20 May 2024)

 

The Great Exhibition Road Festival is back this summer on 15-16 June with hundreds of free events for the public! Alongside the iconic cultural institutions along Exhibition Road, our Imperial community will be sharing their incredible research through activities for all ages across the weekend. But none of it would be possible without an amazing cohort of volunteers helping things run smoothly!

Open to all Imperial staff and students, volunteering at the Great Exhibition Road Festival is a great way to try something different, develop new skills, build confidence, and meet new people. Learn more about volunteering and how to sign up (the deadline is 20 May but sign up early to get more choice on where you’ll be location and what you’ll be doing!)

Shifts available at different times on Friday 14, Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 June.

Volunteer as a Tutor with The Access Project

The Access Project is looking for volunteers to support disadvantaged young people aged 14-18 for 1 hour a week with their academic studies, through our easy-to-use dedicated online platform.

  • Support a young person in a school subject to achieve the GCSE / A level grades they deserve and to fulfill their potential
  • Inspire, motivate and raise aspirations towards further education & the world of work
  • Students supported by The Access Project typically achieve a grade higher at GCSE and are four times more likely than their peers to progress to a top-third ranked university.

No prior experience necessary, full training included over autumn with start dates throughout the autumn term.

Sign up: www.theaccessproject.org.uk/volunteer