Safety & Sustainability Intern

The University of Edinburgh

Feb 20, 2024

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Starts on Jun 02
Summer Internship
Science
Sustainability
£22K - £22.7K
Edinburgh

Requirements

A current 2nd, 3rd or penultimate year University of Edinburgh undergraduate student
Knowledge of common chemistry laboratory activities.
Interest in safety and sustainability issues.
Good communication and team working skills.
Attention to detail.
Good organisational skills.
Desirable:
Currently studying Chemistry, Materials Science or a closely related discipline
Experience with Microsoft Word, Powerpoint and content platforms (e.g. Sharepoint & Confluence).
Experience recording video tutorials.

Responsibilities

Develop a variety of new safety resources (e.g. best practice videos & posters; digests of lessons-learned from accidents/incidents; brief guidance notes) in a style and format anticipated to have best impact and usefulness, to further enhance Chemistry Hub and the School’s Chemistry Safety Information Resource (https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/display/ChemSafe/Chemistry+Safety), as part of the implementation of a new Safety Strategy being developed for the School during 2023-24 (60%).
Develop a variety of sustainability resources (e.g. prospective experiments for UG teaching labs based on sustainable use of reagents, energy, consumables; posters; SOPs and information notes) as part of the School’s sustainability activities in Curriculum Transformation and the 2023-2027 School Plan (40%).
This will involve research and review of examples from recognised sources as well as creative development de novo, based on feedback gathered from a cross-section of the School (e.g. through the Safety Committee, other students & researchers etc).
Key contacts / Relationships:
Line Manager
Technical Staff
Research Service Lab Managers (NMR, MS, X-Ray)
ACIS Instrument Technician & ACIS Intern
Students and post-doctoral staff in a variety of research labs

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