Category: Career Opportunities, Internships & Volunteering

Global Summer School Pastoral Manager vacancies (deadline: 24 April 2025)

Global Summer School is a two-week residential programme for the highest achieving students aged 16 – 17 from around the world to get a taste of life at Imperial. In 2025 the programme will be running two sessions from 30 June – 11 July, and 4 – 15 August. Applicants must be available for the entire duration of the programme you apply for, with priority given to those who can work during both programmes.

We are recruiting for five Global Summer School Pastoral Managers per session, who will oversee the social and pastoral programme during evenings, weekends and breakfast. These roles are responsible for supervising the safeguarding of participants, managing the 50 pastoral mentors, staffing an on-call evening rota, and ensuring the smooth running and high quality of the social programme.

We are looking for Global Summer School Pastoral Managers who are experienced working with children and/or young people and have previously worked in a supervisory position on large summer programmes and/or worked with large numbers of young people in education settings. You must have experience of implementing safeguarding decisions and be a confident communicator, flexible, and able to work in a fast-paced environment.

Applications are open until 24 April and interested candidates can apply here, a copy of your CV must be uploaded as part of the application process.

Full information about the vacancies can be found here along with the job description. Please contact globalsummerschool@imperial.ac.uk if you have any queries or would like to arrange an informal conversation.

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Paid opportunity to contribute to ReCoDE project (EXTENDED deadline: 11 April 2025)

Dear doctoral students,

This is a good opportunity to improve your research computing and data science skills while generating some income as a GTA. We invite you to contribute to our research
computing and data science exemplar learning repository – ReCoDE.

If you’d like to share your experience, pitch an idea for developing a new exemplar. We are looking for fundamental disciplinary exemplars suitable for a wider audience. If selected, you will get paid as a GTA to do the work. Alternatively, study an exemplar (or two) and don’t forget to recommend it to your colleagues. This type of realistic scenario-based learning could be valuable for your project work, especially in the early stages of your degree.

GTA conditions:

  • development of the exemplar code and inventive documentation
  • highest GTA pay rate
  • approximately 45 hours of engagement from early April to early July (hard deadline)
  • regular meetings with teaching staff and research software engineers
  • flexible hours (as long as they are evenly spread)
  • it is possible to adapt an existing project

All details and a registration form are at https://imperialcollegelondon.github.io/ReCoDEhome/contribute/.

The next round of development will consist of four exemplars and start in April 2025.

The EXTENDED closing date for consideration is April 11th.

Your colleague who worked with us said about the experience:

“Participating in the ReCoDE project has been an enriching experience in my PhD journey. It allowed me to systematically structure and apply the knowledge I’ve gained, significantly
deepening my understanding in those areas. More importantly, it gave me the invaluable opportunity to plan and execute a project within a fixed timeline. This experience has enhanced my technical and organisational skills and prepared me for the demands of academic research, making it an integral part of my doctoral training.” (Antoni, PhD student, Computing)

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Best wishes,

Katerina Michalickova for the Research Computing and Data Science team at the Early Career Researcher Institute

Volunteer at Bugs, Birds & Beasts Day (deadline: 16 May 2025)

Every summer we hold a nature activity day for all the family, Bugs, Birds & Beasts Day, hosted outdoors at our beautiful rural campus in Silwood Park, Ascot. Visitors find out how bugs, birds and beasts enrich our lives: watching live bird eggs develop and hatch, marvelling at falconry displays, taking part and discovering wonderful facts about the creatures all around us on bug hunts. There’s something for everyone, from pond-dipping to Jurassic Lab exhibits.

In recent years we’ve welcomed over 600 visitors to Silwood for the event, inspiring the scientists of tomorrow and enhancing their interest in nature. Each year the event becomes more and more popular, so this year we are branching out, expanding our exhibitions and stalls so that we can welcome even more visitors to our campus to find out about the fascination of science!

We can only run the event with the help of our amazing cohort of volunteers down at Silwood Park – and this year we are opening up the volunteer opportunity to ALL Imperial staff and students! It’s a great way to try something new, gain experience and enjoy an unforgettable summer’s day out in the countryside. There are roles from meeting and greeting, signposting, getting volunteers to and from the shuttle bus and helping our exhibitors with their stalls.

Volunteers will get a funky Bugs Day branded T-shirt, a delicious BBQ lunch and coach transport whizzing them to and from Silwood from South Kensington/White City. They will also get time to explore the festival and a special thank you gift.

“Bugs, Birds & Beasts Day is one of my favourite days of the academic year. It’s really rewarding and fun to share my love of science and interact with local people” – Professor James Rosindell

Want more information on what to expect?

Take a look at our promotional film

Check out the Imperial Volunteering FAQs.

Sign up to register your interest now!

Don’t miss the deadline of Friday 16 May – the earlier you sign up the more choice you’ll have in where you’ll be and what you’ll be doing; you can also volunteer with a friend by selecting the same type of shift when you sign up!

Employer Insight session: Environment Agency (23 April 2025)

During this fireside chat-style session, Emily Fallon, National Framework Water Resources Modelling Lead (and former postdoc), and Pam Reynolds, Training and Skills Senior Advisor, will provide an insight into day-to-day work at the Environmental Agency, with a particular focus on Water Resources. They’ll cover the value which skills developed through academic research add to their organisation – and how you can showcase these in non-academic job applications. They’ll also be talking about the transition from academia into industry, top tips for preparing for this transition and the practicalities of a career with the EA.

There will also be opportunity to ask your own questions by submitting them in advance or using the chat during the session.

Wednesday 23rd April, online, 12-12.45pm

For more info and to register: https://bit.ly/41H1Z14

Make graduation magical – Volunteer on 02 June & 03 June 2025

We are excited to invite you to volunteer for Graduation Days 2025 which will take place on Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 June 2025.

We are inviting over 7,000 graduands and their guests to one of five ceremonies across the two days and we are looking for some fabulous volunteers to help the Graduation Events team deliver this exciting and special occasion.

Our mission is to create powerful, happy memories for our graduands after all the hard work they have put into their degree. The question is, can you help us achieve this?

Key Information

  • Registration is open from Friday 7 March – Friday 16 May 2025
  • Read more about becoming a volunteer on our website
  • Click on this link to find out more about shift times
  • Both staff and students are welcome to volunteer
  • Full briefings are provided prior to the event 
  • BENEFITS
    • Free lunch, free drink, and free snacks on the day
    • A Volunteer Thank You event with refreshments on Wednesday 11 June 2025
    • Every volunteer who signs-up and attends their shift will be automatically entered into a prize draw. Volunteer for both days and double your chances of winning!

Whether you can help for a full day or just a few hours, we would love to hear from you! So please sign up to support us by filling in the Registration Form.

If you have any queries at all, please contact us at graduationvolunteers@imperial.ac.uk and we’ll be happy to help.

Come and be the magic behind the moment, we can’t wait to have you on board!

Apply to join our Warden teams (deadline: 22 April 2025)

Student Services are currently advertising for Sub-Wardens for the 2025-2026 academic year. This is a voluntary live-in role in Halls, open to PhD students with at least one year of their research remaining.

Applications close on 22nd April.

Please visit our webpage for more information, including the link to the online application form.

Volunteer at the Great Exhibition Road Festival (Sign up by 14 May 2025)

Volunteering sign-ups for the Great Exhibition Road Festival are now open!

We’re giving all staff and students the chance to volunteer at Imperial College London’s exciting annual celebration of science and the arts on 7-8 June 2025.

We partner with iconic cultural institutions, including the Science Museum, Natural History Museum, V&A and the Royal Albert Hall, and thousands of visitors attend each year to engage with our world-leading science. But none of this would be possible without our dedicated team of volunteers!

Interested? Click here to find out more and sign up before 14 May 2025. 

Wilbe Sandbox – Looking for Scientific Career Options? Here’s Your Launchpad

Are you a scientist curious about careers beyond the lab bench? Whether you’re considering building a startup, joining one, or becoming an entrepreneurial PI, Wilbe Sandbox is where you take your first step.

On Sandbox, you can find career resources, repository of practical content for starting your own business, a global community of like-minded researchers and job opportunities, and much more.

Why join?

  • Explore career pathways in innovation and entrepreneurship.
  • Access to tailored practical tools and insights for science commercialization.

Learn more and register: wilbe.com/sandbox

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