Forest and Peatland Soil Sampling Intern (Employ.ed on campus)

UE03: £24,729.00 - £25,804.00 Per Annum, Pro Rata.

CSE / School of Chemistry.

Part Time – 14 Hours Per Week.

Fixed Term Contract – 9 Weeks.

 

The Opportunity: 

Join our internship for a hands-on experience in environmental science! You'll engage in a full workflow from field soil sampling to comprehensive data analysis. Gain skills in setting up plots, conducting vegetation surveys, and using soil corers. In the lab, you'll perform bulk density measurements, prepare samples for CHN analysis, and learn data management techniques. Enhance your proficiency with GIS and R software, and explore your own research questions. Develop methodologies and gain valuable insights into spatial and temporal data analysis.

Employ.ed on Campus is run by the Careers Service in collaboration with University departments and Schools. It offers exclusive summer internships at the University over the summer for 2nd year to penultimate year undergraduate students from the University of Edinburgh based in the UK. You cannot take part if you are a visiting student, or you have already taken part in the programme before. Further information about Employ.ed on Campus can be found on our Employ.ed on campus webpages (opens new browser tab).

 

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Ability to manage time and prioristise tasks across fieldwork and lab activities
• Basic organisation of data, samples, and records in a structured way
• Capacity to follow workflows and plan simple tasks step-by-step
• Recognise when to seek help, sharing and escalating, recognising the intrinsic value of team working and accepting support
• Awareness of sample/data quality and when something may be incorrect

 

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• Competitive pay.  Based on a pro rata salary of £24,729 (£13.60 per hour)  
• 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, a defined benefits pension scheme, 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 total value of your pay and benefits  
• As well as great work experience, the Careers Service provides supporting resources, this is combined with a framework to support the development of participants’ employability and self-reflection with an Edinburgh Award as part of the internship. Further information about the Edinburgh Award can be found our Edinburgh Award homepage (opens new browser window)

 

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).

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore 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 8th May 2026. 

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

Interviews will be held 13th May 2026.

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