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King's Business School require two event assistants to support GMAC Master's Tour London on 21 November 11am - 3pm. You will support with tasks such as registration, queue management, room set up.

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Are you passionate about producing live events, gaining hands-on experience, and working alongside industry professionals? Queen Mary's Centre for Creative Collaboration is offering an exciting Assistant Producer role for Spring 2025. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain real-world experience in event production and make meaningful contributions to campus based cultural events at Queen Mary University of London.

No prior experience is needed, and this opportunity welcomes people from all subject disciplines at Queen Mary.

The Assistant Producer role provides a unique opportunity to work on the production of a co-created arts and culture festival in BLOC in Arts One. You'll gain direct experience in project management, event coordination, and creative production, all while collaborating with experienced arts and cultural producers from local community organisations.

This year Assistant Producers will be involved in co-creating a short film festival with UK Asian Film Festival, producing a mini-Mela with local Bengali heritage organisation for Swadhinata Trust and in curating an evening of music and poetry inspired by the history of the People's Palace at QMUL.

You'll be involved in all stages of event production, from planning and logistics to delivery and evaluation. The role offers a great opportunity to develop skills in creative collaboration, problem solving, communication and event production.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

1. Event Planning & Coordination:

• Support the preparation and logistics for live events, ensuring effective communication between internal teams, artists, and external partners.
• Assist with event documentation, project timelines, and risk management strategies to ensure smooth event execution.

 2. Creative Development:

• Contribute to the creative programming of the festival, helping curate performances, workshops, and public engagements.
• Provide input on how events can foster audience engagement and reflect the cultural and creative goals of the QM Centre for Creative Collaboration.

3. Logistics & Venue Management:

• Work on the logistics of venue setup, technical requirements, and coordination with suppliers and vendors.
• Manage rehearsal schedules and support artists and/or performers during events.

4. Marketing & Audience Engagement:

• Collaborate with the marketing team to create promotional material, engage audiences on social media, and boost event visibility.
• Assist with audience services, including registration, inquiries, and ticketing on event day.

5. Post-Event Evaluation:

• Help gather and analyse feedback from attendees, artists, and team members to improve future events.
• Contribute to reports on event outcomes, lessons learned, and any improvements for the next production cycle.

Whats on offer?

As an Assistant Producer, you will have the chance to:

• Work closely with professionals across various departments in the creative and cultural sector.
• Develop practical skills in event production, including creative programming, project management, and stakeholder engagement.
• Enhance your CV with real-world experience from a recognised academic and cultural institution.

This role will provide you with insight into the world of cultural event production and allow you to contribute to projects that have a meaningful impact on both the Queen Mary community and its wider public audience.

Details of the Work:

• You'll be part of the production team responsible for delivering a festival at Queen Mary University.
• The role will involve collaborating with internal teams and external artists, ensuring smooth event delivery.

Important Dates:

You must be available for the following workshop times to apply:

Monday Jan 13th 4.30pm-6.30pm

Monday Jan 20th 4.30pm-6.30pm

Monday Jan 27th 4.30pm-6.30pm

Monday Feb 3rd  4.30pm-6.30pm

Monday Feb 10th  4.30pm-6.30pm

Monday Feb 17th  4.30pm-6.30pm

Monday Feb 24th  4.30pm-6.30pm

Monday March 3rd 4.30pm-6.30pm

Weds March 5th 2pm-6pm

• This opportunity is open to 2nd-year students, 3rd-year students, and graduates within 12 months of study at Queen Mary University.
• Unfortunately, 1st-year and postgraduate students are not eligible for this position.

Questions for supporting letter:

• What course you are studying? What year are you in? If recent grad, how many months since you left QM?
• Why are you interested in applying for Assistant Producers?
• What skills and experience are you hoping to gain?
• Which of the three projects this year are you most interested in being a part of, and why? (UK Asian Film Festival, Swadinata Trust mini-Mela or People's Palace poetry and music)
• Do you have any questions for us, or is there anything else you'd like us to know?

Research Assistant in Genomics

MSc degree

1) experience of laboratory work: nucleic acid extraction, PCR, making sequencing libraries etc.

2) experience of working with MS office including Excel and powerpoint

3) experience of working in Unix environment and with R, with NGS data

4) experience/ knowledge of genomics including mutations and variant calling.

5) have excellent communication and team working skills

The Money Mentors are current and recently graduated students at King's College London who have a passion for helping their peers by ensuring they are as money-savvy as possible.

Money Mentors engage with current and prospective students throughout the year by supporting Open Days, Welcome Events and leading on their own money-themed campaigns to ensure that students are informed, empowered and aware of key student issues that may impact their financial position.

The Student Money Mentors project is student led, with guidance from the Money & Housing Advisors. The campaigns, self-help articles, blogs and Instagram content is all created by students, for students.

The job role is as follows:

• To work as a student-staff member of the Money & Housing Advice Service, and work with specialist advisors of the service at both on and off campus activities.
• To acknowledge the importance of empowering students, to understand their options and act with respect to money.
• To signpost students to information and resources relating to student money and funding, and the broader activities of the Money & Housing Advice Service at events, via student comms and on social media.
• To support and facilitate other events across the campus where Money Mentors will be involved.
• To work at least one shift (3 hours minimum) during each of our annual week-long campaigns.
• To work at least one shift (3 hours minimum) during each week of Welcome to King's.
• To attend all monthly team meetings (usually last Wednesday of every month via Microsoft Teams), Money Mentor related training, Planning Days, briefings, preparatory meetings.
   

Additional Information:

• All Money Mentors are expected to adhere to King's policies and procedures.
• Money Mentors will adhere to a 3-Strike System. Failure to respond to any correspondence, failure to attend shifts/ 121s/ debriefs (without prior acknowledgement and valid reasons) and failure to adhere to King's policies and procedures may result in a Strike and subsequent termination from employment on the programme.
• It is expected that Money Mentors will have to dedicate approximately 1-2 hours a week of work during the lead up to our annual week-long campaigns.
• Please note: demand for Student Money Mentors can vary during the academic year and therefore hours of work will vary accordingly. If you are offered the position, you will be required to sign our confidentiality agreement and terms and conditions form for this role.
• Please note: this job description reflects the core activities of the role, however, as the College and the post-holder develop there will inevitably be changes in the emphasis of duties. It is expected that the post-holder recognises this and will adopt a flexible approach to work and be willing to participate in training. If changes to the job become significant, the job description should be reviewed formally by the post-holder and line manager.

If you are offered this position, you MUST BE AVAILABLE to attend the in-person Money Mentor training. Training days for this role will take place on the following days:

• Training Day 1 - Saturday 18th January 2025 
• Training Day 2 - Saturday 25th January 2025
• Training Day 3 - Saturday 1st February 2025 (TBC)

Please apply here: https://forms.office.com/e/HVTxdb3F0X. If you have any queries, please email money@kcl.ac.uk with the subject line 'King's Student Money Mentor - KTB Job Ad'.

Essential: 

• Studying an Undergraduate degree or Postgraduate study at King's College London

KNOWLEDGE

Essential: 

• An understanding of student money (e.g., student debt, budgeting, money management and saving) with interest to expand this knowledge. 
• Interest in money management and helping students become money-savvy. 

Desirable: 

• An understanding of where to find information on methods of budgeting and concepts such as ISAs, interest, credit and debt, student discounts, housing in London, familiarisation with King?s Student Services Online, online financial safety (e.g., scams), student funding (e.g., SFE, NHS, etc).

SKILLS

Essential: 

• Good verbal and written communication skills to deliver clear and relevant content to different audiences.
• Ability to communicate effectively with peers and staff.
• Ability to demonstrate an empathetic and non-judgemental nature when dealing with staff and peers. 
• Ability to work within a team and independently.
• Good organisational skills which ensure that assigned tasks are completed within the deadline.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook).
• Ability to write blogs and articles aimed at students.
• Ability to create videos aimed at students.
• Ability to create promotional social media content, blogs, or videos for upcoming campaigns.
• Ability to create and deliver presentations online and in-person.
• Comfortable with public speaking and taking a lead on creating and managing activities aimed at students. 

 Desirable:

• Ability to write blogs and articles aimed at students.
• Ability to create videos aimed at students.
• Ability to create promotional social media content, blogs, or videos for upcoming campaigns.
• Ability to create and deliver presentations online and in-person.
• Comfortable with public speaking and taking a lead on creating and managing activities aimed at students.
   

EXPERIENCE

Desirable:

• Experience working with peers and/or peer support initiatives either externally or within King's College London.
• Personal experience involving money and/or housing.

A Multi Media Assistant and VO Artist is required to support the work of a new health project titled 'Medication brand changes in hormone therapy for breast cancer. A community pharmacy intervention development to improve patients' adherence and quality of life. ENABLE'. The project is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) through its Research for Patient Benefit programme. 

The Multi Media Assistant will play a vital role in this project by contributing to the designing of an e-learning resource for training pharmacists with support from the research team and the project managers.

The Multi Media Assistant will support the web development and be involved in technical tasks, content uploading, assisting with UX improvements, wireframing, and user journey optimizations. Also, they will be responsible for recording clear audio by reading the script.

Hours: The total hours of work allocated to this job is 100 hrs, and the post holder won't exceed these hours. The hours per week will be agreed with your project manager.

Please provide your CV, and an example of your work with your application.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview at the beginning of November. A short test to assess the required skills will be conducted during the interview. 

Undergraduate and Postgraduate Social Media Student with relevant experience.

• Experience of web design/development for educational purposes
• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload to meet required deadlines 

A VO Artist for a female character is required to support the animation work of a new health project titled 'Medication brand changes in hormone therapy for breast cancer. A community pharmacy intervention development to improve patients' adherence and quality of life. ENABLE'. The project is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) through its Research for Patient Benefit programme. 

The VO Artist will contribute to the designing process of an e-learning resource for training pharmacists with support from the research team and the project managers. 

Hours: The total hours of work allocated to this job is 10 hrs, and the post holder won't exceed these hours. The hours per week will be agreed with your project manager.

Please provide your CV, and an example of your work with your application. 

Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview at the beginning of November. A short test to assess the required skills will be conducted during the interview. 

Undergraduate, Postgraduate Social Media student.

The artist is responsible for recording the clear voice-over by reading the script. 

Clear voice and strong pronunciation skills 

English native speaker 

An Animator is required to support the work of a new health project titled 'Medication brand changes in hormone therapy for breast cancer. A community pharmacy intervention development to improve patients' adherence and quality of life. ENABLE'. The project is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) through its Research for Patient Benefit programme. 

The Animator will play a vital role in this project by contributing to the designing of an e-learning resource for training pharmacists with support from the research team and the project managers. 

The Animator will be responsible for creating short animated videos for each module (3 modules). These animations will visually explain the course content using. They will also handle voiceovers and edit the final videos.

The total hours of work allocated to this job is 150 hrs, and the post holder won't exceed these hours. The hours per week will be agreed with your project manager.

Please provide your CV, and an animation example with your application.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview at the beginning of November. A short test to assess the required skills will be conducted during the interview. 

Undergraduate and Postgraduate Social Media Students, with experience in animation (infographics). 

• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload to meet required deadlines
• Editing Skills at the Premier Pro or Davinci 
• Animation with use of infographics 
• Strong Adobe Effects knowledge 

Please note that this position is only open to London Metropolitan University graduates who completed their course in 2024.  

MetTemps is an internal recruitment agency which gives London Met students and graduates the opportunity to work in a variety of paid roles for the university. 

As part of the HR team, you will work closely with the HR Administrator (MetTemps) to contribute to the service delivery of this internal recruitment agency; you will be a point of contact for all MetTemps users including current workers, applicants, hiring managers, and other Human Resources and Payroll colleagues.

You will support the operation of the service and will advise and assist others to efficiently use the service. As part of the wider HR Operations team, you may be called on to provide cover and other administrative assistance to the team from time to time to help balance workloads and to ensure service continuity

This is a customer facing role which requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills, as well as good organisational skills and attention to detail. You should also have excellent IT skills, particularly MS Word and Excel as well as some experience of recruitment administration

Some experience of working in an HR Department and/or Higher Education, as well as knowledge and understanding of recruitment, Oracle or other databases would be desirable.  

HOW TO APPLY

This post is open to London Metropolitan University graduates who completed their course in 2024

- Please complete the online application in full (https://iaetme.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/Standard/job/163/?utm_medium=jobshare), making sure you address the person specification criteria in your statement as this will enable us to make an informed shortlisting decision.

- All applicants are additionally asked to submit an equality and diversity statement of up to one page, articulating how you will contribute to making our University more inclusive and what they have previously done to advance equality.

- If you wish to attach any additional documents such as a CV you may do so (please follow the instructions). Please note that we do not accept a CV on its own as a job application.

If you have a query, or experience any difficulties with the application process, please contact us by email at: recruitment@londonmet.ac.uk quoting the job reference number. 

Please note that you do not have to apply through MetTemps, the application is on the LMU job-board (https://iaetme.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/Standard/job/163/?utm_medium=jobshare). 

Must have graduated in 2024. 

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Looking for a student to fix the referencing of our final report for FCDO-funded project. Assistant needs to put all references in Zotero and sort out the referencing throughout the paper

Final year BA student or MA student

Basic word processing skills, basic familiarity with Zotero