Undergraduate role – High Growth Entrepreneurship and Investment

Job description

Job title: Undergraduate – High Growth Entrepreneurship and Investment
Team: High Growth Company Creation
Location: Edinburgh or Glasgow (with home working options)
Salary: £22,932 pro rata
Hours: Full time (35 hours)
Status: 12 weeks fixed term – starting 1 July 2025
Vacancy ref: R00613
Closing date: 7 May 2025

Be part of building Scotland’s future

Our High Growth Company Creation team specialises in spinning out new high-growth companies from Scottish universities to build a successful entrepreneurship ecosystem in Scotland. 

We’re looking for an undergraduate candidate, no matter your background or academic subject, to work with our dynamic team to deliver projects with real impact.  

This role is a great chance to learn more about Scotland’s university-led entrepreneurial scene.

The role

A major focus of your placement will be creating a best practice portal for university-led entrepreneurship in Scotland. It will include useful information on early-stage investors, experienced commercial champions who support spinouts, and technology transfer offices. 

Your curiosity and enthusiasm will help build a lasting nationwide understanding of how universities turn ideas into businesses.

Find out more on our programme page 

Responsibilities 

Your responsibilities will include: 

• Gathering information on and examples of best practice from technology transfer offices, UK and international investors, and successful commercial champions 
• Designing a creative way to share best practice and lessons from Scotland’s university-based entrepreneurial community 
• Comparing Scotland’s entrepreneurial results with those of other countries

Who we're looking for

This programme welcomes applications from undergraduates who are in the early stages of their degree studies.   

Your skills, experience, traits, and strengths should include:   

• A talent for relationship building – you can quickly form connections with colleagues and create mutually advantageous links   
• Curiosity and ambition to learn about and understand the full ecosystem through research and engagements   
• An innovative, creative mindset – you’ll form a new system, which will be used by many stakeholders across Scotland    
• Self-management skills and the ability get things done on time  
• Education to SCQF Level 6

Ideally, but not essentially, you’ll also have previous experience or interest in entrepreneurship.

Life at Scottish Enterprise

As one of Scotland’s Top 10 Flexible Employers, we pride ourselves on empowering our colleagues to work when and where they can best deliver their role in support of our corporate plan.

Learn more about working with us 

How to apply

If you're interested in this role, please complete your application form and send it to us by 7 May 2025.

Interview dates

• Monday 19 May 2025
• Tuesday 20 May 2025

Our values

Being part of Scottish Enterprise means being open to new ideas and trying different ways of working. We support each other to reach our full potential. We celebrate shared success and learn together when things don’t go so well. And we always treat each other fairly, with respect and understanding. Together, we are the difference.

At Scottish Enterprise, we’re proud to celebrate difference. Diversity of experience and thought is vital to the success of our vision for the future of every community across Scotland. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from a wide range of individuals, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, gender identity and expression, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

We commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required, not only during the application and assessment process but throughout your employment with us.

We have the following networks which are open to all colleagues to help drive inclusion: Disability Positive, Gender Balanced, Multi-Cultural, Multi-Generational, and Pride (LGBTQ+).

Apply now to build your future with us.