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I am now 6 months in to the Science Education and Industry grad scheme and am still thoroughly enjoying every minute.  I started in the Education team and am now on my second rotation in the Membership department.

The graduate programme has been an amazing experience right from the very start.  I came to the RSC after doing a PhD in Southampton, I wasn’t exactly sure what path I wanted to go down but I knew I didn’t want to be based in the lab.  The RSC grad scheme has turned out to be the perfect choice. 
In the Education team I was immediately given the opportunity to work on and manage a variety of projects such as ‘Chemistry in the Olympics’ (the Education team’s Olympic themed website hosting a series of resources highlighting the role chemistry plays in sport along with a sports themed global experiment)  and ‘Faces of Chemistry’ videos, featuring Reckitt Benckiser, to name a few.

After spending such an enjoyable couple of months in the Education team I was not disappointed as I moved into my second rotation in the Membership team.  I am currently working on the MyRSC site which involves designing and creating pages, providing technical support for users (both internal and external users) and managing the blogs amongst other things.  This has been an amazing opportunity for somebody like me without a computing background.  I have been learning how to develop an effective content strategy and how to develop content with search engine optimisation in mind, all concepts that were previously alien to me.

All this as well as a variety of graduate projects to get stuck into; ‘This Day in Chemistry’ and the 2012 Roadmap series of Science Policy lectures, which I am currently managing, means that there is never a dull moment here at the RSC. 

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Sarah is a Graduate working in the Royal Society of Chemistry's Science, Education and Industry Department. To see if there are any current vacancies go to 'RSC: Latest Vacancies' Blog or subscribe to 'RSC: Latest Vacancies' by Email