Total 116 Science / R&D / Research job vacancies in Edinburgh, , EH4 1LR

You will develop and implement experiment(s) examining neuro-physiological responses to EU belonging, through original research, experimental design, implementation, and analysis, conducting surveys using Academic Prolific, using Imotions biometric software for neurophysiological research, and implementing Bayesian and frequentist analyses.


This post is fixed term for 12 months from September 2024 to August 2025

This post is advertised as full-time (35 hours per week), however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.


Your skills and attributes for success:

A PhD (or equivalent training and work experience) in a relevant social science with training or skills relevant to the project on neurophysiology of European identity.
Demonstrable post-doctoral or equivalent work experience, particularly critical engagement in conceptual and theoretical work on the underlying psychological drivers of European belonging.
Relevant postdoctoral experience (or equivalent work experience) of conducting online surveys and survey experiments using Academic Prolific, and of developing, implementing and analysing lab-based experiments using Imotions biometric software for neurophysiological research.
Excellent statistical skills and ability to implement both Bayesian and frequentist analyses.
Ability and willingness to undertake international travel for purpose of project meetings, workshops and dissemination

Grade, Salary Range: UE07, £39,347.00 - £46,974.00

School of Engineering, College of Science & Engineering

Institute/Discipline: Integrated Micro and Nano Systems

Full-time 35 hours per week

Fixed term for up to 5 years


The Opportunity:

This position is affiliated with the UKRI APRIL AI Hub that aspires to develop AI tools to accelerate innovation across semiconductor technologies, novel microchip designs and system architectures – leading to faster, cheaper, greener and overall, more power-efficient electronics. As one of nine UKRI funded AI Hubs, this is a highly visible programme both nationally and internationally.

The post-holder will work closely with a team of talented researchers and the APRIL operations team to support the development of novel AI capabilities, tools and methodologies that can enhance the productivity of engineers in designing, developing and testing advanced electronic devices and systems. More specifically, the post-holder will be able to develop and introduce AI tools in electronics testing and verification for predicting what to test and when. The research spans from improving scenario coverage in certification tests across devices/systems to automatically deciphering underlying physical mechanism is emerging beyond-CMOS devices.

The post-holder will have the ability to engage with world-leading experts across AI and electronics both at Edinburgh and in other UK higher education (HE) institutions but also industrial partners to ensure relevance of their Research in addressing state-of-art challenges in electronics.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication, organisation, and technical skills. They will enjoy working in a dynamic environment and be able to work on their own initiative as well as being an active team member. The role will report to the APRIL Hub Director (Principal Investigator), with on-going engagement with other researchers in the Hub as well as academic leads.

This role is UE07 and is available on a fixed term basis for up to 60 months.

A full list of main responsibilities and the knowledge, skills and experience required for the role can be found in the full job description below.


Your skills and attributes for success:

-A 1st class undergraduate degree and a PhD in Electronics or AI, or a clearly related area, with a proven contact with Electronics Testing and Verification, or a closely related area or equivalent industry experience.
-Experience in AI tools for Electronics Testing & Verification automation and with with Electronics Testing and instrumentation.
-A track record of research in AI, with a specific focus on Electronics Testing and Verification or a closely related area.
-Experience in delivering research project results in an Electronics Testing and Verification and/or AI context; i.e. a record of peer-reviewed journal and conference papers in a relevant area.
-Ability to be adaptive and accepting of new ideas and a willingness to approach new challenges and adjusts plans to meet new priorities.

Grade UE10 £43,504- £64,461

Deanery of Clinical Sciences

Full-Time 40 hours per week

Fixed-term 12 month contract


The Opportunity:

Applications are invited for a Clinical Research Fellowship in Cardiology at the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Cardiovascular Science (CVS) with a view to obtaining a PhD. Potential applicants should contact Professor Nicholas L Mills (0131 242 6515) or Dr Kuan Ken Lee (0131 242 6515).

Professor Mills and Dr Lee’s research interests are in health data research, cardiac biomarkers, care pathways and data-enabled clinical trials. For further details see the CVS website.

Under Professor Mills and Dr Lee’s supervision, the appointee will be required to demonstrate an ability to work independently and deliver a wide range of complex tasks. They will need to demonstrate enthusiasm, commitment and self-motivation to deliver the health data research projects. During this post, the appointee will obtain a higher postgraduate (PhD or MD) degree.

This post is full-time (40 hours per week). We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.


Your skills and attributes for success:

-Registration with the General Medical Council
-Have MRCP, MRCS or equivalent.
-Have clinical experience in cardiology or medicine.
-Have experience of health data research or programming with R
-Please note - Applicants should include approx. 300 words describing their research experience to date and indicating their preferred area of research for their --PhD as part of their supporting statement.

Grade UE06: £31,396.00 to £36,024.00 Per Annum (A revised salary range for this grade of £32,982 to £38,205 is planned to take effect from Spring 2024).

College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine / Institute for Regeneration and Repair / Centre for Reproductive Health.

Fixed Term Contract: 18 months.

Full Time - 35 Hours Per Week.

Our research team at the Centre for Reproductive Health are looking to recruit a highly motivated individual to support a clinical research group working on developing methods to preserve and restore fertility in males treated for childhood cancer.

The Opportunity:

The post offers an opportunity to join a dynamic research group within the recently opened Institute for Regeneration and Repair. The successful applicant will support all aspects of our experimental work aimed at developing strategies for fertility preservation in children with cancer. This post is advertised as full-time (35 hours per week).

Informal enquiries may be directed to:

Rod Mitchell

Professor of Developmental Endocrinology, University of Edinburgh

rod.mitchell@ed.ac.uk

Your skills and attributes for success:

Undergraduate degree in a biological science subject. Trained in animal research with current/previous Home Office personal licence.
Competence in cell culture, genetic manipulation (e.g. siRNA, CRISPR/-Cas9), RNA and protein extraction, hormone assays, Western and qRTPCR analysis, histological analyses including advanced imaging methods.
Evidence of ability to integrate disparate methodologies.
Proven ability to work to deadlines.
Knowledge of Health and Safety and GM regulations.

UE06 £31,396 to £36,024 per annum (A revised salary range for this grade of £32,982 to £38,205 is planned to take effect from Spring 2024)

Corporate Services Group - Edinburgh Research Office

2 x Fixed Term (18 months)

Full time (35 hours/week)

Colleagues in Edinburgh Research Office work in partnership with researchers to develop and deliver world-leading research. We work across the research lifecycle – growing ideas into proposals, projects and impact. We are enablers and connectors, networked across the University, able to provide the best advice to researchers and research leaders in all disciplines. We are part of a wider ecosystem of over 300 colleagues providing research support across the University of Edinburgh – linking through our Schools, Colleges and Service Groups.

The Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Grants Administrator to join our expert team to join a project which will deliver a review of our historical grants portfolio.

You will be part of a team responsible for the portfolio and will be required to ensure they are fully reconciled and resolved of issues. You will draw on your experience, inquisitive nature and can-do attitude to enable the effective reconciliations of a number of grants.

The successful candidate will:

a strong financial management and accounting background, with experience of working within a robust financial control environment
have strong problem-solving skills and a can-do attitude
be highly self-motivated and thrive in constantly changing environments
excellent organisational and time management skills, with attention to detail.

Who are Diligenta?

Diligenta's vision is to be acknowledged as Best in-class Platform based Life and Pensions Administration Service provider. Customer service is at the heart of everything we do and our aim is to transform our clients' operations. A business that has been described as 'home' by existing employees, we drive a culture that is founded on positive change and development.

The Opportunity

We're offering the opportunity to join our Business Operations Support department as an Actuarial Technician. You will play a pivotal role in providing technical support to Diligenta back-office teams for manual calculations and other technical processes. This is also an excellent opportunity to gain project experience, providing guidance and support.

You'll be:

• Working closely with our Actuarial Change team
• Using existing processes to address and resolve technical calculation queries from customers
• Checking and validating figures, data and information for accuracy and comprehensiveness to support internal and external customers
• Supporting project teams through the provision of technical support to ensure that calculations and deliverable requirements are accurate and relevant
• Assisting in providing confirmation that calculations and figures are correct when new systems are set up or existing systems are amended
• Raising and explaining any technical problems to the project team that are encountered during testing, providing support for resolution where possible

You should apply if you:

• Possess good mathematical knowledge and an analytical mindset
• Have excellent knowledge of Excel
• Are a strong team player
• Have the ability to work on own initiative
• Have excellent attention to detail
• Mathematics related degrees - desirable
• Visual Basics - desirable

The Perks

• 25 days holidays + 8 bank holidays
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Company pension scheme membership
• Gain professional accreditation on completion at no extra cost through our bespoke 24/7 professionally accredited online learning and development tools
• Access to our Confidential Helpline is available to be used by you and your family
• Develop your career through a wider global organisation of the TCS family

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Children, Education and Justice Services

Curriculum Leader of Science - Fixed term until 26/06/2026
Drummond Community High School

Salary: £59,481
Hours: 35 per week

Drummond Community High School is a fully comprehensive, non-denominational secondary school based in Edinburgh city centre. We have a growing school roll that we expect to rise above 600 next session. We pride ourselves on Nurturing Big Ambitions and this school vision permeates every aspect of our diverse and inclusive school community. Our pathways of support are designed to ensure that every young person develops their academic potential, talents, interests and abilities and we offer a wide range of opportunities across the curriculum from S1 to S6 to prepare learners for their future positive destination.

The senior leadership team comprises of the Head Teacher, two Depute Head Teachers, a Business Manager, a Senior Development Officer.

We are looking for a motivated and inspirational Curriculum Leader of Science to join our experienced middle leadership team for the duration of a 2 year employment break for the substantive post-holder. The Science faculty currently delivers a range of qualifications from SQCF3-7 including an NPA in Lab Science and offers interdisciplinary learning in the Broad General Education. Our school has a strong sense of community and has worked hard to achieve very productive links with our associated primary schools through close collaboration with our Transition Teacher.

For more information about the school, please visit the website https://drummondhigh.org or follow us on Twitter @Drummond_CHS.

Salaries will be in accordance with the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service for Teaching Staff in School Education.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

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Grade UE06: £31,396 to £36,024 per annum (A revised salary range for this grade of £32,982 to £38,205 is planned to take effect from Spring 2024)
College of Science and Engineering/School of Biological Sciences/Institute of Cell Biology
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Fixed-term: for 12 months



We are looking for a research assistant for a period of 12 months to work on the structural biology of the synaptonemal complex in Dr Owen Davies’ laboratory in the University of Edinburgh.



The Opportunity:

The synaptonemal complex is a supramolecular protein structure that assembles during meiosis to facilitate homologous chromosome synapsis and crossover formation. This position will study the integrative structural and cellular biology of the human synaptonemal complex, using techniques that include cryo-EM, X-ray crystallography, biophysics, computation, mammalian cell culture and cellular imaging. The successful candidate will establish new projects, individually and in collaboration with other members of the laboratory. This position provides a unique opportunity for a highly enthusiastic graduate to develop their skills and gain experience in structural and cellular biology prior to undertaking a doctoral research programme.

Please contact Dr Owen Davies (owen.davies@ed.ac.uk) for further details and informal discussions about the role.

Your skills and attributes for success:

Interest in the structure of the synaptonemal complex
Interest in using structural approaches to solve fundamental problems of cell biology
Motivation to adopt integrative research approaches
Clear desire to undertake a PhD in a related area
Drive to learn new research techniques

Grade UE06 £31,396 - £36,024 per annum. (A revised salary range for this grade of £32,982 - £38,205 is planned to take effect from Spring 2024).

College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine - Deanery of Clinical Sciences - Centre for Cardiovascular Science

Full Time - 35 Hours Per Week

Contract type - Fixed Term - 12 months



The Opportunity:

To provide technical support for the Baker lab. This will involve both experimental “wet” lab work as well as support work “dry”, including ordering, grant finance etc. The lab consists of some 15-20 people with a range of expertise and job roles with PhD students, post docs and senior scientists.

This post is full-time (35 hours per week), however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns.

Your skills and attributes for success:

Technically adept at cellular and molecular work
Efficient administrative capabilities
Experience in financial grant support
Strong interpersonal skills

Grade UE07: £37,099 - £44,263 per annum
(A revised salary range for this grade of £39,347 to £46,974 is planned to take effect from Spring 2024)
CAHSS / Edinburgh College of Art / Design/ Institute of Design Informatics
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Fixed-term: 1st June 2024 – 31st May 2026 (2 year funded post)


The Opportunity:

We are seeking a Career Launch Postdoctoral Research Fellow in XR technologies to contribute to the delivery and reporting of Edinburgh College of Art activities to drive innovation in emerging technologies across screen and performance. The post holder will have excellent creative, technical and communication skills and will take a leading role in supporting, reporting and completion of practice-based research within a multidisciplinary project related to CoSTAR Realtime Lab and with world-leading industry partners in the gaming, animation and film sectors.

The Convergent Screen Technologies and Performance in Realtime (CoSTAR) programme is a national network funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). CoSTAR will support the design, development and creation of state-of-the-art facilities, resources and expertise to underpin the long-term competitiveness of the UK’s screen and performance sectors. This post will provide academic and industry support for delivery of Edinburgh College of Art activities driving innovation in emerging technologies across screen and performance, related to CoSTAR.

This post is funded via the University of Edinburgh Career Development Scheme, as a Career Launch Postdoctoral Fellowship which aims to bridge the challenging transition from PhD to externally funded postdoctoral fellowships or equivalent. They are aimed at promising applicants who have completed a PhD but are not yet in an open-ended research role or have not yet been awarded a major postdoctoral fellowship.

Your skills and attributes for success:

A PhD in a subject relevant to the scope of the CoSTAR Realtime Lab such as expertise in film, animation, immersive, or gaming, including the use and application of convergent/ XR technologies.
Experience of using software and hardware to develop practice-led creative immersive environments using Unreal Engine.
Excellent technical, data management, creative, and production skills across a range of XR based approaches.
Demonstrate potential for generation of outstanding publications.
Experience of industry collaboration and engagement.
Good personal organisational skills and the ability to work on own initiative.

Company:

Mercer

Description:

Pensions Actuarial Consultant / Scheme Actuary - Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, London - (Hybrid or Fully Remote)

Mercer is seeking a Pensions Actuarial Consultant to join our multi-disciplinary team that provides clients with leading edge advice across funding, investment, risk transfer and covenant.

What can you expect:

A qualified actuary, in the role of Pensions Actuarial Consultant you will be working in a team to develop and deliver customised advice and solutions to clients (trustee and corporates) with a primary focus on DB pension schemes as many navigate the journey towards their long-term objective. You will have the opportunity to take responsibility for signing out DB pension disclosures for company accounts at an early stage, with a view to developing your career towards taking on the role of a Scheme Actuary and consultant for your own portfolio of clients.

What’s in it for you?

• The opportunity to take on signing responsibility for corporate accounting disclosures as soon as practicable

• Gain early access to direct client exposure supporting a team of Scheme Actuaries and consultants working on a varied portfolio of clients

• With the support of an experienced team of colleagues, build your career towards becoming a Scheme Actuary and lead consultant

• Excellent work life balance with the option to work on a hybrid or fully remote basis

• Competitive Benefits Package including: 25 days annual leave, up to 4 days of flexible bank holidays, excellent pension contributions, private medical cover, life assurance, income protection, employee assistance program, plus a range of flexible benefits including the option to buy or sell up to 5 days holiday per year, cycle to work, dental insurance, health assessments plus many more

We will count on you to:

• Take responsibility for company accounting disclosures for DB pension schemes

• Lead on the preparation and delivery of both day-to-day, and strategic advice, with a focus on finding tailored solutions that meet clients’ needs

• Lead client meetings and presentations

• Provide an informed view on current topics based on client circumstances, and tailoring advice as appropriate

• Utilise strong technical actuarial skills used to consult with clients, and the ability to communicate with clients in a clear and succinct manner

• Act as final technical reviewer for actuarial calculations and, where appropriate, provide peer review support

• Agree the strategy, direction and resourcing for client work

• Act as day to day contact for clients responsible for ensuring problem resolution

• Participate in setting and negotiating fees, where appropriate and monitoring of fee budgets

• Provide guidance to colleagues in the wider consulting team

What you need to have: 

• IFOA qualification as an Actuary

• Experience of developing your skills towards attainment of, or have recently obtained, a Scheme Actuary certificate

• An awareness of current pension issues and how these impact clients, including key considerations and ability to talk about these and tailor your response to specific circumstances

• Excellent communication skills, strong analytical, numerical and critical thinking skills, including a good understanding of actuarial approaches for pensions

• Ability to manage projects, including distribution of work to junior colleagues

• A strong understanding of a range of ways in which UK pension schemes operate

• A willingness to learn new skills and be adaptable in a changing environment

• Proven ability to build relationships with colleagues and clients

• Excellent planning and organisational abilities, in order to prioritise and complete work

What makes you stand out? 

• Experience as a signing actuary for company accounting disclosures (FRS, IAS) with additionally experience of US GAAP preferable but not essential

• Significant experience working with trustees and/or corporates on DB pensions within an actuarial consultancy role

• Excellent communication skills

• Demonstrated business acumen, adaptability and a desire to be in front of clients, all underpinned by the required technical skills

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About Mercer

Mercer believes in building brighter futures by redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and well-being. Mercer’s more than 25,000 employees are based in 44 countries and the firm operates in over 130 countries. Mercer is a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), the world’s leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people, with 76,000 colleagues and annual revenue of $17 billion. Through its market-leading businesses including Marsh, Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman, Marsh & McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment. For more information, visit https://www.mercer.com/. Follow Mercer on Twitter @Mercer.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people regardless of their sex/gender, marital or parental status, ethnic origin, nationality, age, background, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable support to any candidate with a disability/health condition to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. We welcome candidates to contact us at TAUK@mmc.com to discuss any specific needs.

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Teacher of Mathematics and Numeracy - Fixed term until 28/6/2024
St Thomas of Aquin's RC HS

Salary: £32,217 - £48,516 per year
Hours: 35 per week

St Thomas of Aquin’s Roman Catholic High School is a learning community which provides a safe, supportive and enjoyable environment where staff, parents and pupils are inspired and motivated to work hard for one another to ensure the full potential of all pupils are fulfilled. The school improvement plan focusses on the areas of improvement in children and young people’s attainment/achievement, particularly in literacy and numeracy; closing the attainment gap between the most and least disadvantaged children and young people; improvement in children and young people’s health and wellbeing; and improvement in employability skills and sustained, positive school leaver destinations for all young people. A major focus of the school’s improvement plan is to continue to work towards ensuring there is no pattern between lower attainment and children living in poverty.

Catholic Schools: It is not necessary to be of the Catholic faith to apply for this role. However, since this is a Roman Catholic school, appointees will require to be approved with regard to religious belief and character by the Church. The successful candidate must therefore contact the Edinburgh Diocesan Staffing Adviser to verify or establish their status with regard to Church Approval. The candidate should go to the website: www.sces.org.uk/approval and fill in the relevant forms online.

Salaries will be in accordance with the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service for Teaching Staff in School Education.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

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Title: Research Associate

Type: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: £35,267 - £40,836

Location: SRUC Kings Buildings, Edinburgh

REF: ACF/REES/053/23

Closing Date: 14th January 2024

SRUC is unique in Scotland and one of the largest organisations of its kind in Europe. Our ambitious and exciting vision is to work at local, national and international levels, leading innovation and sustainable development in agriculture and rural sectors.

The Rural Policy Centre is looking for a new Research Associate to join our inter-disciplinary team. In particular, we are looking for a quantitative (or ideally a mixed methods) researcher with specialisms in political economy (particularly well-being frameworks), or regional development (with GIS skills as desirable) or enterprise/innovation (with a rural focus).

The successful candidate will contribute to strategic research projects, as well as helping to steer the Rural Policy Centre towards our new vision of becoming leading experts in well-being economies and community wealth building in rural areas. Specifically, the role holder will:

• Directly contribute towards the delivery of Rural Policy Centre projects for the Scottish Government, including knowledge exchange with policy makers and other audiences.
• Develop and progress individual or joint research objectives/projects.
• Engage in knowledge exchange activities more widely, including organising events.
• Represent the institution and the discipline at local, national, and international events and conferences.
• Take responsibility for the organisation and delivery of their work activities, the use of allocated resources and contribute to the wider development of the subject area.

Closing date: 14th January 2024

Benefits:
• Enhanced holidays
• Enhanced pension contributions (5% employee and 10% employer opposed to 5% employee and 3% employer)
• Cycle to work scheme
• RAC Membership
• Enhanced family leave
• Flexible working patterns
• Hybrid working solutions (in some areas)
• Tailored investment in and individuals' learning and development

Further details on the requirements of this role can be found in the Job Particulars document which you must read before applying for this role. This is downloadable when you click the APPLY link.

SRUC Leading the way in Agricultural and Rural Research, Education & Consultancy.

SRUC is committed to valuing Diversity, advancing Equality and respecting Human Rights throughout the organisation and encouraging applications from disabled people using the “Disability Confident Employer” symbol. SRUC is a member of the Athena SWAN charter.

SRUC is a company limited by guarantee (SC103046) and is a registered Scottish charity (SC003712). SAC Commercial Limited (SC148684) is an SRUC company. Registered Office: Peter Wilson Building, King’s Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG

Further information
Please read the Job Particulars Document before proceeding with your application.

Apply
To apply for this role, please use the SRUC online application system. CVs will not be accepted without a completed application form.

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About the Role:

We are seeking a Technical Production Manager to join our team for the upcoming festival season!

Working across the company, you will provide production and operational support in the delivery of the organisation’s portfolio of projects with particular focus on our 2024 Festival, to ensure the smooth working of the systems, processes and infrastructure necessary to implement them.

The role involves some evening and weekend work.


About You:

As you would expect in a production role you:


. Will have strong experience in the management of the full project cycle of event project delivery, with outputs including: workshops, shows, interactive exhibitions and other events. You will have experience in delivering events to the highest standard, or be able to demonstrate this ability by discernible transferable skills.

. Will be hands on when required, with good practical knowledge of all production and technical disciplines.

. Will approach this demanding role with a level head and a positive attitude towards problem solving and logistics.

. Will be a natural communicator with strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to negotiating effectively and work extremely hard at building and maintaining relationships.

A driving license and current driving experience are essential.

This role has normal working hours but will require flexibility during the festival lead in and live period, and may include some weekend and evening working.


How to Apply:

Click the link below to visit our dedicated careers portal to complete our brief online application. You will be asked to upload your current Curriculum Vitae and a cover letter detailing your relevant experience and suitability for the role. Please also include two references.

https://sciencefestival.teamdetails.com/opportunity/225

To view the job description, please click the link below:

https://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/mediaLibrary/other/english/61211.pdf

Please note: By the start of any employment with Edinburgh Science, you must have the right to work in the UK and documentary evidence to support this.

Closing date: Sunday 14 January 2024, 11:59PM

Interviews will be held: W/c 22 January 2024

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis so please apply as soon as possible. We reserve the right to close applications early.

At Edinburgh Science we welcome applications from all backgrounds because we believe that bringing together people with different perspectives, ideas and experiences always leads to better discussions, decisions and results.

Grade 7, £37,099-£44,263
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences/University of Edinburgh Business School
Fixed Term, Full Time 35hrs per week
March 2024-Feb 2027



We are looking to hire a highly motivated Research Fellow in Food Systems Thinking (Systems Thinking and Practice), with excellent analytical, organisational and interpersonal skills, to work on our new Wellcome Trust Living Good Food Nation Lab project (https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/people-and-projects/grants-awarded/building-health-centred-net-zero-aligned-food).



This project is closely linked to exciting new Scottish legislation, the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act, and aims to support its ongoing implementation. Led by University of Edinburgh Business School, our transdisciplinary team brings together academic, governmental, public sector and 3rd sector partners with expertise in nutrition and public health, environmental modelling, public food procurement, food policy and governance, anthropology, and sociology, of food, food and procurement law, social policy, behavioural change, and food systems transformation.



This post is advertised as full-time (35 hours per week) however, we are open to considering part-time (4-5 days) and/or flexible working patterns. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working with a minimum requirement for 2 days/week on campus working.



The Opportunity:

Working closely with Professor Brennan (PI and Unit Lead – Systems Thinking) and Professor Pringle, the Research Fellow in Food Systems Transformation (Systems Thinking and Practice) will focus on building a strong systems thinking culture, skills and competencies and working practices amongst project partners and our wider community of practice, project manage the design, development, and piloting of, a new Food Systems Transformation Executive Education programme, support the curation and delivery of a programme of external facing events/outputs and investigate the impact, if any, on how stakeholders and their organisations, understand, make sense of, and practice food systems thinking.



Your skills and attributes for success:



PhD (or near completion) in systems thinking and/or transformation) or equivalent professional experience
Experience of working in teams/projects/organisations on systems thinking, practice, and transformation
Experience of working with diverse stakeholder groups as part of major organisational and/or systems transformation projects.
Skills in writing on, and talking about, systems thinking, practice, and transformation, to policy, stakeholder and public audiences, evidenced by policy and stakeholder briefings/reports, press releases, blogs, media articles, and/or podcasts.
Interest in food systems transformation in Scotland