Jobs at University of Edinburgh Information Services Group

Research Accountant leading financial control implementation for a project addressing legacy research grant reviews. Responsibilities include managing a project team, reducing the grant review backlog, providing progress reporting, implementing process improvements, and applying lessons learned to support business-as-usual operations across the University’s research grants portfolio.

Provides reception services across five BioQuarter Campus receptions, serving as the first point of contact for staff, students, visitors, and enquiries. Coordinates visitors, supports campus facilities and security, and provides administrative assistance during busy periods. This is a permanent, part-time guaranteed-hours role involving 100 hours per year.

Coordinate the Evidence Exchange Policy Fellowships programme in Scotland, supporting programme design and delivery, understanding policy needs, and brokering connections between public and civil servants and relevant academic experts. The role involves working within the Edinburgh Research Office and collaborating with universities, partners, and specialist organisations across the EvEx consortium.

Provides contract drafting and administration support within the contracts team. Reviews and negotiates primarily Non-Disclosure Agreements and amendments, supports industry collaborations, communicates contractual matters to stakeholders, delivers high-quality customer service, and manages a busy workload efficiently. The role is full-time or flexible, hybrid, and fixed-term through July 2027.

Manages contracts and key supplier relationships within the university’s Strategic Procurement team. Responsibilities include monitoring supplier performance and supply chain risks, maximizing commercial value and cost efficiencies, supporting responsible procurement goals, negotiating with suppliers, identifying innovation opportunities, and delivering contract and supplier management improvements. The role requires strong stakeholder communication, commercial judgment, risk management, numerical analysis, and attention to detail.

Manage end-to-end tendering, contract awards, and supplier relationship management across university procurement categories. Lead strategic procurement initiatives informed by market engagement and spend analysis, deliver savings and cost efficiencies, and support University objectives. Engage internal and external stakeholders, negotiate commercial solutions, ensure alignment with government policy, and manage procurement projects with initiative and sound commercial judgment.

Prepares and audits statutory financial statements, manages complex balance sheet reconciliations, oversees month-end and year-end accounting processes, and supports financial reporting and control across the University. The role also provides guidance on accounting policies, collaborates with internal and external stakeholders, and ensures consistent financial control and compliance.

Administer a broad range of transactional HR processes within HR Operations, providing customer-focused support and contributing to continuous service improvement. The role involves collaborative teamwork, regular communication, and supporting high-quality employee lifecycle services across the University. The position is full-time but may accommodate part-time, flexible, and hybrid working arrangements.

Design and maintain a trusted, secure, governed database of livestock data from low- and middle-income countries. Clean, harmonize, document, and structure complex datasets to support evidence-based decision-making and AI-ready insights. The role leads data quality and governance practices across complex, regulated data environments and requires strong organisation, attention to detail, and a service-oriented approach.

Provides administrative support for postgraduate research programmes within a university school. The role assists academic and professional services colleagues, supports postgraduate research students and staff, and helps ensure research student activities run smoothly. It is a full-time, 12-month fixed-term position with hybrid working options and regular on-campus attendance.

Supports university technology transfer and translational activities by identifying and assessing intellectual property, conducting patentability and due diligence reviews, performing market analysis, creating partner-facing marketing materials, and helping develop commercialization strategies. The intern will work with academic staff and industry partners across scientific, engineering, health, creative, and business disciplines while gaining practical experience in IP management and commercialization.

Provides high-level administrative, communications, secretarial, financial processing, and meeting coordination support to the Behavioural Research UK Leadership Hub team within the University of Edinburgh.

Conduct original research in artificial intelligence, particularly perception, action, generative models, reinforcement learning, and autonomous systems. Develop a strong research agenda, teach undergraduate and master's courses, and supervise undergraduate, master's, and PhD projects. The role also requires contributing to a collaborative, research-intensive academic environment.