20 Oct
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh
UE08: £49,250.00 - £60,321.00 Per Annum.
CSE / School of Informatics.
Fixed Term Contract - From 1 April 2025 To September 2033.
Full Time - 35 Hours Per Week.
The Opportunity:
The University of Edinburgh is looking to appoint a Manager for the newly established EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Informatics. The successful candidate will join the School of Informatics Student Services and will provide exceptional leadership and support to students and academic staff involved in the programme.
You will work within an experienced Graduate School team already overseeing several other CDT programmes, and collaborate closely with the CDT Director and Business Development Manager.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to oversee all aspects of a new CDT and take full ownership of developing effective recruitment and administrative processes while building strong relationships with external partners, including Oxford, Strathclyde, Heriot-Watt Universities, and UCL.
Your skills and attributes for success:
Essential:
- Completion of a degree or equivalent formal training, plus typically a minimum of four years’ relevant experience.
or
Substantial vocational experience, typically five to ten years’, demonstrating development through involvement in progressively more demanding relevant work/roles.
- Experience in the planning and management of multi-year projects involving stakeholders from different organisations.
- Experience managing and monitoring budgets.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, including demonstrable self-management and motivation, acting on own initiative and drive.
- Excellent problem-solving capabilities including evidence of ability to interpret policies and procedures to understand, identify gaps and implement processes.
- Evidence of excellent organisational abilities, combined with attention to detail, time.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills with staff at all levels including senior management.
- Ability to communicate effectively with students of differing nationalities, advising on administrative and financial matters, often complex in nature.
- Experience of gathering, interpreting, and presenting data that has formed the basis of identifying specific actions for improvement.
- Experience of building excellent relationships with clients and stakeholders.
Desirable:
- Completion of a management and/or project management qualification and/or financial training
- Knowledge and understanding of postgraduate research programme administration practices, processes, and procedures.
- Experience within a higher education environment, preferably postgraduate research student programme or student administration.
- Experience in managing a team and ability to mentor, coach, and motivate others.
- Experience of CDT programme management or administration.
- Experience in coordinating people, policies, and programmes across different Schools within a University, and between multiple Universities.
- Experience of developing and implementing initiatives to support student wellbeing and engagement.
- Experience of overseeing collaborations with many industry and university partners.
Please upload an up-to-date CV and a Cover letter detailing how you meet the criteria detailed in the job description below and why you would like to work with us.
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Contact details for enquiries: Sophie Ramette, **************@ed.ac.uk
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary of £49,250 - £60,321pa
- An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options.
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Championing equality, diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab)
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 9 December 2024
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Interviews will be held on Thursday 9 January 2025.
On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
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