Grade UE06- £33,882- £39,105
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences / Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI)
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Open-ended: Permanent Contract
The Opportunity:
EFI offers its partners a new kind of collaborative, multidisciplinary, and data-driven proving ground to develop innovative solutions across the four sectors for the benefit of society.
We are looking to recruit an Innovation Coordinator who will contribute to making change happen. From helping deliver incredible events and workshops, to building communities and supporting new collaborative programmes. The Innovation Coordinator will provide crucial support across two of the four sectors.
We are looking for two full-time project coordinators, who will be managed and supported by EFI’s new Innovation Services team, helping create new and novel methods of delivery within the institute.
Your skills and attributes for success:
The successful candidates will be dynamic and detail-orientated individuals with an interest in delivering projects and working with clients from a range of communities and stakeholders.
The main task functions candidates should be able to demonstrate will be:
* Project planning and support of innovation activities
* Project delivery and coordination
* Relationship and community management with key contacts and partners
* Communication support
Furthermore, our ideal candidates will have sufficient understanding of the topics under discussion in the courses and programmes that they are interested in working on, along with the relevant technical knowledge and skills for those courses and programmes.
Application Information
Please upload a CV and Covering Letter as part of your application.
In your Covering Letter, please share your interest in the post, highlighting your relevant experience to the role.
As a valued member of our team, you can expect:
* A competitive salary of £33,882 to £39,105 per annum
* 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, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives.
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)
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 15 November 2024.
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
Interviews are expected to be held at the end of November/beginning of December.
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