University of Edinburgh Hiring for Education Project Coordinator Job at Edinburgh, Scotland Full Time

Education Project Coordinator

Grade UE06 – £28,756 to £33,309 per annum

Edinburgh Futures Institute

35 hours per week

Fixed Term until 31st July 2023

We are looking for a proactive and enthusiastic Project Coordinator to work closely with the Education team to provide project coordination and professional services support to the EFI Education Project.

The Opportunity:

The Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) is developing an ambitious and innovative undergraduate and postgraduate taught portfolio. The portfolio will be highly interdisciplinary, forge new territory in student flexibility through a combination of online and offline teaching, and be highly engaged and co-produced with non-academic partners (government, community, industry). It will educate students for complex futures in which computational data, critical understanding and creative methods are essential to employability and the ability to take a confident place in the world.

The postholder will assist in the development and implementation of EFI’s procedures and guidance for taught programme governance and administration, plan and deliver market research activities to support EFI in designing educational programmes that meet the needs of external stakeholders and prospective students, and support strategic planning for the EFI Education project through the provision of data, reports, desk-based research and monitoring the delivery of operational and action plans.

The post is fixed term until 31st July 2023. Secondments will be considered for internal candidates.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Excellent organisational, time-management and project management skills and the ability to meet deadlines
• Proven high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills including the ability to generate insights and recommendations from raw data
• A strong customer focussed attitude and proven commitment to excellent standards of customer service
• Proven experience in distilling large amounts of information into an executive summary with evidenced and actionable recommendations

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To apply, please upload a current CV along with a personal statement detailing your interest in the position and how you meet the criteria for the role.

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

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.

The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. This will depend on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant.

Interviews are expected to be held during November 2021.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.

The purpose of the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) is to pursue knowledge and understanding that supports the navigation of complex futures. EFI’s distinctiveness stems from our approach to research, education and engagement – an approach that combines multi-disciplinarity with co-production. Working with industry, government and communities (at home and abroad) we will build a challenge-led and data-rich portfolio of activity that has demonstrable ethical, social, cultural, economic and environmental impacts.

To find out more, visit https://efi.ed.ac.uk/