Job Description

Job Category: Professional, Administration and Operational
:
UE08: 50,253.00 - 61,759.00 Per Annum.
CSE / School of GeoSciences.
Full Time - 35 Hours Per Week.
Fixed Term Contract - Temporary.
The Opportunity:
We are looking for an exceptional candidate with proven communication and leadership skills, with experience engaging with a range of partners and stakeholders, including policymakers and the public, who can apply their skills to a large data linkage research and infrastructure programme which aims to provide data-driven evidence and insights for policy and public good.
The post-holder will work for ADR Scotland programme which is funded by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in the University of Edinburgh-led part of the programme.
The successful candidate will be responsible fordeveloping and managing the delivery of ADR Scotland knowledge exchange, impact, public engagement and communications strategy and approach. Working closely with Scottish Government, you will engage with a range of groups from across disciplines and sectors, to drive impact, awareness and trust in administrative data research. The post-holder will also deputise for the Programme Lead and will represent ADR Scotland within the University and to other partners and agencies. The team is multi-disciplinary, including colleagues from the Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Napier as well as Scottish Government departments and other delivery partners including Research Data Scotland.
The post is a fixed term maternity cover until mid-January 2027. Applications for secondments are welcome.
This post is 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.
The salary for this post is 50,253 to 61,759 per annum.
Your skills and attributes for success:

• Proven experience of developing and delivering strategic plans involving external and internal partners.
• Significant understanding of the field of knowledge exchange, impact and engagement.
• Clear and effective communication skills and able to relate to a wide range of people and audiences.
• Ability to act diplomatically and to map out the risks/benefits of potential solutions to problems arising.
• A structured and proactive approach to work, comfortable multi-tasking and able to re-prioritise as required.

Application Information
Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:
- CV
- Cover letter
As a valued member of our team, you can expect:

• A competitive salary
• 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. Check out the full list on our

(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits
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 (opens new browser tab)
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 4 November 2025.
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 will be held in November 2025 approximately a week after closing date.
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.
About Us: As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow's greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.
About the Team:
The School of GeoSciences explores the factors and forces that shape our world. The School aims to understand the world through fundamental curiosity-driven research and to support prescient decision-making at individual to global scales. We undertake world-leading research; offer new ways of understanding natural and social drivers of change; provide inter-and trans-disciplinary solutions; and work in partnership to improve livelihoods and explore ways to manage the environment that are both sustainable and socially equitable.
With over 500 academics, researchers and research students, we are the largest and most successful interdisciplinary grouping of geoscientists and geographers in the UK. Research activity is coordinated within three main Research Institutes - Global Change, Earth and Planetary Science, and Geography and the Lived Environment - and within smaller research groupings that reach across and beyond the School.
A distinctive feature of the School is the combination of academic strength, intellectual breadth and societal relevance. Our interdisciplinary research and teaching builds on established core disciplines (ecology, environmental sciences, geography, geophysics, meteorology, oceanography) to provide a variety of approaches to understanding the world (including, for example, system-scale modelling, process studies and the development of urban and social theory). The School's research covers fundamental 'blue-skies' questions, as well as having application to key societal challenges including inequality and vulnerability; urban precarity; nature and cultural meaning; development and sustainability; climate and environmental change; energy, food and water security; health and wellbeing; natural resources; and natural hazards.
The School of GeoSciences aims to recognise and value diversity in our staff and students, and to support flexible and family-friendly working.
More details about the School is available from

Skills Required