Job Description

UE07: £41,064.00 - £48,822.00 per annum

College of Science and Engineering / College Office, Student Administration

Full time - 35 hours per week

Start date, as soon as possible

Fixed term for 12 months or until 30 June 2027.

The Opportunity:

Your next step starts here. Be part of something bigger.

With roles from hospitality to research, there’s a career for everyone at the University of Edinburgh. We can offer opportunities for you to develop in your career and make a real difference in the communities around us while contributing to the world at large.

The University of Edinburgh is a world-class organisation. We are a large University covering a wide range of activities. In Professional Services, we support the University’s research and teaching, offering many career and role specialisms.

The College of Science and Engineering is looking for a Postgraduate Research Officer to provide coordination, guidance, and oversight for all matters relating to College-level Postgraduate Research (PGR) student administration, including on-programme support, scholarships, progress monitoring, concessions and examinations.

The post holder will play a key role in the PGR Student Administration team, responsible for providing high quality policy advice to resolve complex queries; overseeing student casework; facilitating College training, briefing and fora meetings; administering training grant funding; servicing the College Postgraduate Research Committee; and advising on PGR collaborations.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Expert knowledge and experience working in a postgraduate research (PGR) academic administration environment in UK Higher Education institution.
• Effective organisational and self-management skills with an ability to manage a diverse portfolio of activities.
• Strong management abilities, including motivation of staff.
• Proactive approach with an ability to anticipate and manage change, and formulate and communicate clear and practical advice on its impact.
• Experience of working within complex regulatory and policy frameworks; ability to interpret and apply regulations and recommend appropriate actions.
• Negotiation and influencing skills, and successful experience of making recommendations to senior colleagues.

People have always been at the heart of our work. As part of the University, you are a part of our community. We are looking for people with drive, determination, and a passion for what they do. We are a place where everyone is welcome and offer a range of policies and benefits designed to support you in building the right meaningful/personalised flexibility for you.

A career with us has a range of other benefits that can be tailored to your lifestyle:

• Interesting work
• Good salary/pay rates
• Excellent benefits and support
• Contributing to the work and purpose of the University.

This post is full-time (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering flexible working patterns. We are currently operating a hybrid working mode (on a non-contractual basis) that requires a minimum of 2 days on-campus office-based working, one of which is a specified core day. A degree of flexibility is expected from all staff in order to attend other on-campus meetings and events as required.

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How to apply

Please upload your CV and a supporting statement sharing your motivation for applying for this post (max 2 x A4 pages) plus a supporting document (max 2 x A4 pages) detailing how you meet the essential knowledge, skills and experience required for the role.

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, including generous annual leave entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, a wide range of staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the 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 right to work webpages(opens new browser tab).

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.

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is 9 June 2026.

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm UK time. 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 shortly after the closing date.

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.