Project Scientific Officer

Edinburgh - Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus)

Job Info

• Job Identification 12168
• Locations Easter Bush Campus, Roslin, EH25 9RG, GB (100% On-campus)
• Organization Royal Dick Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh University Group
• Department The Roslin Institute
• Apply Before 03/21/2025, 11:59 PM
• Contract Type Fixed Term
• Job Schedule Full time
• Grade UE07
• Number of Openings 1
• Job Function Project Management

Job Description

Grade UE07: £40,497 to £48,149 per annum

CMVM / RDSVS / The Roslin Institute

Full time: 35 hours per week

Fixed term: funded until 30th October 2029

The Opportunity:

As the Project Scientific Officer, you will be a critical part of an exciting new 5-year partnership between The Roslin Institute (University of Edinburgh) and Mowi Scotland. This project will address challenges associated with farming salmon. You will provide project management expertise, organizational and administrative support, and help maintain effective communication across the project team and with external stakeholders. You will ensure success criteria are clearly defined and understood to deliver within agreed budgets, milestones, and standards.

This post is full-time (35 hours per week) and should be based primarily on campus at the Roslin Institute; however, we are open to considering flexible working patterns and requests for hybrid working that combine remote and regular on-campus working.

• Relevant qualifications as stated in the full job description
• Experience of project coordination and administration
• Experience of delivering public engagement with science activities
• Self-motivated, reliable, with excellent attention to detail and ability to prioritize tasks and solve problems
• Excellent communication skills and ability to develop and maintain good working relationships

Application Process:

Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:

• CV
• Cover letter outlining motivation and relevant experience for position

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• 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. The Roslin Institute holds a Gold Athena SWAN award. The University is a member of the Race Equality Charter and promotes LGBT equality.

On this occasion, the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers 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 21st March 2025. Interviews will be held shortly thereafter.

About Us

As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow's greatest challenges.

About the Team

The Roslin Institute is a world-leading centre for animal bioscience research and has a distinctive niche within the UK National Institutes of Bioscience. The Institute moved to a new £60M state-of-the-art building at the Easter Bush Campus in 2011. The Institute has a vibrant programme of postgraduate research, with 176 PhD students registered at the time of writing.