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Below you will find all current employment opportunities within the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science
Pathway Convenor (various posts)
We are recruiting for Pathway Convenors in two pathways: Human Geography, Environment and Urban Planning; and Social Work and Social Policy. This is a key leadership role within SGSSS, involving a time commitment of 0.1FTE from July 2021 (later starts up to September negotiable) for three years.
Applications are invited from colleagues at partner institutions that are pathway members. You should be a minimum of lectureship (grade 8) level or equivalent and with demonstrable experience of leading and convening academic networks.
SGSSS is the largest of the UK’s ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP), funding around 60 studentships each year for seven years, and supporting the training and collaboration needs of all social science research students in Scotland. Behind the scenes, a small core team is supported by a network of dedicated colleagues at partner universities who promote our activities and provide essential input relating to management; administration; disciplinary training design/delivery; supporting staff and students applying for ESRC funding; and, assessing funding applications.
Essential to the success of the partnership is the 15 training pathways. The pathways are crucial to the functioning of the SGSSS and each represents a discipline or cross-disciplinary grouping. Pathways are grouped into three Hubs; Economies, Mind and Technologies, Society and Welfare, and People and Place.
Pathway Convenors provide leadership for their pathway. This involves coordinating representatives at HEIs involved in the pathway to support students and colleagues in developing strong applications for ESRC funded studentships. As convenor of a national network, the role also plays a key part in assessing applications and identifying and delivering disciplinary and cross-disciplinary pathway-level training.
Applicants should send a copy of their CV and a cover letter outlining why they are attracted to the position, along with relevant experience. Applications should be sent to team@sgsss.ac.uk including ‘Pathway Convenor (INSERT PATHWAY NAME) application’ in the email subject heading.
If you would like to discuss the post in further detail please contact the SGSSS Director, Professor Jamie Pearce (Director) jamie.pearce@ed.ac.uk and/or the relevant Hub lead: Dr Kiril Sharapov (for Human Geography, Environment, Urban Planning pathway) k.sharapov@napier.ac.uk, Dr Richard Simmons (for Social work/Social policy pathway) r.a.simmons@stir.ac.uk. You may also want to speak with your HEI representative on the Deans of Graduate Studies network. The successful candidate will require a letter of support from their Dean confirming allocation of 0.1FTE so we encourage candidates to start these conversations as soon as possible.
Closing date for applications: Friday 7th May with interviews expected in w/c 24th and 31st May.
SGSSS International Exchange Programme Intern
UEO6 £28,331-£32,816
Fixed Term, Part time 6 months
17.5 hours
December 2021 – May 2022
The Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (SGSSS) is looking to appoint an International Exchange Programme Intern to play a key role in supporting our newly launched Saltire Emerging Research Scheme (SER) and our overall internationalisation strategy.
We particularly welcome PGR students who have moved beyond their funded period and/or those with no source of income to join and help us make the difference for our researchers!
The Opportunity:
The SER Programme will facilitate opportunities for PhD researchers (PGRs) and early career researchers (ECRs) in the social sciences to develop new research relationships with European research partners, create legacy materials and relationships for the wider community undertaking visits to partners Universities.
The successful candidate will have a passion for higher education and employability, will enjoy planning and organising training events and activities to high standards and working collaboratively as part of a small, dynamic and friendly team that thrives on delivering an excellent learning experience across geographies.
This includes coordinating the European placements (up to 12 outgoing and 6 incoming candidates for a maximum of 6 months per placement) and administering the competition processes on an ongoing basis.
You will be interacting with a wide range of stakeholders across 16 partner HEIs in Scotland and partners HEIs in Europe, as well as with interested and successful candidates that will engage with the SER Programme.
You will also co-ordinate the professional development plan of activities and participants support system while contributing your ideas to improve the activities as part of the programme evaluation process.
SER is one part of SGSSS internationalisation strategy and as within this post you’ll have the opportunity to be involved with other areas of our internationalisation strategy according to your interests and upcoming activities.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Strong multi-tasking ability; to manage and prioritise workload delegated from a number of different stakeholders efficiently.
- High-level of interpersonal and communication skills; to adapt and relate appropriately to different stakeholders, business needs and objectives.
- Confident with technology; an ability or willingness to adapt to a changing digital landscape, embracing the use of technology across communications, engagement, and reporting.
- Detail orientated; to pay close attention to important data in communications, record keeping, reporting, and scheduling.
- A willing problem solver; an ability to get involved at short notice and quickly learn new tasks to support colleagues.
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.
Closing date for applications is at 17.00 on 5th November 2021
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted on 9th November 2021 to be invited for an interview.
Interviews will be held on 11th and 12th November 2021 between 9.30 and 17.00 and will last 45/60 mins.
Post available from: ASAP.
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.
Graduate School Administrator
UE04 £20,600 – £22,847
Fixed Term, Full Time (35 hours per week)
Post available from 1st October 2021.
We are looking for a Graduate School Administrator to play a vital role in supporting key SGSSS activities including scholarship funding, internship placements, doctoral training, governance meetings and student engagement.
The Opportunity:
The Graduate School Administrator is a crucial role in the team, supporting other team members across their portfolios which include studentship funding, internships, doctoral training, student engagement, and governance. The successful candidate will act as the first point of contact for all incoming enquiries, demonstrating a high level of customer service.
We are looking for someone seeking to start/continue a career in higher education who has an aptitude for multi-tasking, team working, and gains satisfaction from helping to get things done.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Strong multi-tasking ability; to manage and prioritise workload delegated from a number of different stakeholders efficiently.
- High-level of interpersonal and communication skills; to adapt and relate appropriately to different stakeholders, business needs and objectives.
- Confident with technology; an ability or willingness to adapt to a changing digital landscape, embracing the use of technology across communications, engagement, and reporting.
- Detail orientated; to pay close attention to important data in communications, record keeping, reporting, and scheduling.
- A willing problem solver; an ability to get involved at short notice and quickly learn new tasks to support colleagues.
For the full job description and details on how to apply, please follow the link below.
Employability and Partnerships Manager
UE07, £33,797 – £40,322
Fixed Term, 12 months from 1st May 2021, 35 hours per week
1st May 2021- 30th April 2022
We are looking for an individual with a passion for developing people and supporting the career development journey. You will be part of a small dedicated team, within a large extended network supporting the Social Science Doctoral community across Scotland. The post holder will lead the development and implementation of employability initiatives including: coordinating a well-established internship programme, designing a development programme for ESRC-funded postdoctoral fellows; relationship management/development with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders and partners; enhancing the visibility and impact of social science research; and, providing advice, guidance and support for all aspects of employability, impact and knowledge exchange for the social science doctoral and early career research community across Scotland.
You would currently be expected to work from home with a view to operating from the University campus (with occasional travel to Scotland-wide events) once Covid restrictions allow.
For the full job description and details on how to apply, please visit the University of Edinburgh webpages.
