University of Edinburgh
Fellowships Coordinator - EvEx
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Grade UE07: £41,064 – £48,822 per annum, pro rata
Corporate Services Group / Edinburgh Research Office
Part-time: 21 hours per week
Fixed term contract. This is a temporary post for a maximum of 6 months, starting as soon as possible from 1st November 2026 and end date of 31st May 2027 at the latest.
The Opportunity
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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.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute significantly to the successful delivery of Evidence Exchange (EvEx), an ESRC funded investment creating a national infrastructure to widen and diversify opportunities for public and civil servants to take up learning and exchange offers from universities and research organisations. The EvEx project brings together a consortium of universities, partners and specialist organisations across the UK.
- This post will play an important role in the design and delivery of the EvEx Policy Fellowships programme within Scotland.
- The post holder will contribute their expert knowledge and brokering skills to understand the policy needs of the public and civil servants taking part in the programme, then find and match relevant academic expertise (from University of Edinburgh and beyond) for them to meet with.
- As the Fellowships Coordinator, you will work within a small team at Edinburgh based in the Edinburgh Research Office, as well as communicating with counterparts across the EvEx consortium.
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Benefits
- Working within one of the world’s leading universities
- Interesting work
- Flexible/hybrid where the roles allow
- Responsibility and autonomy
How to apply
Please include the following documents in your application:
- CV
- Cover letter
About the University of Edinburgh
A career with us has a range of other benefits that can be tailored to your lifestyle:
- 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 https://www.ed.ac.uk/human-resources/pay-reward/staff-benefits.
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 a Stonewall Proud Employer, actively promoting LGBTQ+ 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 https://www.ed.ac.uk/human-resources/demonstrating-rtw.
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The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They 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 20 October 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 browser's local time zone.
Interviews will be held on Thursday 29th October.
About the Edinburgh Research Office
Working in Edinburgh Research Office [https://www.ed.ac.uk/research-office] you will be part of a professional, supportive and friendly team [https://www.ed.ac.uk/research-office/work-with-us]; at the heart of University research support, working in collaboration with academics and research support professionals across the institution. The breadth of our remit means you will get an overview of research support activity while you build your skills in your specialism. Gaining new knowledge and skills to help you develop in this role and progress in your career is a priority. We offer colleagues a stimulating working environment based on our values of integrity, expertise, community, and collaboration. Our work is fast‐paced and intense; you will thrive here if you are motivated, customer‐orientated, and passionate about providing an excellent service to enable our researchers to do amazing work [https://www.ed.ac.uk/impact/research].
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