Research Coordinator

Full Time: 35 hours per week

Fixed term: from as soon as possible until 31 July 2031

The Opportunity:

Join the University of Edinburgh and you’ll be making a difference to everything around you. Be part of something bigger — where you’ll do meaningful work, grow and progress, be rewarded and recognised, and benefit from our strong commitment to your wellbeing. There are so many reasons to join us.

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.

Based in The University of Edinburgh’s Usher Institute/School of Population Health, Generation Scotland is a prestigious, high profile, dynamic programme, supporting interdisciplinary projects in health data science. The Research Coordinator is key role in the Generation Scotland Team. This is a challenging role with significant and varied responsibilities, requiring creating and managing complex processes to the highest information governance standards including communication, research ethics, data access applications, documentation, and finance tracking.

Informal enquiries may be directed to Robin Flaig (robin.flaig@ed.ac.uk)

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:

• Working within one of the world’s leading universities;
• Cross University opportunities;
• Responsibility and autonomy;
• Variety every day. 

This post is fixed term and full time; however, we are open to considering 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 post would commence as soon as possible.

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