Strategy and Operations Specialist; Maternity Cover at Digital Curation Centre

31 January 2022

Edinburgh

Fixed Term

The DCC is looking for a Strategy and Operations Specialist to join our team as maternity cover. You will work on and manage a range of projects in our portfolio, oversee the Directorate's events and conferences programme, and play a key role in shaping and informing the strategic direction of the department.

The Opportunity:

The post offers an excellent opportunity to work with a renowned centre of expertise in Digital Curation, Research Data Management, and Open Research. The post holder will work with the DCC Director at Edinburgh and the Associate Director at Glasgow to inform and shape the strategic direction of the department as part of the DCC senior management team.

The post-holder will work closely with DCC area leads to coordinate and manage the business aspects of the department’s portfolio of EC-funded projects, consultancy, training, and online services. This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop international networks through the DCC’s collaborations with top-tier research institutions worldwide and through the post's leading role in coordinating the Directorate's events and conferences.

The post has direct line-management responsibilities for one staff member.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Proven ability to manage and coordinate the activities of a team to ensure work is on time and to specification
• Experience of developing and working to clear project plans and delivering outputs as required
• Experience of international research projects and their management and relevant funder requirements
• Experience of budget development and management
• Experience of planning, coordinating, and running workshops and events
• Proven analytical and problem-solving capabilities (situational, interpersonal, and technical)
• Direct managerial track record is an advantage

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As a valued member of our team, you can expect:

• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging, and rewarding place to work
• Support to nurture your talent and reward success
• A competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, including a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, flexible working, and 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 gender equality. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for an interview, you will need to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.

Interviews will be held in the week commencing 7 February 2022.

The University can sponsor international workers in this role. If successful, international applicants requiring sponsorship must meet UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.

Application process: Please provide a cover letter highlighting your relevant skills and experience, along with a Curriculum Vitae.

For informal discussions prior to application, contact the DCC Director, Kevin Ashley, at