Programme Manager – Professional Development

Job title:

Programme Manager – Professional Development

Company

University of Edinburgh

Job description

Job Description:Programme Manager – Professional DevelopmentGrade UE08 – £48,350 – £59,421The Data Lab / College of Science and EngineeringContract Type – Fixed Term to 31st March 2025 (open to secondment agreement for internal candidates)Full Time – 35 Hours Per WeekThe Opportunity:The Data Lab is Scotland’s innovation centre for data and AI and was founded in 2014 as part of Scotland’s Innovation Centres programme. Through hubs in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, we foster innovation through collaboration, build skills and grow talent, and champion Scotland’s data and AI community.The Programme Manager will lead provision of The Data Lab’s Professional Development programme, which currently includes Online Learning, Continuing Professional Development (CPD), data Skills for work, and Executive and Leadership Development. Commencing a new phase of funding the Programme Lead will be responsible for leading a review of this portfolio to identify areas for growth and opportunities for development.The Data Lab will be one of four centres funded by SFC as Innovation Infrastructure for Scotland, the other centres are: Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST), Digital Health Institute (DHI) and Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBIOIC)The Mission & ChallengeAt The Data Lab (www.thedatalab.com), our purpose is to change lives and make Scotland a more productive and sustainable place by transforming the way we use data and AI. The Data Lab focuses on creating a highly skilled workforce and a closely connected business, academic and public sector community. Our purpose is underpinned by our values of Support, Respect, Innovate and Growth.Our aim is to turn Scotland into a thriving, data-driven economy by working and partnering across the whole Scottish tech ecosystem. This is an exciting opportunity to help us drive responsible and ethical innovation in data and AI for the good of Scotland and beyond.More information on The Data Lab’s impact is available in our recently published Impact Report, available on our website:Click for a copy of the full job descriptionAs a valued member of our team you can expect:A competitive salary of £48,350 – £59,421An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.To be part of a diverse and vibrant international communityComprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefitsThe 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.If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our webpagesThe 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.The closing date for applications is 28 May 2024.Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.About Us: As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.About the Team:The College of Science and Engineering (CSE) is one of the largest and highest-ranked STEM groupings in the UK. Headed by Professor Iain Gordon, CSE comprises seven Schools (Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, GeoSciences, Informatics, Mathematics, and Physics and Astronomy) as well as a national supercomputing centre (the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre) and the Bayes Centre for interdisciplinary data science and innovation. We extend beyond the University through many joint activities – for example we host the cross-Scotland DataLab innovation Centre, we are a founding partner in the Scottish Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre, and we are a partner in UK-wide collaborations including the Alan Turing Institute and the Rosalind Franklin Institute. Most Schools are located 2 miles south of the city centre at the King’s Buildings whilst Informatics, EPCC, Bayes and sections of GeoSciences are located in the University’s Central Area near George Square. The College has over 3,000 academic and support staff, and educates around 7,000 undergraduates, almost 1,500 taught postgraduates and more than 2,000 research students.

Expected salary

£48350 – 59421 per year

Location

Edinburgh – Midlothian

Job date

Thu, 09 May 2024 03:27:29 GMT

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