Job Description

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CAHSS - Business School

Open Ended, Full time - 35 per week

We are looking for someone to provide administrative leadership for and support the activities of two research centres, the cross-university Edinburgh Centre for Financial Innovations, and the Business School-based, Credit Research Centre.

The Edinburgh Centre for Financial Innovations (ECFI), in collaboration with external stakeholders, exploits the big data and computational evolution in financial services for societal benefit. Using a unique interdisciplinary lens combining the physical and engineering sciences with the social sciences, humanities, and the arts, ECFI engages in research addressing real world challenges facing society today, challenges that the application of finance and technology-inspired thinking within a truly interdisciplinary context can help address. These include, among others, the safe and fair application of AI/intelligent/autonomous systems in the delivery of financial services and associated security and regulation issues, exploiting open banking and related data frameworks to develop equitable and dynamic incentive-based data-driven solutions to address climate change, and addressing consumer financial insecurity and vulnerability. More information on ECFI can be found :

Founded in 1997, Credit Research Centre (CRC) is an impartial independent research group devoted to the study of credit. Its mission is to conduct research into theory and practices of all aspects of credit, and especially consumer credit, to the highest possible standards. It has an international reputation for the quality of its research and practical impact. To mention just a few key outputs, CRC has produced numerous academic papers, including 10 Special Issues of reputed peer-reviewed academic journals; 4 Impact Case Studies; 18 biennial conferences bringing together academia and industry; a great variety of impact conferences, seminars, round tables. The topics range from highly technical credit risk methodologies to wider societal problems, e.g. algorithmic bias, climate risk, financial inclusion of individuals and SMEs. More on CRC can be found .

This post is advertised as full-time (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering part-time or 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 Opportunity:

The Centre Manager will play a key role in providing management, coordination, marketing, reporting, and engagement support related to the Centres. The post will also directly support collaborations with corporate partners. In case of ECFI, in the first instance, a strategic partnership with a major UK bank.

Key responsibilities include providing planning and coordination, business development, marketing and events support working with multiple internal and external stakeholders.

This role is key to the smooth running of the operations of the Centres, it requires an outstanding individual with the interpersonal and management skills to work independently and confidently to successfully interact with multiple functions within the University and ensure effective systems and workflow in a fast-paced context.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Proven ability to perform, organise and coordinate support tasks in a busy team environment.
• Undergraduate degree in a relevant subject plus a minimum of four years of relevant experience, or 5 to 8 years\' vocational experience in progressively more demanding roles involving significant project management in an academic, industry or third sector environment.
• Experience liaising directly with clients/partner organisations.
• Excellent influencing, organisational and time management skills.
• Strong team player, with a capacity to complete projects independently and collaboratively.

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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 , staff discounts, , flexible working and much more. Access our for further information and use our 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.

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 (opens new browser tab)

The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office\'s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 18th October

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.

Interviews will be held W/C 6th November

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 aim of University of Edinburgh Business School is to be a world-class Business School within a world-class University. We are distinctive, fostering a unique coaching culture, where all students have access to coaching and much of this is facilitated by peer support leaders from the student cohorts. The Business School is focused on sustainability, aiming to anchor the UN Sustainable Development goals into our strategic planning and developing our activities in line with the University\'s target to be carbon-neutral by 2040. Furthermore we are actively participating in data-driven innovation which envisages Edinburgh becoming the Data Capital of Europe.

Based in the heart of Edinburgh, staff at the Business School are immersed in the vibrant life of the city. The Business School has excellent transport links including buses and a location that is only a 20 minute walk from Edinburgh Waverley station. In the summer we find ourselves with easy access to the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. For a breath of fresh air all year round, green spaces such as George Square and the Meadows are right outside our front door.

The culture of the Business School is people orientated and diverse; we have a strong Equality and Diversity committee made up of both academic and professional services staff and we are committed to the principles of Athena SWAN . We also support staff in a hybrid working environment and offer the possibility for most roles to work in a combination of on-campus and at-home working where suits both them and the organisation.

Academically, we are an interdisciplinary School with particular strengths in management science, leadership organisations and society, interdisciplinary accounting, corporate finance, climate change and sustainability, and entrepreneurship. The School is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) and the Association of MBAs (AMBA). This triple accreditation highlights the quality of teaching and excellence of research at the School.

Detailed information can be found at the School website at

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