Job Description

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Application Development and Operations Unit

Open-ended, full-time 35 hours per week

The Opportunity:

Project Services are a specialist team delivering IT and business change projects with partners across the University. Our diverse project portfolio supports research, teaching and professional services. Our projects improve business efficiency, enhance student experience, maintain IT compliance and enable digital transformation. Our roles provide a wide variety of challenging and rewarding projects.

The post holder will provide project and programme management services for a range of Estates business activities including for example:

• Facilities and Space Management - Estates are undertaking a major project to upgrade our Archibus Facilities Management system. The work will include a review of business processes, technology customisations and data quality to implement a more robust and effective solution
• Operational Optimisation - Estates have many specialist IT systems supporting business activities including Building and Energy Management, Environmental Monitoring, Capital Project Management and Security. Plans are underway to upgrade or replace several of these systems to leverage the latest technologies, improve integration and optimise business benefits.
• Smart Data - This is a growing area which utilises Estates data and modern IT solutions to support evidence-based decision making in areas including space management, energy use, travel planning and student experience.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Extensive experience working as a Project Manager in a professional business environment to consistently deliver successful outcomes on a range of large and complex projects
• Significant track record of working closely with IT specialists to successfully leverage IT systems and technologies to deliver business benefits
• Experience working as a Programme Manager, or as a Project Manager on large projects, to successfully deliver multiple related projects or work streams
• Evidenced ability to consistently obtain positive results through leading, supporting and coaching multi-disciplinary project teams
• Excellent leadership abilities and communication skills to establish strong relationships and positively influence, guide and challenge project sponsors and stakeholders

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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 webpages (opens new browser tab).

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

If you want to find out more or have any further questions before applying, please contact Mark Ritchie, Head of Project Services at

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 10th October 2023

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 from w/c Monday 23rd October 2023

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