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Grade UE06: £34,132-£39,355 per annum
College of Science and Engineering, School of GeoSciences
Fixed-term: Until 31 March 2026
Number of posts: 2
The Opportunity
We are looking for two Data Officers to work on the new Scottish Climate Intelligence Service (SCIS) Programme at the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute (ECCI).
Interested in being part of a project that supports delivery of climate action in Scotland?
Join the Climate Partnerships team at the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute to work on the SCIS programme where you will provide technical expertise and support to Scottish Local Authorities to scale up and deliver climate action. The role will include providing support to the team in collecting and analysing datasets, helping to inform methodology developments for the Scotland-wide dataset to provide insights for local and national government policy, supporting the team in the creation and delivery of workshops, identifying and sharing best practice with the local authorities, and supporting other spatial data projects.
Job Description
Grade UE06: £34,132-£39,355 per annum
College of Science and Engineering, School of GeoSciences
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Fixed-term: Until 31 March 2026
Number of posts: 2
The Opportunity
We are looking for two Data Officers to work on the new Scottish Climate Intelligence Service (SCIS) Programme at the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute (ECCI).
Interested in being part of a project that supports delivery of climate action in Scotland?
Join the Climate Partnerships team at the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute to work on the SCIS programme where you will provide technical expertise and support to Scottish Local Authorities to scale up and deliver climate action. The role will include providing support to the team in collecting and analysing datasets, helping to inform methodology developments for the Scotland-wide dataset to provide insights for local and national government policy, supporting the team in the creation and delivery of workshops, identifying and sharing best practice with the local authorities, and supporting other spatial data projects.
You’ll be joining the Climate Partnerships team within ECCI; we are a team of 12+ working on various programmes to support delivery of climate action by private and public stakeholders across Scotland. SCIS is a partnership between the ECCI and the Improvement Service.
This post is a full-time position (35 hours per week). We’re a hybrid working team, with an expectation of working at least two days a week in the office in Edinburgh, and with the option to work in the office more frequently if preferred.
The salary for this post is £34,132 to £39,355 per annum. Please note that the successful candidate could only be offered between £34,132-£36,130, and any offer made will be dependent on previous experience.
Your Skills And Attributes For Success
* Strong data analysis and presentation skills
* Knowledge of public sector climate policy and/or delivery
* Adaptable in applying diverse problem-solving strategies
* Proven written and verbal communication skills
* Confident in working independently
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Application Information
To apply, please submit your CV and a cover letter.
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
* A competitive salary
* An exciting, positive, creative, and rewarding place to work.
* Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work conditions. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits
Championing equality, diversity and inclusion
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 right to work webpages (opens new browser tab)
The 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.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 16th May, 2025.
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 on the week of the 26 th of May, 2025.
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 School of GeoSciences explores the factors and forces that shape our world. The School aims to understand the world through fundamental curiosity-driven research and to support prescient decision-making at individual to global scales. We undertake world-leading research; offer new ways of understanding natural and social drivers of change; provide inter-and trans-disciplinary solutions; and work in partnership to improve livelihoods and explore ways to manage the environment that are both sustainable and socially equitable.
With over 500 academics, researchers and research students, we are the largest and most successful interdisciplinary grouping of geoscientists and geographers in the UK. Research activity is coordinated within three main Research Institutes – Global Change, Earth and Planetary Science, and Geography and the Lived Environment – and within smaller research groupings that reach across and beyond the School.
A distinctive feature of the School is the combination of academic strength, intellectual breadth and societal relevance. Our interdisciplinary research and teaching builds on established core disciplines (ecology, environmental sciences, geography, geophysics, meteorology, oceanography) to provide a variety of approaches to understanding the world (including, for example, system-scale modelling, process studies and the development of urban and social theory). The School’s research covers fundamental ‘blue-skies’ questions, as well as having application to key societal challenges including inequality and vulnerability; urban precarity; nature and cultural meaning; development and sustainability; climate and environmental change; energy, food and water security; health and wellbeing; natural resources; and natural hazards.
The School of GeoSciences aims to recognise and value diversity in our staff and students, and to support flexible and family-friendly working.
More details about the School is available from http://www.ed.ac.uk/geosciences
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