Total 4 Education / Training job vacancies in Dundee, Scotland

Research Funding and Support Officer
Full time, Permanent
Grade 7 (£37,999 - £45,163 increasing to £38,249 - £45,413 from March 2025)

Abertay is a modern university with a global outlook, rooted in its local and national communities. We have made our mark with high quality, well-directed teaching and research, and a stimulating and enriching experience for our students.
Research, Innovation and Enterprise Support Office (RIES)

You will join a small professional team and help drive the development of a newly formed RIES Office. The new RIES Office brings together staff, support and management functions from across the University, to provide an integrated, efficient, and coherent support and management service for the funding submission and award lifecycle. The RIES Office team will provide expert advice, guidance and operational support for the entire university RKE portfolio. The team will collaborate with the academic community, various university leadership groups and support services, to deliver against university and external key performance indicators to ensure the University’s compliance with major funders and government agencies.

The new RIES Office is co-located with the Graduate School team, who provide support and professional development opportunities to our vibrant postgraduate and researcher community. The teams are overseen by the Dean of Research and the Graduate School within a dedicated facility at the heart of the University. Together the RIES and Graduate School teams are central to the continued development of our excellent research culture and environment, supporting delivery of the University’s Research and Knowledge Exchange Strategy R-LINCS (https://www.abertay.ac.uk/research-overview/research-strategy-and-structure/), and achievement of its RKE ambitions.

The University now seeks to appoint a Research Funding and Support Officer.

Reporting to the Head of the Research Innovation and Enterprise Support (RIES) office, the Research Funding and Support Officer manages and supports all the administrative processes involved in identifying, applying to, securing and setting up external research funds. Acting as the main point of contact for key sponsors, researchers wishing to submit funding proposals and collaborating Institutions wishing to establish agreements, you will be expected to develop a sound working knowledge of the sponsors who support research within the University. Establishing effective professional working relationships with staff at all levels within the University as well as all relevant funding bodies will be essential to your success.

As a key member of the RIES team you will report to and work with the Head of Research Innovation and Enterprise Support to ensure accurate grant costings are created and submitted to the required deadlines and there is a smooth transition from pre- to post- award when applications are successful.

Whilst this role is specialised, you will, over time, be expected to gain experience in a number of other related areas such as research funding, finance, human resources and project management, and as such this is an ideal role for individuals keen to develop their career within university professional support services.

You will be expected to exercise initiative and will usually work independently, consulting with the academic staff, the RIES team and Head of Research Innovation and Enterprise Support as appropriate.

If you believe you have the skills and experience for this exciting and challenging role, please submit your application through our online recruitment system, which can be found at https://www.abertay.ac.uk/discover/work-here/jobs/

Committed to Equal Opportunities
Abertay University is a Scottish Registered Charity,
No: SC016040

The Judicial Institute for Scotland have a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to join them as an Education and Learning Manager on a full time, fixed term basis for 9 months with the possibility of extension thereafter.

You will work closely with the Senior Education and Learning Manager to deliver on the educational strategy and the educational philosophy of the Judicial Institute. You will be one of two Education and Learning Managers who operate in multilateral working teams and systems and will need to collaborate closely with various members of the Judicial Institute team.

You will provide learning support for the whole Judicial Institute programme of work; will have a role to play in following the full learning life-cycle in respect of judicial education courses and will be expected to think strategically and creatively within that role.

You will be involved in the planning, development, delivery, and evaluation of each course assigned to you and will work closely with the Operations Manager who manages all JI events. You will liaise closely with digital education and learning colleagues, becoming a confident user in critical learning technologies.

You should possess excellent oral and written communication skills. You will be part of a team at the Judicial Institute which has a critical role supporting justice in Scotland, through the highest standards of judicial training and education.

It is essential you have a qualification or equivalent experience in education or a learning and development related field.

The Key Responsibilities include:

Provide a key support role to the course directors and Senior Education and Learning Manager in the course design process and preparing programme and course outlines for each course.

Actively champion the Judicial Institute educational philosophy and the Education Strategy, internally (with the team and senior managers) and externally (with course contributors), and support senior managers to implement them and to deliver on strategic goals.

Be responsible for preparing and testing all learning tools and activities and become a power user of a suite of learning technologies.

Be the lead onsite learning support for courses which includes:

*attendance, virtual or in person, at all courses assigned to you
in-course support for all the Learning Suite facilities and the course contributors themselves.

*on-the-day course schedule and materials management
liaison with on-the-day event management support as required.

You will be the central manager of course workflows and relationships by ensuring all roles are appropriately coordinated and course related matters are dealt with in a timely, flexible and efficient manner. This will involve working in complex, multilateral work dynamics including:

*supporting Course Directors and the Senior Education and Learning Manager in relation to course design and planning, delivery and evaluation;

*liaising with the Operations Manager in relation to the pre-course and on the day event management matters;

*commissioning Legal Assistants to conduct legal research pertaining to specific courses;

*delegating to Course Officers in relation to course administration;

*liaising with digital education and learning colleagues in relation to digital enhancements to face-to-face courses;

*working with the Legal and Secretariat Manager on the development of online resource kits.

You will be expected to lead the course debriefing process, facilitating a 360’ evaluation of the course and highlighting areas of improvement for future course iterations.

Schedule and take responsibility for the upload of Learning Materials pertaining to courses to the digital repository and the Judicial Hub.

Take the lead on establishing on-going relationships with course contributors, ensuring that contributions are underpinned by our educational philosophy.

Establish and build a network of effective communications and working relationships with other divisions of SCTS.

Take initiative in anticipating and responding to course-related problems.

Develop a standardised format for course frameworks and materials with particular focus on quality and consistency of presentation.

You will have direct line management responsibility for one Project Support Officer (EO) post.

Applications will be accepted until 11:59pm on the closing date stated on the advert, 3 December 2024.

Interviews will be held week commencing 16 December 2024.

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Grade UE07: £40,247 to £47,874 per annum
School of Chemistry / IRR
Full time: 35 hours per week
Fixed Term: for 12 months (Start date Feb 2025)

The School of Chemistry is seeking a talented scientist to work in the novel and exciting field of super-resolution microscopy to characterise synaptic proteins at the nanoscale.

A successful candidate is likely to have experience with either advanced microscopy methods. Experience with single-molecule fluorescence techniques, programming (ImageJ, python, MATLAB, etc.) would be advantageous. The candidate should have an excellent academic track record commensurate with their career stage and experience.

The Opportunity:

Working with Professors Mathew Horrocks and Seth Grant, you will build on our previously published groundwork on imaging synaptic proteins in the brain. You’ll be based in the Edinburgh Single-Molecule Biophysics Group in the newly built Chemistry Hub in the Institute for Regeneration and Repair, and also work with international collaborators. The combination of academic supervision with milestone-driven research will provide you with the guidance and knowledge you need to develop your career. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to the future of medical science.

Your skills and attributes for success:

Experience with advanced microscopy methods.
Immunohistochemistry experience.
Experience with programming (ImageJ, python, MATLAB, etc.) would be advantageous

Grade UE07: £40,247 to £47,874 per annum
College of Science and Engineering / School of Biological Sciences / Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences
Full time contract: 35 hours per week
Fixed Term: for 24 months


We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in alga synthetic biology to develop systems for precise nuclear regulation of the plastome.

The Opportunity:

A Postdoctoral Research Associate position in alga synthetic/engineering biology is available in the laboratory of Dr Attila Molnar at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh. We are seeking a highly motivated researcher to take a lead role in contributing to the development of systems for precise nuclear regulation of the plastome in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. This is a collaborative project funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) involving University College London, University of Cambridge, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology and the University of Edinburgh.

The position is available for a fixed term of two years. For further information please contact Dr Attila Molnar (email: attila.molnar@ed.ac.uk).

Your skills and attributes for success:

PhD in an appropriate and relevant subject.
Track record of internationally competitive molecular biology research in microbiology/plants/algae.
Evidence of intellectual independence and creativity, and high level of organisation and high-quality record keeping.
Good team-working, collaborative and interpersonal skills.
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with colleagues and collaborators.