The University of Edinburgh in United Kingdom invites application for vacant Research and Academic Positions, a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Research and Academic Positions at Edinburgh University
Job Identification13656DepartmentACE Catering Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeGuaranteed Hours (Open Ended)Apply Before03/19/2026
Be the First to ApplyWe are now recruiting for Food & Beverage Assistant to join the team for our restaurant in the new Edinburgh Futures Institute, opened in June 2024. This is a very exciting opportunity to join and be involved in the business from the early days. Based at the heart of the Meadows, in the beautifully renovated old Royal Infirmary, the operation will consist of a 66 cover, contemporary Scottish Brasserie, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner alongside a more informal Grab & Go takeaway offer served during the day. You will be responsible for delivering excellent food, exceptional service and maintaining high standards within both the café and restaurant operations. To succeed in this role, you will have experience in a similar high street, restaurant operation.
Job Identification13718DepartmentACE Catering Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeOpen EndedApply Before03/19/2026
Be the First to ApplyThe role will be based at our largest catering unit; The John McIntyre Conference Centre located within Pollock Halls. The John McIntyre Conference Centre is a 500-seater buffet style restaurant that provides approximately 28,000 meals per week during our student period and breakfast, lunch and dinner to our commercial guests year-round. As a Junior Sous Chef, you will support the operational service delivery to our students and commercial guests throughout the year.
Job Identification13748DepartmentCommunications and Marketing Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeOpen EndedApply Before03/19/2026
Be the First to ApplyWe are looking for a Sales & Information Assistant to assist in sales and information provision within the University of Edinburgh Visitor Centre & Gift Shop at 2 Charles St, Edinburgh EH8 9AD.
Job Identification13773DepartmentACE Catering Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeOpen EndedApply Before03/19/2026
Be the First to ApplyThe role will be based at our largest catering unit; The John McIntyre Conference Centre (JMCC) is located within Pollock Halls and will report to the Head of Catering Operations -Kitchens. The John McIntyre Conference Centre is a 500+-seater buffet style restaurant that provides approximately 28,000 meals per week during our student period and breakfast, lunch and dinner to our commercial guests from June to September each year. As Head Chef, you will lead the operational service delivery of food to our students and commercial guests throughout the year.
Job Identification13790DepartmentMRC University Unit for Human Genetics Edinburgh – Western General, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months24Apply Before03/26/2026
Be the First to ApplyWe are seeking a skilled bioinformatician to join our team. You will have an interest and previous experience analysing omics datasets – including single cell, spatial transcriptomic and proteomic data. You will apply this experience to perform cutting edge analyses to a range of liver disease and cancer projects across our research programme.
Be the First to ApplyWe are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to support the University of Edinburgh contribution to the Horizon Europe Clean Hydrogen project HyCavern, which is developing safe and scalable hydrogen storage in mined, lined rock caverns.
Job Identification13874DepartmentACE Business Development Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeOpen EndedApply Before03/19/2026
Be the First to ApplyWe have an exciting opportunity to join the brigade at The Scott Hotel, part of the University of Edinburgh’s hotel collection. We are looking for a highly-motivated, talented Sous Chef looking for a new challenge to help implement an exciting casual-fine dining concept at Bonnar’s. They will play a crucial role in the efficient operation of the kitchen, dealing with the freshest foraged Scottish produce for a seasonal and sustainable menu.
Job Identification13588DepartmentACE Property Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermApply Before04/30/2026
As a Summer Domestic Assistant/Cleaner, you will be responsible for servicing & ensuring our bedrooms and communal areas are cleaned, set up and serviced to hotel standards. You will also assist in the distribution & counting of linen, as well as setting up and maintaining supplies required to service rooms.
Job Identification13735DepartmentACE Property Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermApply Before04/30/2026
This is a fantastic opportunity to join our busy Housekeeping Team. We are looking for positive, enthusiastic, and dedicated people with a strong customer focus to help maintain high cleaning & housekeeping standards across our accommodation. As a Senior Summer Domestic Assistant / Cleaner you will be involved in distributing tasks to our teams of Domestic Assistants / Cleaners and checking that our accommodation and facilities meet our high standards of cleanliness. You will also be responsible for servicing and ensuring our bedrooms and communal areas are cleaned, set up and serviced to hotel standards. Assisting in the distribution and counting of linen, as well as setting up and maintaining supplies required to service rooms.
Job Identification13755DepartmentCentre for Clinical Brain Sciences United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months24Apply Before03/25/2026
As a Graduate Research Practitioner at the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, you will launch your career in clinical research, gaining wide-ranging experience: from directly recruiting people with neurological conditions to research studies and performing assessments according to study protocols, to managing data, and learning about clinical trial governance.
Job Identification13774DepartmentInstitute of Genetics and Cancer Edinburgh – Western General, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months18Apply Before03/18/2026
The Opportunity: A Postdoctoral position is available in the lab of Dr Kevin Myant to carry out a collaborative project to test and develop a novel therapeutic for the treatment of colorectal cancer. The project, sponsored by the industry partner Trogenix, is a collaboration with Prof Steven Pollard and aims to test the applicability to enhancer driven cell targeting in metastatic disease. The project will use patient derived human organoid models to determine how cancer cells respond to these therapies providing proof-of-principle of the applicability of this approach. The position is initially fixed term for 18 months and would be ideally suited to a researcher keen to bridge academic and translational/industry related projects. For more information, please contact Dr Kevin Myant (kevin.myant@ed.ac.uk).
Job Identification13832DepartmentEdinburgh Research Office Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months35Apply Before03/25/2026
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute significantly to uncovering and demonstrating the impact of the world leading research undertaken at the University of Edinburgh. Working within a team of research impact and engagement professionals based in the central research office, you will be associated with specific disciplinary areas mainly within the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. You will work with academic and professional services colleagues to identify, evidence and develop impact from research, creating compelling narratives for the Research Excellence Framework and beyond. You will contribute to a vibrant and collegiate research culture and environment, learning from and sharing good practice with colleagues across the University.
Job Identification13835DepartmentEdinburgh Research Office United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months35Apply Before04/01/2026
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute significantly to uncovering and demonstrating the impact of the world leading research undertaken at the University of Edinburgh. Working within a team of research impact and engagement professionals based in the central research office, you will be associated with specific disciplinary areas mainly within the College of Science and Engineering. You will work with academic and professional services colleagues to identify, evidence and develop impact from research, creating compelling narratives for the Research Excellence Framework and beyond. You will contribute to a vibrant and collegiate research culture and environment, learning from and sharing good practice with colleagues across the University.
Job Identification13838DepartmentEdinburgh Research Office United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months35Apply Before04/01/2026
Be the First to ApplyThis is an exciting opportunity to contribute significantly to uncovering and demonstrating the impact of the world leading research undertaken at the University of Edinburgh. Working within a team of research impact and engagement professionals based in the central research office, you will be associated with specific disciplinary areas mainly within the College of Medical and Veterinary Medicine. You will work with academic and professional services colleagues to identify, evidence and develop impact from research, creating compelling narratives for the Research Excellence Framework and beyond. You will contribute to a vibrant and collegiate research culture and environment, learning from and sharing good practice with colleagues across the University.
Job Identification13601DepartmentEconomics Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeOpen EndedApply Before03/16/2026
The University of Edinburgh’s School of Economics is seeking to appoint to a faculty position at the rank of Lecturer (teaching and scholarship track) to: i) contribute to and manage the delivery and organisation of Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes in the School of Economics; ii) contribute to the School’s scholarship activities.
Job Identification13693DepartmentClassics Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months24Apply Before03/20/2026
The School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for a period of two years within the Last Historians of Rome project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Council and based at the Universities of Edinburgh and Nottingham.
Job Identification13724DepartmentInstitute of Genetics and Cancer Edinburgh – Western General, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months36Apply Before03/30/2026
We are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Associate in Computational Genomics to join our team at the University of Edinburgh. This is a unique opportunity to work on a cutting-edge project involving long and short read genome data analysis from infertile men, focusing on complex variant detection and variant interpretation using state-of-the art computational and machine learning approaches. You will have the chance to develop and apply advanced computational pipelines, contribute to impactful publications, and collaborate with leading researchers both in the UK and globally. Whether you are looking to advance your computational skills or engage in translational research, this role offers substantial career development opportunities.
Job Identification13725DepartmentInstitute of Genetics and Cancer Edinburgh – Western General, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months48Apply Before03/20/2026
A 4-year and a 3-year postdoctoral researcher position in molecular/epigenetic epidemiology are available within the Marioni Group at the University of Edinburgh.
The School of Engineering seeks to appoint an Assistant Technician (wet laboratories) to cover a 4-month period of planned staff absence. This position will report to the Technical Manager for research within the School and will work as part of a diverse team of technical, research and academic staff through summer 2026 on site at Kings Buildings.
We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Natural Hydrogen) within the School of GeoSciences to support the University of Edinburgh contribution to the Horizon Europe Clean Hydrogen project H2-QUEST. The project is focused on improving understanding of hydrogen source rocks and quantifying hydrogen generation and release rates under subsurface-relevant conditions.
We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Geological CO₂ Storage) to support the University of Edinburgh contribution to the CETP-funded CO2SafeQuest project. The project focuses on improving the characterisation and modelling of faults and their behaviour during geological CO₂ storage to strengthen storage integrity and leakage risk assessment.
Job Identification13837DepartmentInstitute for Regeneration and Repair Edinburgh – BioQuarter, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeOpen EndedApply Before03/20/2026
The position advertised sits within the IRR Single-cell and Spatial Biology Facility at the Institute for Regeneration and Repair, a large multidisciplinary research institute bringing together scientists and clinicians working across regenerative medicine, inflammation research, and reproductive health. The facility supports researchers across the University of Edinburgh as well as external users by providing access to advanced single-cell and spatial transcriptomics technologies and supporting projects from early experimental planning through to data generation. The role is primarily laboratory-based and involves performing single-cell and spatial transcriptomics experiments across a range of technologies. You will work closely with researchers to support their projects by advising on experimental strategy, sample preparation, and workflow selection, and by carrying out the corresponding experiments within the facility.
Job Identification13840DepartmentEdinburgh Research Office United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months35Apply Before03/19/2026
The Opportunity: This is an exciting opportunity to contribute significantly to the successful development and delivery of the Evidence Exchange (EvEX), an ESRC funded infrastructure investment aimed at improving the use of evidence and expertise in public policy by creating opportunities for public policy professionals and academic researchers to learn from each other. The post holder will contribute to the design of initiatives, development of programme content and implementation of activities, and make the logistical arrangements for the programme in Scotland. The Project Coordinator will work within a small team at Edinburgh, coordinating with counterparts at University of Cambridge as the lead institution, hubs for Wales (University of Swansea) and Northern Ireland (Queens University Belfast) and for local government (University of Manchester), as well as colleagues across other partner institutions and organisations.
Job Identification13421DepartmentACE Property Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeOpen EndedApply Before03/11/2026
This is a fantastic opportunity to join our busy property team. We are looking for positive, enthusiastic, and dedicated people with a strong customer focus to help maintain high cleaning & housekeeping standards across our accommodation. As a Domestic Assistant, you will play a vital role in ensuring our spaces are clean, welcoming, and well-maintained. During the academic year, your focus will be on servicing bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens, and communal areas. Over the summer (May–September), we operate as a hotel, and your responsibilities will include preparing rooms to hotel standards and managing linen distribution. These roles require weekend working when required particularly during our peak summer period (May-September). At all times Flexibility is essential, as working patterns & locations may change in line with business needs.
The School of Engineering is seeking a highly organised appointee to take responsibility for the administration of one section of its undergraduate teaching programme. The post holder will work as part of a busy and vibrant Teaching Organisation within the School, and will have strong communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to plan their own workload, and will be able to demonstrate a high level of accuracy and attention to detail. Applicants must possess strong IT skills, including experience of Microsoft Word and Excel plus relevant work experience, ideally in an education-related environment.
We are looking for talented cyber security specialist to join the University’s Information Security Directorate within the Cyber Security Operations Team.
Job Identification13714DepartmentCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months12Apply Before03/23/2026
We are seeking a part-time Grade 5 Research Technician to support the day-to-day running of a busy academic research laboratory. The post holder will primarily be responsible for cell culture work, alongside contributing to general laboratory support activities such as preparation of reagents and buffers, autoclaving, stock management, and maintaining a safe and well-organised laboratory environment. This role offers an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a research-active academic setting and to work closely with researchers and students as part of a collaborative team.
Job Identification13394DepartmentACE Property Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeOpen EndedApply Before03/13/2026
This is a fantastic opportunity to join our busy property team. We are looking for positive, enthusiastic and reliable people with a strong customer focus to help us maintain exceptional cleaning and housekeeping standards across our accommodation and facilities. As part of our busy cleaning team, you’ll play a key role in servicing offices, conference rooms, bathrooms, and public areas. You may also be involved in cleaning and preparing bedrooms and communal spaces within our accommodation buildings. These roles require weekend working on a rota basis and have variable start and finishing times, typically between 6am and 6pm.
Job Identification13615DepartmentThe Roslin Institute Edinburgh – Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months36Apply Before03/13/2026
We are looking to fill a post for Postdoctoral Research Associate in quantitative genetics and breeding within the project OptiME. In this role, you will advance the state-of-the-art view on how to deploy genome editing in plant breeding programmes for simple and complex traits, including evaluating potentials, bottlenecks, and novel methods of prioritising targets for genome editing. You will work as part of a worldwide team of professional contacts in plant breeding and genome editing community. UE07 £41,064 to £44,746 per annum. Full-time, 35 hours per week. Fixed term: 3 years, or not beyond 30/6/2029
Job Identification13637DepartmentCentre for Cancer Research United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months24Apply Before03/06/2026
We are seeking a motivated and organised Laboratory Technician to join the Edinburgh Myeloma Genome Initiative at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh. In this part-time role (0.5 FTE), you will play a key hands-on role in processing bone marrow and peripheral blood samples from patients recruited through NHS Lothian, using techniques such as density-gradient centrifugation, magnetic cell separation, flow cytometry sample preparation, and DNA/RNA extraction for downstream genomic analyses.
Job Identification13765DepartmentPhysics and Astronomy – School Management and Services Edinburgh – Kings Buildings, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermApply Before03/20/2026
We are looking for a Mobile Laboratory Technical Sales Executive for the Edinburgh Complex Fluids Partnership https://www.edinburghcomplexfluids.com/ (ECFP).
Job Identification13616DepartmentThe Roslin Institute Edinburgh – Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months36Apply Before03/12/2026
We are looking to fill a post for Postdoctoral Research Associate in quantitative genomics within the project OptiME. In this role, you will advance the state-of-the-art quantitative genetic applications in plant breeding by using Ancestral Recombination Graphs (ARGs) and associated methods based on the tree sequence software ecosystem. You will work as part of an international team of collaborators across Edinburgh, Oxford, and Ann Arbor, and other worldwide members of the tree sequence community. UE07 £41,064 – £44,746 per annum. Full-time, 35 hours per week. Fixed term: 3 years, or not beyond 30/6/2029
Job Identification13673DepartmentLinguistics and English Language Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months33Apply Before03/19/2026
The Linguistics & English Language Department in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences are seeking a full time, fixed term Postdoctoral Researcher. This post is available from 1st of May 2026.
Job Identification13692DepartmentThe Roslin Institute Edinburgh – Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months36Apply Before03/12/2026
We are looking for an experienced Postdoctoral Research Fellow to contribute study the host genetic control on the rumen microbiota composition and develop microbiome-driven breeding towards lower methane emissions in cattle.
Job Identification13746DepartmentLaboratory for Foundations of Computer Science United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months12Apply Before03/05/2026
This project is about proving liveness properties, stating that certain goal states of a programme are in fact reached. Most prior work on this employ’s fairness assumptions, saying that if one tries something often enough, it will eventually succeed. Without making such assumptions, no meaningful liveness property can be proved. However, fairness assumptions are typically unwarranted, as the real world is not fair. This project replaces fairness with the weaker assumption of justness. This is still sufficient to prove meaningful liveness properties, and moreover warranted in most applications.
Job Identification13749DepartmentInstitute for Integrated Micro and Nano Systems Edinburgh – Kings Buildings, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermApply Before04/30/2026
The School of Engineering seeks to appoint a Research Associate in Digital ASIC design. This Research Associate position will contribute to the “ADIA2” project within the IMNS institute.
Job Identification13750DepartmentInstitute for Integrated Micro and Nano Systems Edinburgh – Kings Buildings, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months5Apply Before03/12/2026
The School of Engineering seeks to appoint a Research Associate in Wearable Sensor Systems for Optimised Compression Therapy. This Research Associate position will contribute to the “FlexiSense” (Cross-Institutional Impact Acceleration) project at the University of Edinburgh. This role is UE07
Job Identification13760DepartmentCentre for Reproductive Health Edinburgh – BioQuarter, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months36Apply Before03/13/2026
Be the First to ApplyAre you an ambitious Obstetrics and Gynaecology trainee ready to build a career as a future leader in academic reproductive medicine? This prestigious three‑year Rosetrees Clinical Lectureship offers a rare opportunity to combine high‑quality Specialist Training in NHS Lothian with protected time and resource to accelerate your research trajectory.
Job Identification13771DepartmentInstitute for Language, Cognition and Computation United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months18Apply Before03/05/2026
The School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh invites applications for a 1.5-year Post-Doctoral Research Associate (PDRA) to do research on benchmarking sparse, reasoning, and agentic foundation models, under the supervision of Dr Edoardo Ponti and Dr Luo Mai.
Job Identification13649DepartmentPhilosophy Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months36Apply Before03/11/2026
The University of Edinburgh’s School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is seeking to appoint a full time Teaching Fellow, on a fixed term basis, to its department of Philosophy.
The Centre for Electronic Frontiers (CEF) at the University of Edinburgh is accepting applications for an experienced Research Associate in AI for Electronic systems modelling. The position will be based at the King’s Buildings Campus.
Job Identification13611DepartmentVeterinary Clinical Services Edinburgh – Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeOpen EndedApply Before03/11/2026
The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies is looking for an enthusiastic and experienced clinician to join the Dairy Herd Health and Productivity Service (DHHPS). A competitive salary of £50,253 – £61,759 (UoE Grade 8) with opportunity for progression. This post is also currently eligible for a 10% Market Force Supplement on top of the quoted salary.
Job Identification13570DepartmentCentre of African Studies Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months36Apply Before03/16/2026
This position as Doctoral Candidate offers a salary and research funding to conduct a PhD-research project on state formation, epidemics and infectious diseases, including empirical field research in Uganda.
Job Identification13573DepartmentCentre of African Studies Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months36Apply Before03/16/2026
This position as Doctoral Candidate offers a salary and research funding to conduct a PhD-research project on changing patterns of vector borne disease (VBD) in humans and livestock animals in a frontier region of East Africa and/or Europe, including undertaking empirical field research.
