Job Description
Grade UE08: £49,559 to £60,907 per annum
CSE/School of Informatics
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Fixed-term: 60 months, with option to convert to open ended
The Opportunity
The Advanced Care Research Centre (ACRC) is offering one proleptic fellowship for researchers with the potential to develop into leading research-active academics at the University of Edinburgh.
The Advanced Care Research Centre is an innovative, £20M multidisciplinary research programme operating across all three University of Edinburgh Colleges. Our research aims to improve the quality and sustainability of care provision and to reduce inequalities in care provision in order to enhance the quality of life, dignity and the desired level of independence of people living with multiple conditions in later life.
We want you to bring your strong track record of innovative research and/or translation to the role and the potential to make an outstanding contribution to furthering the ACRC’s strategic goals. We will consider all proposals which are relevant to our aims, but are particularly interested in people who can develop an innovative and novel independent research programme focusing on health and social care technologies applied to care in later life, or multimorbidity or healthy ageing.
This posts is full-time (35 hours per week) however, we are open to considering 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.
Your Skills And Attributes For Success
- PhD in a relevant area.
- Post-doctoral research experience, with evidence of the ability to obtain funding to support research.
- Recent record of excellent publications.
- Experience and achievement in teaching, reflected in a personal teaching portfolio.
- Good understanding of the potential non-academic impacts of the research and ways of engaging in order to achieve these.
Candidates are encouraged to speak ACRC leads before applying. Please direct any enquiries to ACRC Director Prof Bruce Guthrie
[email protected] , or ACRC Informatics Lead Prof Jacques Fleuriot
[email protected]To Apply, Please Provide
- a conventional CV;
- a two-page innovative, independent and novel research programme proposal relevant to ACRC aims (particularly if in the fields of health and social care technologies applied to care in later life, or multimorbidity or healthy ageing). Please include the following categories: outline of research plan or work packages, any critical dependencies for completion, what collaborations / networks you need to deliver this research, your route to impact, and your external funding plan for the work you are proposing.
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary of £49,559- £60,907 per annum.
- An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. 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
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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
18 July 2025.
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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
Informatics is the study of how natural and artificial systems store, process and communicate information. Research in Informatics promises to take information technology to a new level, and to place information at the heart of 21st century science, technology and society. The School enjoys collaborations across many disciplines in the University, spanning all three College, and also participates as a strategic partner in the Alan Turing Institute and, with Heriot-Watt University, in the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics.
The School provides a fertile environment for a wide range of studies focused on understanding computation in both artificial and natural systems. It attracts students around the world to study in our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, and currently has approximately 1000 undergraduate students, 320 MSc students and 350 PhD students. Informatics is one of seven schools in the College of Science and Engineering, at the University of Edinburgh. It is recognised for the employability of its graduates (demand exceeds supply), its contributions to entrepreneurship, and the excellence of its research. Since the first Research Assessment Exercise in 1986, Informatics at Edinburgh has consistently been assessed to have more internationally excellent and world-class research than any other submission in Computer Science and Informatics. The latest REF 2014 results have again confirmed that ours is the largest concentration of internationally excellent research in the UK. This contributes to our ranking in the top 15 CS departments world-wide according to the latest Times Higher Education ranking.
We aim to ensure that our culture and systems support flexible and family-friendly working and recognise and value diversity across all our staff and students. The School has an active programme offering support and professional development for all staff; providing mentoring, training, and networking opportunities.
