Job Description
Grade UE08: £50,253 - £61,759 per annum
CMVM / Deanery of Clinical Sciences / Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences
Full-time, 35 hours per week
Open-ended (permanent)
The Opportunity
We are currently looking to recruit a deputy facility manager to support all operational activities and service provision at the preclinical PET facility in Edinburgh. This role will work in close proximity to the head of the facility, Prof Tavares, in order to operationalise and implement service delivery at the facility. Day-to-day facility operations will be overseen by this post, as deputised by Prof Tavares. This is a full-time (35 hours per week), fully on-campus and open-ended position. The post holder is expected to provide expert contribution and guidance to all preclinical PET facility users. They are expected to contribute to the success of the University preclinical PET research strategic goals by managing all technical activities for preclinical radionuclide imaging programmes at the facility. We are looking to appoint a highly motivated, organised and resourceful researcher eager to develop a career as core facility imaging scientist with management responsibilities.
Your Skills And Attributes For Success
- Resourceful team member capable of troubleshooting complex and time-sensitive problems.
- Highly resilient and capable of maintaining a positive attitude when facing adversities.
- Capable of consistently delivering research at a core facility environment with focus on facility users’ outstanding satisfaction.
- Excellent time management skills and multi-tasking under pressure.
- Significant amount of agency while successfully operationalising and reporting on progress of deputised tasks by line manager.
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary
- 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, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. 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.
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The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. This will depend on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is
28th August 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
The Deanery of Clinical Sciences (Head, Professor Lorna Marson) has an international reputation in clinical based research through the combination of basic, clinical and translational science and epidemiological studies, and as a part of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, offers unparalleled opportunities for ground-breaking interdisciplinary research in the bio-medical sciences.
The Deanery comprises 5 interdisciplinary Research Centres: the University of Edinburgh/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences (Director, Professor Andy Baker), the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences (Director, Professor Colin Smith), the Centre for Inflammation Research (Director, Professor David Dockrell), the Centre for Regenerative Medicine (Director, Professor Stuart Forbes), the MRC Centre for Reproductive Health (Director, Professor Andrew Horne) – of which the latter three Centres comprise the Institute for Repair and Regeneration; as well as the Edinburgh Imaging Facility (Director, Professor Dave Newby) the Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility (Director, Professor Neeraj Dhaun) and the Edinburgh Dental Institute.
Clinical Sciences employs around 1000 members of academic and support staff and has over 550 Honorary members who contribute significantly to teaching and research. The Deanery is a major contributor to the undergraduate MBChB curriculum and has approximately 1000 registered post graduate students studying a range of PhD, MD, taught and research MSc and on-line distance learning programmes.The Deanery can be found at the Bioquarter Campus (Queen’s Medical Research Institute, Chancellor’s Building, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine and the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People), the Lauriston Building, Lauriston Place, the Western General Hospital and the Royal Edinburgh Hospital.
