Vacancies

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Opportunities for staff

The School of Informatics is ranked #1 in the UK for research power in Computer Science and Informatics Times Higher Education ranking based on REF2021 results. The School is consistently ranked in the top 30 world University rankings for computer science (26 in THES and 20 in QS 2023 rankings). Our staff are central to our success.

With over 300 academic and research staff, 130 professional services staff and over 2,000 students, Informatics is the second largest School in the College of Science and Engineering. The rich cultural diversity of our community reflects the international nature of our staff and student body: around 100 different countries, from Algeria to Venezuela, are represented among our staff. 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.

All our job vacancies are advertised through the central University of Edinburgh Jobs webpage.

PhD positions (Research grant-funded scholarships) may be advertised by the School (see 'Related links' section below) or on the websites of individual research institutes.

Research

Job title	Vacancy reference	Closing Date
Research Associate in natural language processing and machine learning (1)	10723	15 July 2024
Research Associate in natural language processing and machine learning (2)	10866	17 July 2024
Research Associate in Continual Machine Learning at the Edge	10792	23 July 2024
Research Associate in Deep Learning, Machine Learning Methods and Reinforcement Learning	10794	23 July 2024
Research Associate in generative AI	10864	07 August 2024

Professional services

Job title	Vacancy reference	Closing Date
EFI PhD Students Experience Coordinator	10677	16 July 2024
CDT Administrator (UKRI CDT in AI for Biomedical Innovation)	10835	22 July 2024
CDT Administrator (CDT for RespNLP, D2Air and MLS)	10839	22 July 2024