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 (24 in THES and 26 in QS 2023 rankings). Our staff are central to our success.

With approximately 280 academic and research staff, 100 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.

Academic

Job Title	Vacancy Reference	Closing Date
Lecturer or Reader in Systems Security	5977	02 February 2023
Lecturer or Reader in Software Engineering	5951	02 February 2023
Lecturer or Reader in Hybrid Artificial Intelligence	6064	02 February 2023

Research

Job Title	Vacancy Reference	Closing Date
Research Associate (Data Management Systems)	6209	03 February 2023
Research Assistant (Compiler and Runtime Systems Group)	6208	03 February 2023
Research Associate (Decentralised and private machine learning)	6213	03 February 2023
Research Associate (Distributing big quantum computations over small quantum computers)	6223	07 February 2023
Research Associate (Data Science for Health)	6258	08 February 2023