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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. 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.

Research Associate

The School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh invites applications for a research associate (post-doc) position in the area of large-scale analytics on emerging hardware.

Job ID: 12694

Apply before: 21 July 2025

Research Assistant or Research Associate

The School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh invites applications for two posts, which can be appointed at either Research Assistant or Research Associate levels, to contribute to cutting-edge research in machine learning for time series health and care data with opportunities for innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and career development.

Job ID: 12695

Apply before: 21 July 2025

Laboratory Manager

The primary purpose of this role is to maintain, develop, operationally manage and actively contribute to the well-founded Robotics Laboratories within the School, established as part of the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics. The majority of the equipment and facilities is based in the Institute of Perception, Action and Behaviour where the appointee will be based.

Job ID: 12768

Apply before: 22 July 2025

Research Associate

The School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh invites applications for a Research Associate to work on an ARIA TA3 project “Breaking Down the Compute Graph Step by Step: A scalable and modular simulation”. This project, co-led by teams from the University of Edinburgh, Imperial College London, and the University of Cambridge, focuses on the development of a scalable and modular performance simulation framework for future systems.

Job ID: 12721

Apply before: 25 July 2025

Marketing and Recruitment Coordinator

Are you passionate about organising events (online and in-person)? Are you an excellent communicator, capable of both thoughtfully planning your communications but also responding to changing priorities? Are you a team player, self-starter, excellent at managing your workload?

Then we are looking for you!

Job ID: 12790

Apply before: 28 July 2025

Contract type: Fixed term

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