Community Knowledge Analyst

Community Knowledge Analyst

UE07, £40,247 - £47,874 per annum (A revised salary range for this grade of £40,497 to £48,149 is planned to take effect from Spring 2025)

Edinburgh Research Office

Fixed contract: from 01/04/2025 to 31/08/2026

Full time (35 hours/week)

1 position available

 

We are looking for a Community Knowledge Analyst (CKA) to work as part of our Community Knowledge Hub team across the Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and St Andrews as part of our Wellcome-funded Institutional Research Cultures project, InFrame. The Community Knowledge Hub will provide bespoke pre- and post- award support, community building, knowledge-sharing, and critical cross-linking of projects funded through the InFrame Culture Catalyst Fund (CCF). The Community Knowledge Analyst will be a key member of this team working closely with the research community; a considerable proportion of this role will be spent working on several different CCF projects that will be led by various project leads in the research community.

 

The Opportunity:

The Community Knowledge Analyst role offers the opportunity to work across the three partner universities (University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow and St Andrews) on a wide variety of projects to improve Research Cultures. The role holder will work with staff and students at all career stages and in all parts of each partner university to evaluate data and generate best practice guidance to support community-instigated projects and wider institutional decision making. The post holder will lead on identifying, assessing and building bodies of evidence from a variety of sources to enable research culture project leads to make the most of their project and embed change into business as usual at the partner universities, working closely with other Community Knowledge Analysts based at the Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and St Andrews. 

 

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with a wide variety of stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and evaluation skills, and the ability to analyse both quantitative and qualitative data.
• Ability to quickly understand how to support projects effectively and how to tailor approaches to different project types.   
• Interest in Research Culture.

 

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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. 

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 right to work webpages (opens new browser tab).

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK. 

Edinburgh Research Office

Working in Edinburgh Research Office you will be part of a professional, supportive, and friendly team; at the heart of University research support, working in collaboration with academics and research suppor