Project Officer - Student Voice

The University of Edinburgh; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A Scottish university is seeking a Project Officer to support the development of a new Student Voice Framework aimed at improving the student experience. The role involves developing initiatives and policies to facilitate student feedback and engagement. Candidates should have skills in qualitative data analysis, strong organizational capabilities, and the ability to build relationships with various stakeholders. This is a part-time, fixed-term position for six months, presenting a flexible work environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Comprehensive Staff Benefits

Family-friendly initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience of qualitative data gathering and analysis.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to balance competing demands.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build successful working relationships.
• Ability to work autonomously managing expectations and prioritising objectives.

Responsibilities

• Support the development of the new Student Voice Framework.
• Develop initiatives, policy, and guidance on student feedback processes.

Skills

Qualitative data gathering and analysis

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to work autonomously

Job description

Grade UE06: £34,610 to £39,906 per annum pro rata

USG / Academic Planning (Registry Services)

Part time: 17.5 hours per week

Fixed-term 6 months

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Project Officer to support the development of our new Student Voice Framework.

At the University of Edinburgh, we aim to work in partnership with students with the shared goal of improving the student experience. The Student Voice Framework Project is bringing together best practice from across the University and the wider sector to ensure students have clarity and consistency over where to direct their feedback, and visibility of what action is taken as a result.

This role will support all aspects of the Framework, developing initiatives, policy, and guidance on everything from student-staff liaison committees to course evaluation to informal dialogue between students and staff.

We are seeking someone with knowledge from student experience or student voice-related roles, and who can combine this with the ability to build strong relationships with colleagues across the University and work autonomously to deliver on the goals of the project.

This role is 0.5 FTE, fixed term for 6 months. Tuesday is a core in-office day for the team, but the other time can be flexible. Other arrangements will be considered.

Note: this role may be taken as either a part-time fixed-term position, or a part-time internal secondment for a current member of University staff (with agreement from the applicant’s current department.)

Your skills and attributes for success

• Experience of qualitative data gathering and analysis
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to balance competing demands effectively
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build successful working relationships across organisational boundaries
• Ability to work autonomously: to balance competing demands, manage expectations, and prioritise objectives, bearing in mind the needs of stakeholders and operational priorities

Desirable

• Experience of working within Higher Education context
• Experience of working in student experience or student voice roles

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Application Information

Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:

• CV
• Cover letter

As a valued member of our team at the University of Edinburgh 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 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.

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.

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 6th January 2026.

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We anticipate interviews will be held on Thursday 15th January 2026.