Gaelic and Community Relations Officer

Grade UE06: 34610 - 39906 per annum

Communications and Marketing Department

Full time: 35 hours per week

Open ended: permanent contract

The Opportunity:

The successful applicant will work with colleagues from across the University and with partners in other organisations to undertake key projects that ensure that Gaelic is a visible language on our campuses and its culture is promoted across Edinburgh. They will develop Gaelic-related academic cultural and social activities for our students staff and local community and promote these through the Universitys Gaelic social media channels. They will also play an important role in monitoring and evaluating activity against the objectives of the Gaelic Language Plan.

Working within the Stakeholder Relations and Community teams the post-holder will also provide content for the Edinburgh Local social media channels and attend meetings and events with city stakeholder groups as well as leading on the Universitys annual Doors Open Day programme.

They will also look at upcoming issues which could be of potential interest to the University and our community stakeholders from across the city and flag these to colleagues in a timely manner.

More information on the Gaelic Language Plan and Community Plan can be found at:

the full job description

How to apply

Please include the following documents in your application:

- CV

- Cover letter

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 including generous annual leave entitlement a defined benefits pension scheme a wide range of staff discounts family-friendly initiatives and flexible work options. Check out the full list on ourstaff benefits pageand use our reward calculator to discover the 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 ourright 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 Friday 13^th February 2026.

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm UK time. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.

Interviews will be held in February 2026.