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Head of Professional Learning and Education Programmes


Job Location:

Edinburgh - UK

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 14 May 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 14 August 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy
The job posting is outdated and position may be filled

Job Summary

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Head of Professional Learning and Education Programmes
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The Data Lab / College of Science and Engineering
Full Time

The Opportunity:

Where passion meets purpose. Be part of something bigger.

We offer careers and roles injust about everyarea you can think of. Whether youre looking to take the next step in your current specialism explore a new challenge or broaden your experience we offer opportunities where you can flourish and make a real difference. Our people come from a wide range of backgrounds each bringing their abilities and experiences to our organisation helping us thrive and innovate together.

The Head of Professional Learning and Education Programmes is a member of The Data Lab Leadership Team and is responsible for leading and managing all aspects of the design development and delivery of Professional Learning and Educational portfolio aligned to the vision; purpose and strategic direction of The Data Lab.

The Data Lab is Scotlands Innovation Centre for Data and AI. The Data Lab was founded in 2014 as part of Scotlands Innovation Centres programme. Through hubs across Scotland we foster innovation through collaboration build skills and grow talent and champion Scotlands data science community. At The Data Lab we live by our values of Support Respect Innovate and Growth. We are a place where everyone is welcome and offer a range of policies and benefits designed to support you in building the right meaningfulflexibilitythat worksfor you

This post is full-time (35 hours per week); We are open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working

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How to apply

Please include the following documents in your application:

- CV

- Cover letter

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

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(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.




Required Experience:

Director


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