Vacancies
With over 1500 students and 150 members of academic, research and professional services staff, Edinburgh Law School is a diverse, vibrant and inclusive community dedicated to providing research and teaching with local and global reach and impact.
Please see our current vacancies below.
We are looking for a committed and enthusiastic academic to join Edinburgh Law School as an Early Career Fellow in EU Law. This is a fixed term post available until the 31st March 2026.
The successful candidate should have advanced subject knowledge of EU law and will have either completed a PhD (or be very close to completion) in EU law or have equivalent professional experience. They will be expected to develop and execute a realistic and achievable research plan, and to play a full part in the collegiate life of the EU Law Subject Area and Edinburgh Law School.
The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to promoting the student experience and will contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, assessment, and supervision in the EU Law subject area, especially in EU constitutional law.
We are proud to be a diverse Law School. With over 1400 students and 150 members of academic, research and professional services staff, Edinburgh Law School is an international, vibrant community dedicated to providing research and teaching with local and global reach and impact. Our Law School would not be the community it is without our staff and students and we particularly welcome applications from candidates belonging to groups that have been traditionally under-represented in the subject.
Please apply with a CV and personal statement indicating how you meet the Knowledge. Skills and Experience outlined in the job description. We invite candidates to use their cover letter to highlight professional and personal experiences that maybe relevant to role. Law interview panels will take submitted documents into account when assessing applications in line with listed criteria, including acknowledging areas of potential impact such as caring responsibilities, family leave and health related matters.
Closing date for applications is Monday 20th May 2024.
We are looking for a committed and enthusiastic academic to join Edinburgh Law School as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in EU Law. This is a fixed term post available until the 31st August 2028 and part of an exciting new 4-year research project funded by the Leverhulme Trust entitled “Taming the Dark Energy of EU Law: The European Union’s Unwritten Constitution”. The successful applicant will be based in the Law School and work closely with Professor Niamh Nic Shuibhne and the project’s PhD researcher.
The successful candidate should have advanced subject knowledge of EU law with expertise in EU constitutional law and the legal dimensions of EU external action. They will have either completed a PhD (or be very close to completion) in EU law or have equivalent professional experience. They will be expected to develop and execute a realistic and achievable research plan, and to play a full part in the collegiate life of the project team, the EU Law Subject Area, and the Law School.
We are proud to be a diverse Law School. With over 1400 students and 150 members of academic, research and professional services staff, Edinburgh Law School is an international, vibrant community dedicated to providing research and teaching with local and global reach and impact. Our Law School would not be the community it is without our staff and students and we particularly welcome applications from candidates belonging to groups that have been traditionally under-represented in the subject.
Please apply with a CV and personal statement indicating how you meet the Knowledge. Skills and Experience outlined in the job description. We invite candidates to use their cover letter to highlight professional and personal experiences that maybe relevant to role. Law interview panels will take submitted documents into account when assessing applications in line with listed criteria, including acknowledging areas of potential impact such as caring responsibilities, family leave and health related matters.
Closing date for applications is Monday 20th May 2024.
The Edinburgh Law School is inviting applications from enthusiastic and customer-focused applicants to fill the position of Resources Assistant. Applicants should have recent, relevant experience of working in a varied, customer-facing environment, and a commitment to delivering a high-standard, professional service to students and colleagues and prospective colleagues. The Resources Assistant provides Estates, Reception and general administrative support in the School. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wishes to build up experience of working within a varied office environment.
The post holder will be a member of the School Resources Team and support the day to day administration duties to support operations activities of both the Estates and Reception functions of the Edinburgh Law School. The post holder must have the ability to build excellent working relationships and be able to work independently as well as part of a wider team. This role would suit a flexible administrator with office and customer service experience.
We are proud to be a diverse Law School. With over 1400 students and 150 members of academic, research and professional services staff, Edinburgh Law School is an international, vibrant community dedicated to providing research and teaching with local and global reach and impact. Our Law School would not be the community it is without our staff and students and we particularly welcome applications from candidates belonging to groups that have been traditionally under-represented in the subject.
Please apply with a CV and personal statement indicating how you meet the Knowledge. Skills and Experience outlined in the job description. We invite candidates to use their cover letter to highlight professional and personal experiences that maybe relevant to role. Law interview panels will take submitted documents into account when assessing applications in line with listed criteria, including acknowledging areas of potential impact such as caring responsibilities, family leave and health related matters.
Closing date for applications is Friday 3rd May 2024.
