IT Opportunities @ QMU

Using Agile and Waterfall principles, you will be working on a wide range of projects to enhance the experience and efficiency of key solutions used within the university.

With a great deal of autonomy in solution design and implementation, you will work closely with the end users to deliver quality solutions. 

You will also be part of a team working on larger projects and have the opportunity to input your ideas and experiences to influence the outcome of those projects. 

The toolset used will be primarily C#, HTML and JavaScript to build browser-based solutions.

There are excellent opportunities to learn other technologies including Power BI, SharePoint, and SQL Server. Further opportunities include building APIs to integrate systems and create solutions that bring various Microsoft technologies together to resolve complex problems.

You will also be involved in supporting diverse systems and you will learn from colleagues on a wide range of applications.

£40,280 to £45,309 - Inclusive of 14% Market Supplement.

You will be managing the universities website in Umbraco Cloud.

Working closely with colleagues in Marketing and other functions within the university, you will guide the development of the website to meet changing needs and audiences.

Integrating with other systems and databases, you will allow the website to become more dynamic improving the experience of prospective students.

Your skills in C#, HTML, JavaScript and CSS will allow you to enhance our website in robustness and availability, as well as functionality and design.

Opportunities to gain knowledge on Power BI and SQL Server will give you the skills to drive our website forward and integrate it with other university systems.

You will also be given the opportunity to advance your skills in Umbraco and C# through training programs.

£40,280 to £45,309 - Inclusive of 14% Market Supplement.

You will be managing a network of SQL Servers which provide data to a large number of internal and third-party systems and are essential to the successful; operation of the university.

Managing availability and performance will be key to your success, as well as ensuring that the universities data is secure.

You will have the autonomy to design a complex array of interfaces which integrate data through a number of internal and third-party applications.

In addition, there will be opportunities to learn other systems such as SharePoint and Power BI as well as working with cloud based systems as we move our databases over to Azure.

If you have C# skills you will have the opportunity to design and implement C# solutions within SQL Server and if not there will be opportunities to learn C# within the database role.

£42,400 to £47,694 - Inclusive of 20% Market Supplement.

If you can see yourself in one of the above roles, we’d love to hear from you.

Informal Chat – Reach out to David at dmacleman@qmu.ac.uk
Application – Send your CV and brief covering note to David at the same address.

The application process will be a technical interview along with a conversation about your background, experience and career aspirations. We can do online but prefer Face to Face.

That will also give you an opportunity to see the campus.

Apart from working with a great team, there are many reasons you might want to join us.

Hybrid working is available. Though there will be times when you’ll need to be on campus for team meetings, project meetings etc.

We’ll provide equipment to allow you to be fully productive from day one at home.

Generous holidays - 31 days plus 8 days closed at Christmas

Pension - Career salary average pension.

Training budget for ongoing CPD.

For successful candidates, we pride ourselves on providing a thorough and welcoming onboarding and induction process. Our induction process is designed to help people feel part of our QMU community. You’ll feel part of the team from day one.

Much more information at this link - Working Life at QMU | Vacancies | Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

We aim to shape a better world through education, research and innovation. In doing so, we enable individuals and communities to flourish.

Our person-centred approach to learning makes us stand out from other universities, along with our focus on making society better. Our academic offering also distinguishes us.

Outward looking, we have a strong ethos of partnership and collaboration. At our modern campus, we benefit from easy access to the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland’s vibrant and historic capital city.

We are pioneers in inclusiveness and we embrace people from all backgrounds.

We see our purpose as helping to create a better society through education, research and innovation, and by providing a supportive and creative learning environment in which students and staff can thrive.

In seeking to fulfil this purpose, we are clear and realistic about our strengths, focused on strategic goals, persistent in pursuing opportunities and overcoming barriers, and guided by our values

We are a university that is modern in our outlook and facilities but with a maturity built on a long history of serving the community, both locally and globally, and enhancing its wellbeing. We work in a transparent and inclusive manner and hold to core values in everything we do.

We value social justice: In fact, it underpins our world view. We embrace equality, diversity, inclusion, respect, and supporting our communities. Opportunities and access are open to all and on a fair basis.

We value environmental sustainability: We recognise the severe threats to our environment and will be a sector leader in response. Our modern campus is a great asset in this work.

We value the individual and encourage collective support: Each member of staff and each student has their own journey to make and their own contribution to give. Queen Margaret University provides the supportive environment to facilitate this.

We value intellectual curiosity and the journey of discovery: We design our teaching and research to facilitate this.

We value ambition: We inspire our students and staff to achieve the best that they can. We pursue opportunities, often in partnership and collaboration with others, to transform and influence society for the better and enhance our visibility within the higher education sector and the wider economy.

We value excellence: This is embedded in our research, teaching and learning, knowledge exchange and the services we provide. It will be exemplified in the experience of our students, staff and partners.

Your contractual place of work will be our QMU Campus in Musselburgh. Following consultation with key stakeholders including staff, the University has developed an approach to hybrid working.

At QMU we define hybrid working as an informal and variable working arrangement where, within agreed parameters, a member of staff works some of their time at home, or at another agreed remote location, and some of their time on campus.

Aspects of these roles focus on supporting and enhancing the student experience, parts of this are best done on campus.

There is however scope for an element of remote working, finding a balance that works for the University and for you with most colleagues enjoying a mix of home and campus working if they wish to.

Patterns of hybrid work may vary according to the demands of the academic cycle.