Rowling Graduate Research Practitioner
Grade UE05: £29,588 - £33,951 per annum
CMVM / Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Fixed-term: for 24 months
The Opportunity:
Unlocking your career. Be part of something bigger.
With roles from hospitality to research, there’s a career for everyone at the University of Edinburgh. We can offer opportunities for you to develop in your career and make a real difference in the communities around us while contributing to the world at large.
Join the University of Edinburgh and you’ll be making a difference to everything around you. Be part of something bigger — where you’ll do meaningful work, grow and progress, be rewarded and recognised, and benefit from our strong commitment to your wellbeing. There are so many reasons to join us.
The University of Edinburgh is a world-class organisation. We are a large University covering a wide range of activities. In Professional Services, we support the University’s research and teaching, offering many career and role specialisms.
As a Graduate Research Practitioner at the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, you will launch your career in clinical research, gaining wide-ranging experience: from directly recruiting people with neurological conditions to research studies and performing assessments according to study protocols, to managing data, and learning about clinical trial governance. Working in a world-class, supportive, multi-disciplinary team, you will help provide hope through research to people with progressive incurable conditions such as multiple sclerosis, motor neuron disease, Parkinson’s, and dementias.
The Graduate Research Practitioner post will start in August 2026 and is for those who have graduated from an undergraduate degree within the last two years. This two-year role will be an excellent springboard for those wishing to work in clinical research or trial management in an academic, NHS or commercial setting, or in preparation for further study e.g. medical degree or PhD.
People have always been at the heart of our work. As part of the University, you are a part of our community. We are looking for people with drive, determination, and a passion for what they do. We are a place where everyone is welcome and offer a range of policies and benefits designed to support you in building the right meaningful/personalised flexibility for you.
A career with us has a range of other benefits that can be tailored to your lifestyle:
- Professional development and subject matter expertise
- Leading-edge research
- Interesting work and variety every day
This post is full-time (35 hours per week) at the Anne Rowling Clinic, Edinburgh BioQuarter.
Due to the patient-facing nature of the work, the post is not suitable for hybrid/off-campus working.
PVG will be required for this post.
Please note that for this post, some experience of clinical research, or care of chronically neurologically disabled adults, is desirable.
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.
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.
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates.
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.
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will 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 25th March 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.
Interview dates to be confirmed.
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Grade UE05: £29,588 - £33,951 per annum
CMVM / Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Fixed-term: for 24 months
The Opportunity:
Unlocking your career. Be part of something bigger.
With roles from hospitality to research, there’s a career for everyone at the University of Edinburgh. We can offer opportunities for you to develop in your career and make a real difference in the communities around us while contributing to the world at large.
Join the University of Edinburgh and you’ll be making a difference to everything around you. Be part of something bigger — where you’ll do meaningful work, grow and progress, be rewarded and recognised, and benefit from our strong commitment to your wellbeing. There are so many reasons to join us.
The University of Edinburgh is a world-class organisation. We are a large University covering a wide range of activities. In Professional Services, we support the University’s research and teaching, offering many career and role specialisms.
As a Graduate Research Practitioner at the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, you will launch your career in clinical research, gaining wide-ranging experience: from directly recruiting people with neurological conditions to research studies and performing assessments according to study protocols, to managing data, and learning about clinical trial governance. Working in a world-class, supportive, multi-disciplinary team, you will help provide hope through research to people with progressive incurable conditions such as multiple sclerosis, motor neuron disease, Parkinson’s, and dementias.
The Graduate Research Practitioner post will start in August 2026 and is for those who have graduated from an undergraduate degree within the last two years. This two-year role will be an excellent springboard for those wishing to work in clinical research or trial management in an academic, NHS or commercial setting, or in preparation for further study e.g. medical degree or PhD.
People have always been at the heart of our work. As part of the University, you are a part of our community. We are looking for people with drive, determination, and a passion for what they do. We are a place where everyone is welcome and offer a range of policies and benefits designed to support you in building the right meaningful/personalised flexibility for you.
A career with us has a range of other benefits that can be tailored to your lifestyle:
- Professional development and subject matter expertise
- Leading-edge research
- Interesting work and variety every day
This post is full-time (35 hours per week) at the Anne Rowling Clinic, Edinburgh BioQuarter.
Due to the patient-facing nature of the work, the post is not suitable for hybrid/off-campus working.
PVG will be required for this post.
Please note that for this post, some experience of clinical research, or care of chronically neurologically disabled adults, is desirable.
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.
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.
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates.
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.
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will 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 25th March 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.
Interview dates to be confirmed.
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