University Website Support Assistant

Grade UE05: £29,588- £33,951 per annum

Information Services Group/Learning, Teaching and Web Services/Website and Communications

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Fixed Term: 2-year contract

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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.

The Opportunity

We're looking for a University Website Support Assistant who will be working with the University Website and Web Strategy teams to improve the quality of the University’s web presence and estate. In this role, you will support and enable the University web publishing community in creating, maintaining, and improving University-owned websites, by providing expert guidance to a diverse range of users. You will be managing and monitoring the University’s web estate registry, helping website owners ensure their websites’ regulatory compliance and performance. 

This role will ensure that web content meets University standards, accessibility requirements, and legal obligations, while delivering training, support, and quality assurance. It also contributes to continuous improvement by gathering insights, supporting the centrally managed platform’s development, and promoting best practice across the community.

You'll join the Website and Communications (WAC) team, a highly collaborative and supportive part of Information Services. We work in the open: EdWeb 2 and the University's Student & Staff Portal (MyEd) are both built on open-source software, reflecting the University's commitment to open software and data across its services.

You will work very closely with the Web Strategy team, actively contributing to the compliance, performance and effectiveness of the University’s large website estate.

We'd love to hear from someone with strong communications skills, having the ability to engage with non-specialist audiences and support them to make the best use of the University’s website services to communicate with their audiences. A key skill is experience working with data, from collection to management and their visualisation for diverse audiences, to support insightful actions.

People have always been at the heart of our work. Our people are at the centre of the University community and everything we do. We value colleagues 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 flexibility that works 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
• Opportunities to develop new skills and broaden your experience
• Responsibility and autonomy
• Contributing to the work and purpose of the University. 

This post is full-time (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours or longer breaks in the working day.

The team office location is at the west edge of the University’s central campus, in 5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL.

The role follows a hybrid working pattern, combining time working from home with regular time on campus: we ask that colleagues spend at least two days a week on-site, one of which is our shared team anchor day, so the team can collaborate, support one another and stay connected in person.

View the full job description (opens in a new browser tab) 

How to apply

We welcome informal enquiries about the role, to find out more, please email Jennifer Smith (University Website Team Manager) at Jen.Smith@ed.ac.uk. 

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 our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and 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 a Stonewall Proud Employer, actively promoting LGBTQ+ equality.

The University is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. If you have the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race.

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 (opens new browser tab)

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 5 November 2026.

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

Interviews will be held at Forrest Hill (In-person) on the 17th and 18th November 2026.