Edinburgh Science Foundationis an educational charity that inspires people of all ages and backgrounds around the world to experience the wonder of science and technology. Best known for Edinburgh’s annual Science Festival – the world’s first science festival and still one of the world’s largest – and for our Learning programmes that sees Generation Science tour Scotland and bring science to life in classrooms throughout the year and promotes STEM careers to teens through initiatives such as Careers Hive. An increasing worldwide element shares our content, passion and expertise more widely through an extensive portfolio of international projects.
About the Role
We are seeking a manager to provide high-quality staff management and project support to our organisation. This is an exciting and diverse opportunity to work onour largest UK projects: our annual Edinburgh Science Festival and our schools touring programme, Generation Science. The role is key to the smooth running of our busy programming and operations teams.
You will focus on the recruitment, training and management of the temporary staffing teams for Generation Science (Edinburgh Science’s schools touring programme) and the Edinburgh Science Festival. You will also provide some project management support, helping to plan, execute, and deliver these projects within scope, budget, and schedule alongside the Senior Project Manager.
- Interviews: 9-10 November 2026
At Edinburgh Science we welcome applications from all backgrounds because we believe that bringing together people with different perspectives, ideas and experiences always leads to better discussions, decisions and results.
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