UE07: £41,064 - £48,822 per annum (pro rata for part time)
ISG / Applications Directorate / Service Management
Full Time: 35 hours per week
Fixed-term: 12 months
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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:
Join the University of Edinburgh at a pivotal point in our digital transformation journey. As a SharePoint Specialist, you will help design and support modern collaboration, document management and automation solutions that enable teaching, research and professional services across one of the world's leading universities. Your expertise will directly influence how more than 50,000 staff and students share knowledge, collaborate and work more effectively every day.
Working within our SharePoint Solutions Team, you'll enjoy a varied role combining consultancy, solution design, service improvement and user engagement. We offer flexibility, responsibility and autonomy, opportunities to develop new skills, and the chance to contribute to the digital future of one of the world's leading universities.
This post is full-time (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns, i.e. compressed hours or staggered start/finish time. This role offers a hybrid working pattern, with weekly anchor days worked on campus in Edinburgh and flexibility to work from home if wanted on other days.
What the job involves:
- Provide advice and consultancy to support our users across the University and advise users on best practice.
- Service support and delivery: anticipate, identify and investigate potential issues that could impact the service.
- Call queue management: dealing with active requests and incidents relating to the service.
- Documentation and user engagement
We are looking for someone with:
- Substantial knowledge of SharePoint online, Power Platform and related M365 applications and a strong understanding of the platform capabilities
- Good technical knowledge of Microsoft tenancy administration
- Excellent customer service, customer facing skills and enthusiasm for making things better for our users. You’ll be working with our stakeholders and users to help us identify the changes and improvements that are needed.
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
- Working within one of the world’s leading universities
- Interesting work
- Responsibility and autonomy
- Contributing to the work and purpose of the University
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How to apply
Please include the following documents in your application, when you apply online:
- CV
- Cover letter
We welcome informal enquiries about the role – to find out more please email Claire Bradford (SharePoint Solutions Manager) at claire.bradford@ed.ac.uk
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.
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)
On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore 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 20 August 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.
Interviews will be held week commencing 31 August 2026.
SharePoint Specialist employer: University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh is an exceptional employer, offering a vibrant work culture that prioritises equality, diversity, and inclusion. With over 400 years of history, it provides unparalleled opportunities for professional growth and development within a supportive community of more than 17,000 staff and 50,000 students. As a leading research-intensive university, it empowers its employees to drive organisational transformation and innovate in a dynamic environment, making it a truly rewarding place to work.
