We are looking to recruit an operations manager for our new environmental archaeology facility and laboratories at UHI Orkney in Kirkwall.
The Archaeology and Environment Science (AEONS) facility is an AHRC RICHeS-funded project that will establish a world-class centre for environmental archaeology at UHI Orkney.
The facility will include specialist environmental archaeology and geoarchaeology laboratories for archaeobotany, palynology, zooarchaeology, malacology, histology and imaging of biological materials, ancient and modern soils and sediments.
The operations manager will be responsible for the management of commercial, research and training activities and the overall planning, control, co-ordination and safe implementation of contracts and programmes.
They will also be responsible for the logistics of the Facility, including managing and developing external relationships which contribute to the promotion and greater profitability of research and commercial activities, managing laboratories, and community and educational aspects.
Applicants should be specialists in environmental archaeology or closely related relevant specialisms, with experience of project management in a research and/or development-led context and proven ability in grant or commercial bidding, report/article writing and budgetary management.
If you are interested, you can discuss the post by contacting Professor Ingrid Mainland, on 01856 569000 or e-mail Ingrid.Mainland@uhi.ac.uk.
The closing date for applications is 11.59pm on Sunday, July 20, 2025, with interviews anticipated in the week commencing August 18, 2025.
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The AEONS project is co-led with Historic Environment Scotland (HES), in partnership with Orkney Museums, UHI Agronomy Institute, Glasgow University, Archaeology Scotland, the SCAPE Trust and the University of Southampton.
