Scottish Funding Council

Recruitment

• Provide support to selection panels including advertising roles, setting up scorecards, invitations to interview, handling candidate queries and any other necessary assistance.
• Co-ordinate the onboarding process and administration for all new starters ensuring a positive candidate journey.
• Proactively manage the flow of information in and out of the recruitment and Applicant Tracking System (ATS) mailboxes, liaising with team members to ensure all incoming mail is acknowledged and dealt with within an agreed timeframe.
• Provide support to stakeholders across SFC to enable them to make best use of the ATS.
• Ensuring the team’s records and files are organised appropriately and in line with SFC’s internal policies for information management and GDPR requirements.
• Organise internal and external recruitment meetings and take minutes as required.
• Provide any other support to the smooth running of the team or the organisation that may reasonably be required.

Temporary Recruitment Administrator – Grade E1

Data Engineer

• Translate business requirements into technical specifications, roadmaps and deliverable data solutions, including data streams, integrations, transformations, databases, data warehouses, and business intelligence, reporting and analytical platforms.
• Define the data architecture framework, standards and principles, including modelling, metadata, security and data virtualisation.
• Support the Head of Data Engineering to develop and enhance standards and policies/guidelines whilst driving adoption of standards.
• Define data flows and data lineage, visualising which parts of the organization generate data, which require data to function, how data flows are managed, and how data changes in transition.
• Provide technical guidance and advice to help in the design and development of data solutions for data modelling and warehousing, data integration, and analytics.
• Provide direction and support to a team of data engineers and provide technical guidance on the data products.
• Develop roadmaps for both product related DE work as well as overall data maturity roadmap.
• Drive the design, building, and launching of new data models and data pipelines in production.
• Perform peer reviews, audits, standards compliance checks and due diligence as required.
• Report delivery progress and status to both internal and external stakeholders.

Temporary Senior Data Engineer – Grade E3

Cloud Engineer

• Provide technical leadership in the planning, design, and implementation of cloud-based applications.
• Manage and optimize IaaS and PaaS elements to deliver robust, cost-efficient solutions in Azure.
• Ensure the architecture of cloud solutions align with business requirements and application development strategy.
• Perform system troubleshooting and problem-solving across platform and application domains.
• Lead efforts to identify and evaluate emerging cloud technologies and methods to ensure SFC remains a current and modern Cloud based organisation.
• Develop and organize cloud systems to ensure data security, cloud backup, disaster recovery, and compliance with internal and external regulations.
• Implement and manage cloud environment using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Troubleshoot Microsoft Azure and On-Prem infrastructure, including network performance and security, and make recommendations for future proofing and performance improvement.
• Ensure robust documentation is delivered and kept up-to-date, including processes, controls and developments.
• Ensure existing IT policies and procedures are adhered to and enforced appropriately across the organisation.
• Proactively identify process improvement opportunities and support continuous improvement initiatives under your own initiative and direction of the Head of Cloud Infrastructure.

Senior Azure Cloud Engineer

Financial Planning and Analysis

• This fixed term role provides maternity cover within the Finance Directorate.
• Working closely with the Deputy Director of Finance and the wider Finance Leadership Team.
• Support project activity required to maintain effective financial operations.
• Ensure continuity of critical functions, including project coordination, data assurance, stakeholder engagement.
• Contribute flexibly across the directorate, helping sustain collaborative finance services throughout the maternity leave period.

Finance Policy Officer, Grade E2 – Maternity Cover

Manager

• Lead and develop the service delivery for designated digital products and platforms, including meeting SLAs, security and accessibility standards.
• Plan and deliver change using agile methods (Scrum/Kanban), maintain product backlogs, roadmaps and release plans and embed continuous improvement.
• Champion user‑centred design (Digital Scotland Service Standard) through discovery, prototyping and usability assurance.
• Turn strategy into outcomes, align roadmaps and investment cases to CIO priorities and Scotland’s public service reform agenda.
• Drive data‑informed decisions, define service KPI’s/Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) using analytics and feedback loops to prioritise and improve.
• Deliver strong governance risk management, aligned with SFC’s risk management framework.
• Manage supplier delivery to contracted outcomes and co-ordinate cross‑agency dependencies.
• Partner with internal and external teams to ensure robust, secure, cost‑effective digital services.
• Contribute to financial planning, benefits tracking and value for money across the portfolio of SFC’s digital services.
• Coach teams and senior leadership in agile and service management, promote an inclusive, learning‑oriented digital culture.
• Lead and develop pragmatic roadmaps that demonstrates SFC’s evolution in digital maturity.
• Lead and develop the digital project team.

Temporary Recruitment Administrator – Grade E1

Temporary Senior Data Engineer – Grade E3

Senior Azure Cloud Engineer

Finance Policy Officer, Grade E2 – Maternity Cover

Service Delivery Manager