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Temporary Deputy Director Data & Digital Services (Grade M2)

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
digital services, ensuring SFC’s data and digital capability delivers measurable value, supports evidence‐based decision making, and evolves in line with Scotland’s public service agenda. Key Responsibilities Set and own the strategic direction for SFC’s data and digital services, acting as the senior product owner … culture across SFC, building confidence in using analytics and digital tools to support decision making, and establishing the function’s reputation within the Scottish public sector. Represent SFC’s data and digital interests at senior level with Scottish Government, Skills Development Scotland, colleges, universities, and sector bodies. Manage ...

Project Manager

Hiring Organisation
Harvey Nash
Location
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Project Manager - Safety Compliance Improvement Contract: 12 months Location: Edinburgh (hybrid working) Harvey Nash's public sector client is seeking an experienced Project Manager. Key Responsibilities Lead end-to-end delivery, from procurement through implementation, go-live and handover. Manage public sector procurement activities, including business … project team, ensuring clear ownership, planning and delivery. Essential Experience Proven delivery of complex IT projects using Waterfall and/or Agile approaches. Strong public sector procurement experience, including compliance with statutory procurement regulations. Solid grounding in PRINCE2, Agile or hybrid project management methodologies. Experience managing third-party ...

Project Manager

Hiring Organisation
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Location
Edinburgh, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Digital Project Manager to lead the local delivery, adoption and transition to business as usual of nationally mandated digital programmes within a large, complex public sector organisation.The role requires strong coordination across clinical, digital, operational and governance teams, ensuring organisational readiness, safe implementation and alignment with national standards … governance routes. Risk, Quality & Readiness Proactively identify, manage and report risks and issues, particularly relating to: Organisational and service readiness. Digital inclusion and safeguarding. Public and staff expectations. System dependencies and infrastructure constraints. Ensure compliance with national frameworks for information governance, clinical safety and regulatory standards. Operational & Clinical Engagement ...

Project Manager

Hiring Organisation
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Location
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£400 - £425 per day
Digital Project Manager to lead the local delivery, adoption and transition to business as usual of nationally mandated digital programmes within a large, complex public sector organisation.The role requires strong coordination across clinical, digital, operational and governance teams, ensuring organisational readiness, safe implementation and alignment with national standards … governance routes. Risk, Quality & Readiness Proactively identify, manage and report risks and issues, particularly relating to: Organisational and service readiness. Digital inclusion and safeguarding. Public and staff expectations. System dependencies and infrastructure constraints. Ensure compliance with national frameworks for information governance, clinical safety and regulatory standards. Operational & Clinical Engagement ...

Site Reliability Engineer (Security Cleared)

Hiring Organisation
Profile 29
Location
Edinburgh, UK
already have UK Security Clearance (SC). Overview This company is a Workflow & AI Orchestration Specialist. They're on a mission to modernise how public sector organisations manage casework, derive insight from data and deliver citizen services. Theyre growing fast and looking for bright, dynamic people to help … Engineer (SRE) to join their growing platform and delivery teams. Youll help design, build, and operate reliable, secure, and performant infrastructure that underpins critical public-sector services. Youll combine your background in DevOps, cloud engineering, and automation with a focus on reliability, observability, and scalability. Youll also work ...

Principal Engineer

Hiring Organisation
TALENT INTERNATIONAL UK LTD
Location
Edinburgh, UK
resilience requirements. The role is accountable for shaping and assuring solution design, enforcing engineering standards, and guiding delivery teams operating in a highgovernance public sector environment. This role combines deep handson technical expertise with strategic oversight, ensuring modern cloudnative platforms are delivered securely, reliably, and in line with … integrating with mainframe or legacy enterprise systems in highvolume environments. Proven ability to enforce engineering standards and operate effectively within highgovernance, regulated, or public sector contexts. Strong understanding of Agile delivery, DevOps practices, CI/CD, and engineering lifecycle management. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with ...

Lead Product Manager

Hiring Organisation
Venesky Brown
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a Lead Product Manager for an initial 6 month contract with option to extend on a rate of £600/day (Inside IR35). This role will be based in Edinburgh, however, will … platforms, integration patterns and data‐driven service design, enabling the delivery of secure, scalable and insight‐led digital products. Desirable Skills: - Experience within the public sector in Scotland If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch. ...

Agile Coach - Contract

Hiring Organisation
Reed
Location
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Temporary
Salary
£450 - £540 per day, Inc benefits
Reed Technology is working with a major public-sector organisation seeking an experienced Agile Coach to support multiple teams within their Data & Analytics function. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in complex environments, enjoys working across diverse disciplines, and can balance hands-on delivery support … Understanding of what good digital and data service delivery looks like. Experience supporting teams building digital, data or AI-driven products. Cross-industry background (public-sector experience desirable but not essential). Genuine interest and experience with data and AI-led initiatives. Benefits: Initial 6-month contract, Outside ...

Data Partner Manager

Hiring Organisation
Smart Data Foundry
Location
Edinburgh, UK
insights products. The role is highly collaborative, requiring close partnership with colleagues who engage with external groups across academia, research organisations, and the public sector, as well as internal teams developing data sharing products and managing data operations. The successful candidate will take ownership of expanding our data … these into discussions with potential and existing partners, ensuring alignment between data sharing and broader social good objectives with academic institutions, research organisations, and public sector bodies Work with technical teams and internal teams to ensure data sharing products and activities align with partner needs and support product ...

DevOps Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Venesky Brown
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a DevOps Engineer for an initial 3 month contract on a rate of £500/day (Outside IR35). This role will be hybrid working. Responsibilities: - Liasing with IT Disaster Recovery Project Team … Azure DevOps tools expertise - Azure DevOps knowledge transfer and stakeholder management expertise. Desirable Skills: - Previous experience in development of IT disaster recovery scripting for public sector organisations If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch. ...

Senior Project Manager

Hiring Organisation
Harvey Nash
Location
Edinburgh, UK
Senior Project Manager - Change & Transformation Edinburgh (Hybrid) Outside of IR35 6 - 9 months A public sector organisation requires a Senior Project Manager to lead digital and business change projects. The role oversees planning, delivery, and governance across agile and hybrid programmes, ensuring value, quality, and strong stakeholder engagement. ...

Junior DevOps Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Sparta Global Limited
Location
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£24,000
technology, supporting graduates, non-graduates, career changers, returners, and ex forces personnel to develop exciting careers with our network of 100+ employers across public sector, financial services, and commercial. In 2024, Sparta Global was an awarded a King's Award for Enterprise for Promoting Opportunity, adding ...

Power Platform Developer

Hiring Organisation
Lorien
Location
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Salary negotiable
Power Platform & Microsoft Dynamics 365 Specialist 12-month contract | Outside IR35 £450-£500 per day Edinburgh | Flexible working We're working with our main public sector client on a major digital programme and are looking for an experienced Dynamics 365 & Power Platform specialist to support the design ...

Business Analyst

Hiring Organisation
Venesky Brown
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh/Glasgow, is currently looking to recruit an IT Business Analyst for an initial 6 month contract with option to extend on a rate of £450/day (Outside IR35). The majority of the work will ...

DevOps Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Harvey Nash
Location
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£400 - £500 per day
DevOps Engineer - Azure - Public Sector - Outside IR35 Day Rate - up to £500 (Outside) Duration - 3 months with a view to extend Harvey Nash's Client are hiring a contract DevOps Engineer, you will help in developing IT disaster recovery scripts for a set number of applications for business ...

DevOps Engineer - Edinburgh

Hiring Organisation
Lorien
Location
Edinburgh, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
contract Maximum 60 days to be worked across this contract duration based on rate shared at top of document. We're supporting our main public sector client on a mid-flight IT Disaster Recovery programme and are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to help deliver and validate ...

DevOps Engineer - Edinburgh

Hiring Organisation
Lorien
Location
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Salary negotiable
contract Maximum 60 days to be worked across this contract duration based on rate shared at top of document. We're supporting our main public sector client on a mid-flight IT Disaster Recovery programme and are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to help deliver and validate ...

Project Support Officer

Hiring Organisation
Venesky Brown
Location
Edinburgh, UK
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a Project Support Officer for an initial 6 month contract with option to extend on a rate of £250/day (Outside IR35). This role will be based in Edinburgh - However, attendance ...

DevOps Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Harvey Nash
Location
Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP 400 - 500 Daily
DevOps Engineer - Azure - Public Sector - Outside IR35 Day Rate - up to £500 (Outside) Duration - 3 months with a view to extend Harvey Nash's Client are hiring a contract DevOps Engineer, you will help in developing IT disaster recovery scripts for a set number of applications for business ...

DevOps Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Harvey Nash
Location
Edinburgh, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
DevOps Engineer - Azure - Public Sector - Outside IR35 Day Rate - up to £500 (Outside) Duration - 3 months with a view to extend Harvey Nash's Client are hiring a contract DevOps Engineer, you will help in developing IT disaster recovery scripts for a set number of applications for business ...

Network Field Engineer - Edinburgh

Hiring Organisation
Lorien
Location
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£400 - £425 per day
Months Rate: £400 per day (Outside IR35) Location: Edinburgh (Travel across Scotland required) We are recruiting on behalf of one of our key public sector clients for an experienced Network Field Engineer to support a major change programme. You will be a subject matter expert in networking with ...

Head of ABM

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
client is a specialist technology consultancy working within the software testing and digital assurance space. They support major organisations across both the public and private sectors, helping them deliver complex digital programmes with confidence. With expertise spanning software quality assurance, automation, AI assurance and large scale transformation, they work ...

Senior Recruiter - IT

Hiring Organisation
Morgan Hunt Recruitment
Location
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£25,000 - £75,000 per annum
Morgan Hunt is an award-winning specialist recruitment consultancy with over 30 years of success as a leading market provider across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. With established offices in Glasgow, London, Birmingham and Manchester, we are continuing our UK expansion with a new Edinburgh office … opening in March 2026.Within the public sector, Morgan Hunt is a trusted supplier to Higher Education through SUPC and APUC frameworks, as well as the UK Government, NHS and local authorities via RM6277 CCS, DOS 7 & ESPO. We also have a strong and established presence across housing, charities ...

Head of Data & Digital Services - Hybrid

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
public sector organisation in Edinburgh seeks a Temporary Deputy Director for Data & Digital Services. This role requires strategic leadership across data engineering, analytics, and digital delivery, with accountability to the CIO. You will own the data strategy, manage a multidisciplinary team, and ensure that data capabilities support organisational ...

Network Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Venesky Brown
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a Network Engineer for an initial 12 month contract with option to extend on a rate of £450/day (Outside IR35). This role will be based in Edinburgh, however, attendance ...