Current Vacancies
Energy Innovation Coordinator
We are seeking an Energy Innovation Coordinator working across the UHI partnership to be based at our Thurso campus. The post holder will lead and coordinate energy knowledge exchange and innovation activity across UHI. This will include:
- Identifying knowledge exchange opportunities.
- Applying for funding and enable effective co-ordination and delivery of major energy knowledge exchange and research projects.
- Engaging with a wide range of internal collaborators and external stakeholders.
- Proactively developing and engaging in research that contributes to the strategic goals of UHI Energy Innovation.
For full details and the application pack please click here.
Energy Innovation Research Associate
We are seeking an Energy Innovation Research Associate working across the UHI partnership to be based at our Thurso campus. The Researcher will assist in energy-related knowledge exchange activities and support collaborative applied research projects as part of UHI’s Energy Innovation Team. This will include:
- Facilitating and contributing to new and existing research projects, utilising specialised knowledge and experience in own area to interpret and meet requirements.
- Disseminating information to industry, government and wider stakeholders through workshops/webinars for KE, research and innovation purposes, with energy academics from across UHI.
- Involvement with the preparation of accurate and timely documentation, reviews, reports and datasets, and where applicable contributing to publishable papers.
- Communicating clearly, concisely and professionally, including producing effective written communications in a wide range of media for a variety of situations/audiences.
For full details and the application pack please click here.
The closing date for both vacancies is the 5th January 2026.
If you have any queries about the application process please contact recruitment.nwh@uhi.ac.uk.
Net Zero Hub Mission
The UHI Net Zero Hub seeks to maximise the UHI’s contribution to achieving a resilient and sustainable net zero world. We are harnessing the range and breadth of our research capabilities, both in the UK and globally, to develop solutions that have a transformational impact on the prospects of our region, its economy, its people, and its communities – with collaboration, openness, respect, and excellence embedded in all that we do.
We do this by integrating and enhancing our UHI partnership-wide offering, through:
- research and innovation to drive technological and social change,
- education and training to provide the skills needed to deliver a greener and brighter future and,
- engaging with a broad range of stakeholders to develop solutions collectively
Net Zero Vision
‘Enable university-wide opportunity to engage with current and future net zero challenges and opportunities, and place UHI at the epicentre of this transformation for a just transition to the people, communities and economy of the region.’
UHI Research themes include:
- Healthy and Sustainable Communities
- Innovative Energy Solutions
- Healthy and Sustainable Ecosystems
UHI Net Zero research is based on our unique regional characteristics and strengths within the partnership, with a focus on research themes integral to the impact on, and ability of our local communities and economies to achieve Net Zero and sustainability goals.
By integrating our partnership-wide research offering we are connecting researchers nationally and internationally, integrating research with policymaking, business, and local government, engaging with students of all ages and supporting UHI’s decarbonisation and sustainability agendas.
