"GIS Technical Specialist"

Job Details

Job reference: HUM-030850
Salary: Grade 6: £37,694 - £46,049 per annum, depending on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Humanities
Location: Oxford Road
Employment type: Permanent
Division/Team: Humanities Dean's Office
Hours Per Week: Full Time
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 17/03/2026
Contract Duration: Permanent
School/Directorate: Faculty Office - Humanities

Overall Purpose of the Job:

The University of Manchester is one of the largest single-site universities in the UK, with one of the biggest student communities. In total, over 25 Nobel Prize winners have worked or studied here and 93% of our research was ranked as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ by the Research Excellence Framework in 2021.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and proactive GIS Technical Specialist to join our dynamic technical operations team, which strives to provide a sector leading technical support for Faculty of Humanities. With a commitment to customer service excellence and a passion for creating, the GIS Technical Specialist will provide an agile technical support service to staff and students to support teaching, research and professional services. This is an exciting opportunity to join us in Manchester and contribute to the provision of a sector leading technical service.

As part of this responsibility, the post-holder will ensure that academics receive the support needed to update teaching materials to reflect any new changes to software at the start of each academic year. The post-holder will also provide ad-hoc GIS support to students in support of their learning, and support to academics in GIS-related research.

The successful post holder will be required, on a daily basis, to engage with and support students in a range of routine and complex GIS needs and enquiries. In doing so, the successful post holder will need to apply excellent communication and customer service skills.

The post-holder will be largely based in the Faculty of Humanities, increasing the technical support provision by working closely with the in-post GIS Technical Specialist, Technical Operations team, academics, students and the IT Services department.

What You Will Get in Return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers, and more.

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here.

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Enquiries About the Vacancy, Shortlisting and Interviews:
Name: Tom Bishop
Email: thomas.bishop@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:
Email: recruitmentservices.people@manchester.ac.uk