Karaganda Buketov University

We have an exciting opportunity for a Procurement Category Manager to join the University of Surrey’s Finance team, playing a pivotal role in developing and delivering the University’s procurement strategy for estates-related goods, services, and capital projects. The role focuses on driving value for money, managing risk, and ensuring compliance, while building strong, commercially effective supplier partnerships that support the University’s long-term estates and sustainability objectives. The role Working in close collaboration with estates teams, project managers, and key stakeholders to understand operational and project-specific requirements, you will enable the delivery of fit-for-purpose procurement solutions that improve asset performance, project outcomes, and lifecycle value. While the primary focus is estates, construction, maintenance, and facilities management, the role may also support wider University procurement initiatives as required.  Key responsibilities will include: Developing and delivering the Estates category strategy Establishing and managing effective framework agreements Providing commercial leadership and stakeholder influence Leading complex sourcing, tendering, and negotiations Driving commercial value and performance improvement Improving supplier management, standardisation, and systems Ensuring governance, contracts, and capability development About you The role requires a solid understanding of capital works projects, including construction, refurbishment programmes, and infrastructure maintenance. Flexibility of approach is essential, as is the ability to demonstrate strong leadership and collaboration with internal colleagues and other stakeholders to define and agree specific role responsibilities. You will also have: Highly developed knowledge of procurement principles and practices, particularly Estates Facilities and Commercial Services related procurement Significant experience in managing complex procurements in a services organisation, including advertising, tendering, contract drafting, negotiation and managing supplier relationships Strong operational knowledge of JCT and NEC suite of contracts The proven ability to lead procurement related business improvement and organisational change projects What we can offer In addition to a competitive salary you will receive 25 days annual leave, with additional days for Bank Holidays and University closure days. We offer a generous pension, flexible working options, access to world-class leisure facilities, a range of travel schemes and supportive family friendly benefits including an excellent on-site nursery. How to apply To apply please upload your CV and cover letter to the University website. Informal enquiries should be directed to Nick Jones via n.p.jones@surrey.ac.uk  Please note, we are not looking for any external agency support on this role at this time. The University of Surrey is committed to providing an inclusive environment that offers equal opportunities for all. We value everyone in our community and are seeking to increase the diversity. Therefore, we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups, such as people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and people with disabilities.  Further details Job Description

The School of Government and International Affairs (SGIA) at Durham University seeks to appoint an exceptional scholar as an Assistant Professor with research and teaching expertise in Middle East Politics with a focus on the Arab world. Applicants with research and teaching expertise in the politics, political economy, or security of the Middle East, with a particular focus on the Arab states, are encouraged to apply. We particularly welcome applications from candidates whose research engages with state-society relations in the Arab world, with a particular focus on the Gulf. This may include (but is not limited to) governance and authoritarian resilience; political legitimacy, contestation, and repression; civic mobilisation and social movements; political participation and representation; public policy, welfare and service provision; identity politics and social cohesion; gender and the changing dynamics of citizenship, rights, and belonging. Applicants whose work addresses the intersection of domestic politics with major global and regional challenges of the Arab world are also strongly encouraged to apply. Relevant themes may include the international relations of the Middle East, politics of energy transition, climate governance, and environmental sustainability; migration, displacement, and demographic change; security governance and militarisation; and the international political economy of the Arab world. This post offers an exciting opportunity to make a major contribution to the development of internationally excellent research and teaching while allowing unrivalled opportunities to progress and embed your career in an exciting and progressive institution. For more information, please visit our School page at School of Government and International Affairs - Durham University as well as the web page of the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (IMEIS) atInstitute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies - Durham University The successful candidate will benefit from individual research support funding, access to SGIA and University-wide research funding and be entitled to apply for sabbatical leave on a basis of one term of leave in each seven terms of service. SGIA and Durham University provides high-quality administrative support to assist with applications for research funding, to facilitate research-based engagement and impact work with non-academic communities, and to enable the introduction and dissemination of new educational practice. The successful candidate will get involved in the development of our research community in Middle East politics, including its connections with other Durham departments and other institutions, and innovative educational practice to enhance the learning experience of both undergraduate and postgraduate students, including PhD candidates. Among other EDI initiatives, the department is currently in the process of diversifying its curriculum, and this is a project we would be keen on the post-holder to contribute to. For more information, please visit our department pages at www.dur.ac.uk/sgia/

The University of Surrey is a global university with a world-class research profile and an enterprising and forward-thinking spirit, committed to research and innovation excellence and to benefitting the economy, society and the environment. Our researchers practise their excellence against the backdrop of our broad spectrum of technological, human, health and social sciences, and their uncommonly strong linkages forged in an integrated campus culture of cooperation. The Centre for Translation Studies (CTS) is dedicated to cutting-edge research, scholarship and teaching in translation, and related modalities of intra-lingual, cross-lingual and cross-modal communication, including modalities aimed at enhancing accessible communication. Since our foundation in 1982, we have contributed to the theoretical advancement of translation and interpreting studies, whilst achieving real-world applicability by studying translation and interpreting as socio-technological practices, highlighting their economic and social value and their role as an enabling force for a globally connected world. The role The Centre for Translation Studies (CTS) at University of Surrey is seeking a Research assistant in natural language processing for accessible science to contribute to the Terminology-Aware Machine Translation for Accessible Science (TaMTAS) project. The project is funded by EPSRC under the CHIST-ERA Call 2025: Science in Your Own Language. Bridging Machine Translation, Natural Language Processing, and scientific expertise, this project addresses the urgent need for accurate and accessible scientific communication by enabling multilingual access to scientific knowledge. It challenges the dominance of English in scientific dissemination and aims to empower both researchers and the general public to engage with science in their native languages. The project brings together an outstanding international consortium, including collaborators from Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Dublin City University and the University of Tartu. The appointed person will contribute mainly to WP4 (Terminology-aware Quality Estimation and Automatic Post-Editing (APE)) which will develop models capable of identifying and characterizing terminological errors, their span, and severity, focusing on critical domain errors. They will also contribute to WP5 (Text Augmentation) which will enhance scientific content for accessibility and educational reuse. The project will require collaboration with the partners of the project, preparation and presentation of research results. For this reason, the appointed candidate is expected to have good communication skills. About you We are seeking a Graduate Researcher with background in natural language processing, computational linguistics or related discipline to join the multidisciplinary team working on the project. The successful candidate will have experience with machine translation, text accessibility and the use of large language models (LLMs) in evaluation, as well as good programming skills. Familiarity with the use of LLMs for quality estimation like the GEMBA prompt is desirable. Knowledge of any of the languages of the consortium in addition to English (Spanish, Catalan, Estonian or Irish) would be a bonus. This is a part-time position available for 2 years with the possibility of extension till the end of the project (31/01/2029). How to apply To apply for this role, please upload a CV and submit a cover letter via the University website. In your cover letter, please make sure you explain why you are suitable for the job. Informal questions can be sent to Prof Constantin Orasan (C.Orasan@surrey.ac.uk) Further details Job Description