Biography
Morag began her career at Edinburgh Napier University in October 2015 as Business Operations Officer for the Edinburgh Institute of Leadership and Management Practice and in April 2016 took up the post of Business Operations Manager. This role mainly involved financial management and reporting, project management, supporting business development colleagues and line management of the team of EI administrators. Morag then moved in to a position in the HR department supporting the team whilst the new recruitment team was being developed. She then moved to the School Support Service where she worked as a School Operations Officer managing the day to day operations for SEBE, SACI, and SoC (as was). Morag moved to RIE in 2021 and took up her current role of External Project Officer. Within this role Morag manages the post award administration for SACI, but primarily is the project officer for three externally funded projects R1626 (HCI Skills Development ), R1699 DDI, and R2744 (and R2089 before) NHS NSS.
Prior to working at ENU Morag spent eight years at the University of Edinburgh; six years as Resources Administrative Officer at Edinburgh Law School where she was responsible for the management of all School resources; financial, HR, estates and associated projects. Morag then moved to the School of History, Classics and Archaeology where she spent two years as Deputy Director of Professional Service. This role again involved the management of School resources as well as management of the Research and Knowledge Exchange Office. In this role she reviewed all processes within her remit and undertook a complete restructuring exercise of the School Office team. This resulted in the establishment of numerous streamlined processes and the recruitment of a dedicated professional School Office team responsible for the management of School finance, HR/recruitment, estates management, research and knowledge exchange and front of house reception functions. During her time at the University of Edinburgh Morag gained considerable experience working with electronic finance, HR and estates management reporting systems. Much of Morag’s early career was spent in the insurance claims industry but also has considerable experience in bulk cash handling, HR/recruitment, payroll administration, and estates and project management. Morag studied for an MA (Hons) in Economic and Social History at Edinburgh University in the School of History (2006) then followed that with a Masters in Gender History after the School amalgamated and became the School of History, Classics and Archaeology (2011). Morag also has qualifications in Prince2 Project Management and IOSH (Health and Safety).
Morag sits on the Board of Directors for the Scottish Universities Community Bank, and on the Board of Directors for MADE in East Lothian, an upcycling and recycling community charity.