Discipline Support Administrative Assistant Edinburgh, Scotland
Job description
UE04; £22,630 - £24,715
College of Science & Engineering, School of Engineering, Engineering Teaching Organisation (ETO)
Open-ended: Permanent
Full-time: 35 hours per week
The Opportunity:
We are looking for a highly organised, self-motivated and flexible member of staff. The post-holder will work as part of a busy and vibrant Teaching Organisation within the School, and will have strong communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to plan their own workload, and will be able to demonstrate a high level of accuracy and attention to detail. Applicants must possess strong IT skills, including experience of Microsoft Word and Excel plus relevant work experience, ideally in an education-related environment.
This position is an ideal opportunity for someone looking to develop a career in University professional services, in a department with a proven commitment to training and staff development.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Educated to a Standard Grade level or equivalent, with relevant work experience.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and experience of using email and the internet in a work environment.
- Experience of record keeping of various types of data (e.g. records of attendance, coursework submissions, assessment results).
- Demonstrates a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and under pressure and to tight deadlines.
This role is on the UE04 scale and is available on a full-time, open-ended contract.
A full list of main responsibilities and the knowledge, skills and experience required for the role can be found in the full job description here .
Our aim is to recognise and value diversity in our staff and students, and to support flexible and family-friendly working.
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
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