Electronic Notetaker Edinburgh, Scotland
Job description
UE05 (£13.85 - £15.85 per hour)
University Secretary's Group / Disability and Learning Support Service
Guaranteed Hours Contract – Minimum of 20 hours per year
Number of posts: 3
We are looking for experienced professional Electronic Notetakers to work with students and support them to gain access to all aspects of their studies.
The Opportunity:
Electronic Notetakers provide specialist, skilled support to students who are unable to take notes in classes, lectures, tutorials, seminars or laboratory sessions. These notes are usually delivered in real-time, providing the student with live access to the class, though may also be issued to the student after the session for their later use. While specialist knowledge of particular subject areas is not required a recognised formal qualification in Electronic Notetaking is required, however, we are able to offer intensive training leading to a suitable qualification to successful applicants
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Demonstrable use of note-taking technologies
- Demonstrable fast and accurate typing capabilities
- Ability to commit notes to screen accurately and quickly
- Use of language, spelling and grammar to higher education standard
- An understanding of the requirements for study at degree level (undergraduate or postgraduate, taught or research)
- Excellent interpersonal skills
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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 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.
Important information about applying:
As part of your application please upload an up-to-date CV as well as a supporting statement outlining your suitability and motivation for the role. Please include details of two referees in your CV and indicate whether or not you are happy for them to be contacted prior to the interview.
- Non-University of Edinburgh employees (i.e. external applicants) – please refer to the How to Apply – External Candidate system user guide
- Current University of Edinburgh employees (i.e. internal applicants) interested in applying for this role - you must apply as an internal applicant through the People and Money Current Jobs tile. Please refer to the How to Apply – UoE Employee system user guide NB: Current University employees must submit their applications either prior to or after the People & Money shutdown , i.e. before 5pm on DAY MONTH or from 9am on DAY MONTH.
Interviews will be held in July .
If invited for an 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.
