Grade UE05

Salary Range: £25,742 to £29,605 Per Annum Pro-rata

College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences / Edinburgh College of Art / Edinburgh College of Art Office

Contract Type - Fixed Term, 6 Months - Part time (21 hours per week)

Edinburgh College of Art is recruiting a part time Finance Administrator on a 6-month fixed term contract.

This post is advertised as part-time 0.6FTE (21 hours per week), which can be worked over 3, 4 or 5 days. We are open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.

The Opportunity

The successful candidate will primarily provide support and guidance on a broad range of financial procedures to academic & professional managers, staff and students within a subject area. The post holder will ensure correct processes and procedures are followed and potential improvements highlighted to line management, and maintain accurate financial records and ensure correct allocation of income/expenditure.

The post-holder will work closely with the Resources Support Manager within a small Team at Edinburgh College of Art. Your written and oral communication skills, numeracy skills and your eye for detail will be utilised on a daily basis. As will your pro-active approach to seeking out information. You will use various IT systems including excel on a daily basis.

This is a temporary post covering a secondment and is expected to be for 6 months starting in September 2023.

Your Skills and Attributes for success:

• Experience of working with financial procedures and systems in a large, complex organisation is required.

• Demonstrably high standards of customer care and the ability to co-operate and contribute as part of a team.

• Good written and oral communication skills are as important as good numeracy skills and an eye for detail.

• Ability to quickly master established procedures and subsequently to provide clear guidance and instructions to colleagues

• Ability to use initiative and a pro-active approach to seeking out information.

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Application procedure: Please apply online via University of Edinburgh Jobs site. In addition to a full cv/resume, please provide a covering letter describing your interest and detailing why you wish to be considered for the role.

The closing date for applications is 25th September 2023 . Shortlisted candidates will be notified of interview dates within a week of closing date.

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About the Team:

Edinburgh College of Art is a large and diverse school within the University of Edinburgh's College of Humanities and Social Science. It comprises Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Art, Design, History of Art and Music.

Our mission is to promote world-leading critical enquiry across all these subject areas through scholarly research, teaching and creative practice.

Over 3,000 students and 800 staff study and work at ECA and we enjoy strong relationships with museums, galleries, archives, practitioners and industry partners in Edinburgh, Scotland, the UK and internationally.

Edinburgh College of Art is committed to equal and fair treatment of all its employees and in recognition of the positive promotion of diversity and gender equality among staff and students, Athena SWAN granted the Edinburgh College of Art a Bronze Award in 2017.

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.