The Centre for Rural Health Sciences is part of the universityâs Health, Social Care and Life Sciences subject area that brings together all health researchers and related teaching at UHI. \n\nBased in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, we have a campus in Inverness, the capital of the Scottish Highlands, and in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis. We provide accessible, evidence informed education for nurses and other health and social care professionals, including undergraduate and postgraduate students, and are committed to supporting our students to make a significant contribution to the care of patients and the public. \n\nWe foster a strong research community locally and build research collaborations nationally and internationally in order to conduct high quality applied research that improves health and wellbeing within the Highlands and Islands and addressing key health questions relevant to Scotland and beyond. \n\nApplicants with informal questions are encouraged to contact Professor Nicola Carey Head of Centre for Rural Health Science, by email to nicola.carey@uhi.ac.uk or Rachel Phillips-Doig Business Support Officer, Interim Team Leader, by email to rachel.phillipsdoig@uhi.ac.uk\n\nInterviews will be held Interviews will be held by videoconferencing w/c 16 June 2025. General Administration\n\n· Provide support for general administrative procedures and systems within the Centre for Rural Health Sciences e.g. diary management, reference requests, ad hoc letters, \n ID badge production, arrangements for joiners and leavers.\n\n· Provide support to the Centreâs document storage site (SharePoint).\n\n· Provide administrative support for internal and external meetings, committees and events, including graduation.\n\n· Provide day to day office and facilities support including managing equipment and liaising with IT.\n\n· Provide support with marketing and communications activities within the Centre.\n\n· Contribute to continuous improvement of processes and procedures.\n\n\nStudent Administration\n\n· Assist with enquiries from students and practice partners responding promptly and signposting to relevant support and services within UHI and externally.\n\n· Assist with administration related to supporting the student experience adhering to academic regulations and PRSB requirements including recording student attendance.\n\n· Assist with student indexing, suspension, completion and discontinuation of studies within approved programmes.\n\n· Ensure that accurate student records are maintained.\n\n· Assist with the administration of SAAS placement expenses, placement and hardship loans to students on professional programmes.\n\n· Contribute to the maintenance of systems and processes to support professional body performance review and government requirements e.g., attrition and retention, \n academic misconduct, student attendance, sickness monitoring, appeals. \n· Support systems and processes required for occupational health and mandatory training of all students i.e., Health and Safety, TURAS. \n· Provide support to the administration of student practice learning including allocation of placements, practice documentation and organisation of student uniforms. \n· Provide support to assessment activities as required Finance Administration \n· Assist with processing of purchase orders, invoices, staff and service user expense claims. \n· Assist with office supplies and teaching consumables and the purchasing of items \n· Assist with staff travel arrangements General \n· To participate in the universityâs performance and development review procedure. \n· To take due care of yourself and others in respect of health and safety. \n· To attend training courses that may be identified as necessary by your line manager. \n· Such other duties temporarily or on a continuing basis, as may reasonably be required, commensurate with your grade.\n\nThis is a description of the job as it is presently constituted. It is normal practice to periodically review job descriptions to ensure that they are relevant to the job currently being performed, and to incorporate any changes which have occurred or are being proposed. The review process is carried out jointly by the line manager and employee and you are therefore expected to participate fully in such discussions. In all cases, it is the universityâs aim to reach agreement to reasonable changes, but where it is not possible to reach agreement the university reserves the right to make reasonable changes to your job description which are commensurate with your grade after consultation with you Criteria Essential Desirable\n\nQualifications At least 5 passes at Nat 4 level or above, which must include Maths and English Nat 5 English and Maths ICT qualification at SCQF level 4 or above\n\nExperience Previous relevant work experience, either employed or in a voluntary capacity\n\nKnowledge & Skills Very good written and oral communication skills Ability to self-organise Ability to work well with numerical and/or financial information Ability to work well with others Ability to work well with ICT software packages, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc. Knowledge and understanding of the Highlands and Islands region Problem solving skills\n\nPersonal Qualities Confident and clear communicator Keen interest in business administration Motivated and enthusiastic Organised with good time-keeping Good attention to detail Willingness to learn and progress\n\nOther Circumstances Knowledge of, or interest in, Gaelic language and culture.