Grade UE05: £29,588 - £33,951 per annum
College of Science & Engineering / School of Biological Sciences
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Fixed-term: until 31 st July 2027
The Opportunity
The School of Biological Sciences is seeking to appoint an outstanding candidate as an Institute Administrator. As an experienced and well‑organised team player, the post holder will be responsible for the day‑to‑day aspects of academic administrative support and will contribute to enhancing the staff experience as a highly organised and customer focused administrator.
Your Skills and Attributes for Success
* Previous experience of delivering a range of administration services within HE administration.
* Excellent customer service skills with proven experience of delivering a professional, high quality, customer focused service.
* The ability to organise time effectively to manage your own workload and priorities to achieve deadlines.
* Competent oral and written communication skills (to produce reports, correspondence, minutes, agendas, documentation) with experience in the use of IT software e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
* Accuracy and attention to detail with experience of handling confidential information.
Benefits
* A competitive salary.
* An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
* To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
* Comprehensive Staff Benefits, including generous annual leave entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, a wide range of staff discounts, family‑friendly initiatives, and flexible work options.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
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 are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
Right to work requirement
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. 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 and will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key Dates
The closing date for applications is 25 May 2025. Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. Interviews will be held shortly after the closing date.
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