Teaching Organisation Support Team Assistant

Job title:

Teaching Organisation Support Team Assistant

Company

University of Edinburgh

Job description

Job Description:UE04 £24,533 – £27,181 per annumCollege of Science and Engineering/ Academic Affairs Section, College OfficeFixed-term – 24-monthsFull-time, 35 hours per weekWe are looking for two enthusiastic and motivated administrative assistants to join our newly-established Teaching Organisation (TO) Support Team in the College of Science and Engineering. The TO Support Team provides direct support within Schools in the College to cover peak periods and assist with short-term cover. The majority of the TO Support Team Assistants’ time will be spent on assignment based in Schools, with no less than one day per week spent working within the College Team.Applicants should note that due to the nature of the role, this position will mainly be based on-campus, with time split between the King’s Buildings Campus and the Central Area.The Opportunity:This is a unique and exciting opportunity to gain comprehensive administrative assistant experience and build strong networks across the College of Science and Engineering, in a ‘fast-track’ style setting. TO Support Team Assistants will regularly rotate their roles around different Schools covering different (but related) areas of work, rapidly building up knowledge of key Teaching Organisation and wider Student Services functions, processes and systems. The Service will operate from the College Academic Affairs Team, and roles will include some core College-level tasks, promoting a partnership-approach across the College.To support staff in developing up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge and skills and successfully integrating into Schools when on assignment, an induction and training framework will be in place. Staff will receive regular mentoring and development opportunities.This opportunity will be of particular interest to anyone looking to launch a career in higher education administration.Your skills and attributes for success:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a flexible and positive attitude to work.
• Adaptability to work within different teams and locations.
• Proven ability to plan and organise work activities and tasks, keeping track of progress of work.
• Effective organisation and presentation of information/ documentation, with accuracy and good attention to detail.
• Focus on providing high quality and consistent customer service.

Click to view a copy of the full (opens new browser tab)Please include your CV and a supporting statement with details of how you meet the knowledge, skills and experience required for this post.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. Click to access our (opens new browser tab) 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.Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our (opens new browser tab).On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.Key dates to noteUnless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.Interviews will likely be held week commencing 21st October 2024.About Us: As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.About the Team:The College of Science and Engineering (CSE) is one of the largest and highest-ranked STEM groupings in the UK. Headed by Professor Iain Gordon, CSE comprises seven Schools (Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, GeoSciences, Informatics, Mathematics, and Physics and Astronomy) as well as a national supercomputing centre (the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre) and the Bayes Centre for interdisciplinary data science and innovation. We extend beyond the University through many joint activities – for example we host the cross-Scotland DataLab innovation Centre, we are a founding partner in the Scottish Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre, and we are a partner in UK-wide collaborations including the Alan Turing Institute and the Rosalind Franklin Institute. Most Schools are located 2 miles south of the city centre at the King’s Buildings whilst Informatics, EPCC, Bayes and sections of GeoSciences are located in the University’s Central Area near George Square. The College has over 3,000 academic and support staff, and educates around 7,000 undergraduates, almost 1,500 taught postgraduates and more than 2,000 research students.

Expected salary

£24533 – 27181 per year

Location

United Kingdom

Job date

Sat, 21 Sep 2024 01:33:19 GMT

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