Planning & Support Senior Administrator

Job title:

Planning & Support Senior Administrator

Company:

University of Edinburgh

Job description

Job Description:College/School/Department: College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, School of Literatures, Languages & Cultures, Student & Academic Services.Contract: Open Ended, Full-time 1.0 FTE (35 hours per week).Salary Grade: UE05Salary: £27,979 – £32,332 pro rata per annum.Number of Posts: 1We are looking for applicants for a Planning & Support Senior Administrator to join our Student & Academic Services Team in the School of Literatures, Languages & Cultures.The Opportunity:Join our dynamic administrative team as a Planning and Support Senior Administrator. In this proactive role, you will ensure the smooth delivery of our diverse educational portfolio by supporting planning and projects across a wide range of subject areas. You will work closely with other Senior Administrators to ensure a consistent and exceptional service is delivered to students and staff. Planning for curriculum delivery up to two years in advance, this position requires excellent communication, data literacy, critical evaluation, and time-management skills. Join us and make a significant impact to our team and to enhancing the experience of our students.We welcome applications for this post from all qualified candidates and particularly welcome applications from members of minority ethnic groups, who are currently under-represented in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures.Hybrid working is available for this post with School requirements of working a minimum 3 days from the office.Informal inquiries may be directed to .Your skills and attributes for success:

• Minimum of two years’ administrative experience, preferably in an HE environment (Desirable).

• Good working knowledge of Microsoft software packages (Word, Excel),

• Strong communication skills

• Organisation and time management skills to plan and organise activities and events.

• Competent written and oral communication skills.

• Competent numeracy, literacy and IT skills.

• Attention to accuracy and detail.

• Flexibility and positive attitude to work.

Click for a copy of the full job description. If you already hold a contract of employment with the University of Edinburgh, you should apply for this role via the Internal Applications Portal .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 , staff discounts, , flexible working and much more. Access our for further information and use our 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.Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 23:59 GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.It is anticipated that interviews will be held towards the end of August 2024.If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our webpages.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.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 School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) is one of the largest Schools in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. We are an international community at the heart of the main University campus, drawing connections between people and cultures both within and beyond our School, and thriving on our place in a global festival city. Based in George Square, we are surrounded by world-class resources and collections.Teaching and LearningWe offer one of the widest range of languages of any UK university, teaching all six official languages of the United Nations, and eight of the languages of the European Union.Based in the first UNESCO City of Literature, we are home to the oldest department of English Literature in the UK – one of the longest established in the world – and the oldest Celtic department in Scotland. Arabic has been taught here for over 260 years.With over 100 undergraduate programmes, many offered with partner Schools in our College, we encourage flexible, interdisciplinary learning. Our four-year undergraduate degrees are specifically designed to enable choice and broaden minds.Our large postgraduate community comprises students on taught and research masters programmes, as well as a highly active group of PhD candidates. At postgraduate level, we are a leading centre for the study of film, including exhibition and curation, and for comparative literature, intermediality, and translation studies.ResearchLLC is home to many research centres and networks. Often highly interdisciplinary, these groups bring together researchers at all career stages with partners and stakeholders on a range of activities.In the last Research Excellence Framework (REF) over 70% of the School’s research activity was rated world leading or internationally excellent (3* or 4*).

Expected salary

£27979 – 32332 per year

Location

Edinburgh – Midlothian

Job date

Fri, 09 Aug 2024 03:56:17 GMT

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