At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide administrative support for undergraduate teaching programmes and courses.
- Company: Join the University of Edinburgh, a world-class institution in a vibrant city.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working, generous leave, and extensive staff discounts.
- Other info: Enjoy a dynamic work environment with excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Be part of a diverse community making significant contributions to society and education.
- Qualifications: Strong IT, organisational, communication skills, and experience in administrative support.
The predicted salary is between 33951 - 33951 £ per year.
UE05: £29,588 - £33,951 per annum
CSE / School of Biological Sciences
Full Time 35 hours per week
Fixed term: 31 July 2027
The Opportunity:
Together we can do great things. Be part of something bigger. The University isn’t just any employer. We are part of a local community and a contributor to global thinking, progress and research. In Edinburgh, you are in one of the world’s most attractive cities with active arts and social sectors, while working in a University that has made significant contributions to society, medicine, physics and teaching for over four centuries. Our people have helped create the modern world and are working on more ground-breaking technologies and practices.
Professional Services
The University of Edinburgh is a world-class organisation. We are a large University covering a wide range of activities. In Professional Services, we support the University’s research and teaching, offering many career and role specialisms.
As an experienced and well-organised team-player, you will be responsible for providing administrative support for designated undergraduate teaching programmes and courses. You will be proactive and take ownership of the areas that you are responsible for, using initiative and resourcefulness to ensure that your work is completed to a high standard. You will have excellent IT, organisational, communication and customer service skills, a commitment to providing a first-class service to staff and students and relevant experience in an administrative support role.
A career with us has a range of other benefits that can be tailored to your lifestyle:
- Excellent benefits and support
- Working within one of the world’s leading universities
- Flexible/hybrid where the roles allow
- Good salary/pay rates
This post is full-time 35 hours per week. The role offers hybrid working that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working. Initial training period in-person on-campus.
As a valued member of our team, you can expect:
- 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.
Championing 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 we are also a Stonewall Proud Employer, actively promoting LGBTQ+ equality. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and particularly encourage applications from male candidates, as we acknowledge they are currently underrepresented in our area/team/at this level.
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 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.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 30 September 2026. Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm UK time. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browser's local time zone. Interviews will be held within 3 weeks after closing date.
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