AddressGrade UE05 £25,742 - £29,605 per annum (pro rata). (A revised salary range for this grade of £27,979 - £32,332 is planned to take effect from Spring 2024).
University Secretary's Group - Student Recruitment and Admissions
Part time - 17.5 hours per week
Open ended (Permanent)
The Opportunity:
We are looking for an Admissions Operations Assistant to work with the University’s central admissions team on a wide range of activities that support prospective applicants to the University.
The SRA admissions team is responsible for supporting all aspects of admissions at the University of Edinburgh, in an ever-changing environment. We’re looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our team to help us in delivering major scheduled work such as Clearing and annual degree finder updates, as well as supporting the team with reactive project work which arises throughout the year. You will also support on-going activity including providing administration of committees, enquiries, Freedom of Information requests (FOIs), appeals and complaints.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent relevant work-based experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Good numeracy skills, and ability to work with and manipulate data
- An understanding of confidentiality, and data privacy requirements
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight timescales
Click to view a copy of the full job description (opens new browser tab)
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary of £25,742 - £29,605 (pro rata, based on 17.5 hours per week)
- An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits
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 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 right to work webpages (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 note
Closing date for applications is Thursday 21 March 2024 .
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 2 April 2024. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Gillian.Simmons@ed.ac.uk . Please note that the successful applicant is required to be based in the UK due to the nature of the role and of on-campus activity.
Unless 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.
