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SalaryProfessional Services appointment on Grade UE10 (competitive salary offered)
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - College Registrar
Full time, 35 hours per week
Open-ended (Permanent)
The University of Edinburgh is a world-leading centre of academic excellence committed to making a significant, sustainable and Socially responsible contribution to Scotland, the UK and beyond. In the top 20 of the QS World Rankings, in one of the world’s most beautiful cities, the University provides a first-class education for over 49,000 students across its programmes of study – undergraduate and postgraduate, on-site and distance learning.
The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences are one of three academic Colleges at the University of Edinburgh, with more than 4,500 staff and around 28,500 students from 160 different countries.
We have an international reputation as an academic powerhouse in the arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, connected to global networks of scholars and providing first-class teaching and research across a wide range of academic disciplines. We are ranked 10 th in the world for Arts & Humanities and 3 rd in the UK for Arts & Humanities (QS World University rankings 2023).
We seek to appoint a new College Registrar with outstanding leadership skills, proven strategic management experience, and the confidence and vision to lead the College’s operations and services and provide outstanding support to the academic business. The Registrar is a core member of the College’s senior management team, playing a key role in the governance and management of the wider College and University.
Creating a positive and collegiate environment, you will provide overall strategic leadership of the College’s operations and services to support the development of the College’s strategy and to enable it to achieve and evaluate its objectives. You will lead the Colleges’ professional services teams and will provide support and advice to the Head of College. You will lead complex change and drive continuous service improvement. As an ambassador for the College and University, you will develop and nurture relationships with external stakeholders, while encouraging a culture of open communication, where all students and members of staff are engaged and their contributions are encouraged and valued.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and applicants from minority groups are particularly welcomed.
Enquiries or applications can be made, in confidence, to Mary Comer or Evan Yeckley at WittKieffer.
Applications should include the following:
- an up-to-date Curriculum Vitae; and
- a covering letter (of no more than two A4 pages) summarising your experience, attributes and your view of your overall suitability for the role.
Completed applications should be submitted electronically to mcomer@wittkieffer.com or eyeckley@wittkieffer.com
The closing date for applications is Friday 19 April 2024 at 12 noon
Full details including the information pack can be found on WittKieffer's website.
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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. Access our staff benefits page 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.
If invited for interview 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 able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.
