AddressGrade UE05 - £25,742 - £29,605 per annum. (A revised salary range for this grade of £27,979 - £32332 is planned to take effect from Spring 2024.)
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science; School of Health in Social Science
Full Time - 35 hours per week
Open-Ended (Permanent)
We are looking for a Research Support Administrator to join the School of Health in Social Science to provide administrative support to the Health in Social Science Research Support Team.
We are open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working with an expectation that the role holder will be on campus a minimum of two days per week.
The Opportunity:
This role involves monitoring the Research Support Office email inbox and Research Ethics inbox, pre and post award support, communication of funding opportunities; news; training; events and other relevant information to the School’s Research community, meeting and events administration, and finance administration.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Previous experience of research and financial administration and high degree of numeracy
- Ability to work with accuracy and attention to detail, and sustain a high performance whilst working under pressure
- Previous experience of event and meeting organisation, with excellent skills in planning, organising, prioritisation and time-management
- Strong literacy skills, with previous experience of maintaining internal and external communication channels Strong IT skills, and the ability to quickly learn how to use a range of new packages including non-standard systems
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Please apply with your most up-to-date CV and a Cover Letter.
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 staff benefits page (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 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
The closing date for applications is 1 March 2024.
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Interviews will most likely to be held on week commencing 18 March 2024.
