Postgraduate Research Administrator

Postgraduate Research Administrator

Edinburgh - Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus)

JOB INFO

•                Job Identification: 11560

•                Locations: 29 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9JS, GB (100% On-campus)

•                Organization: Edinburgh University Group

•                Department: Business School office

•                Apply Before: 11/25/2024, 11:59 PM

•                Health and Safety Requirements: No key hazards identified for this post

•                Criminal Record Check: No criminal record check required

•                Contract Type: Open Ended

•                Job Schedule: Full time

•                Grade: UE05

•                Number of Openings: 1

•                Job Function: Student Services

JOB DESCRIPTION

Grade UE05: £28,879 to £33,232 per annum

Business School / CAHSS

Full time: 35 hours per week

Open ended: Permanent

The Opportunity:

This role works as part of the PGR Support team in the delivery of administration for postgraduate research programmes and related activities, within the Business School’s strategic objectives of high quality research programmes and an excellent student experience.

The role supports a variety of activities across postgraduate research administration, including admissions, course administration and programme support.

Your skills and attributes for success:

•                Good communication and interpersonal skills, both in writing and in person

•                An understanding and care for excellent customer service/student experience

•                Able to plan own activities and tasks, with well-developed organisational, time management and prioritisation skills

•                Resourcefulness with a proactive approach to seeking out information to ensure effective, accurate task completion

•                Experience working within systems, software packages and processes

Please submit both cover letter and CV with your application

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, 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.

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 25 November.

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.

Applications without a cover letter will be treated as incomplete. Please ensure that you have submitted both a cover letter and a CV

Interviews will be held 13 December.

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 aim of University of Edinburgh Business School is to be a world-class Business School within a world-class University. We are distinctive, fostering a unique coaching culture, where all students have access to coaching and much of this is facilitated by peer support leaders from the student cohorts. The Business School is focused on sustainability, aiming to anchor the UN Sustainable Development goals into our strategic planning and developing our activities in line with the University’s target to be carbon-neutral by 2040. Furthermore we are actively participating in data-driven innovation which envisages Edinburgh becoming the Data Capital of Europe.

Based in the heart of Edinburgh, staff at the Business School are immersed in the vibrant life of the city. The Business School has excellent transport links including buses and a location that is only a 20 minute walk from Edinburgh Waverley station. In the summer we find ourselves with easy access to the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. For a breath of fresh air all year round, green spaces such as George Square and the Meadows are right outside our front door.

The culture of the Business School is people orientated and diverse; we have a strong Equality and Diversity committee made up of both academic and professional services staff and we are committed to the principles of Athena SWAN. We also support staff in a hybrid working environment and offer the possibility for most roles to work in a combination of on-campus and at-home working where suits both them and the organisation. 

Academically, we are an interdisciplinary School with particular strengths in management science, leadership organisations and society, interdisciplinary accounting, corporate finance, climate change and sustainability, and entrepreneurship. The School is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) and the Association of MBAs (AMBA). This triple accreditation highlights the quality of teaching and excellence of research at the School.

Detailed information can be found at the School website.