Postgraduate Research Administrator

Grade UE05 £25,742 - £29,605 per annum. (A revised salary range for this grade of £27,979 - £32,332 is planned to take effect from Spring 2024).

College of Science & Engineering - Geosciences

Full Time - 35 Hours Per Week

Contract type - Open ended (Permanent)

The Opportunity:  

As Postgraduate Administrator, you will provide proactive administrative support for MScR and PhD applicants and students in the School of GeoSciences. Your exceptional interpersonal skills will enable you to work closely with students, academic staff and other professionals, building strong relationships with all stakeholders. 

We are looking for someone who is proactive, highly organised and able to demonstrate excellent judgement and initiative. You will be working within a busy annual cycle and your ability to manage your time effectively and prioritise tasks will be essential to your success in this role. Our ideal candidate has relevant administrative experience, is comfortable working independently and as part of a team and can demonstrate an excellent track record of delivering work to a high standard.  

The role is based in the Grant Institute, King’s Buildings. 

Your skills and attributes for success:   

• Proven excellent communication and interpersonal skills 

• Resourceful and able to use initiative 

• Ability to plan and prioritise own workload 

• Flexible approach to work and willing to learn new things 

• Competent IT skills particularly with Microsoft Office products

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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. 

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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.  

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 (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 15 April 2024
 

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Interviews dates to be confirmed.