School Operations Assistant

2 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**UE04: £24,533-£27,181**

**College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences**

**School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Science - Professional Services**

**Open Ended**

**Full time (35 hours per week)
The School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is seeking to recruit a new full time, open-ended School Operations Assistant.

**The Opportunity:
Reporting to the Business Improvements Manager - Operations, the postholder will work as part of the School Operations team to provide a professional and high level of administrative service and professional advice to PPLS Staff, Students and Visitors.

The post holder will join a close-knit School team of 7.5FTE, which form an integral party to the school’s professional service function.

The role shall be based within 7 George Square (Central Campus). This post is based full time on campus.

Click **here **for a full copy of the job description

**Your skills and attributes for success**:

- Vocational qualifications (N/SVQ 2/3, ONC or equivalent) plus typically 1 year’s relevant work experience or School education to Standard Grade or equivalent plus typically 2 years’ relevant work experience
- Working knowledge of relevant systems, including Microsoft Office and Outlook, equipment, processes and procedures including standard software packages and possibly some knowledge of non-standard software.
- A strongly developed sense of service delivery and a customer/student focused approach
- Competent written and oral communication skills. Competent numeracy and literacy skills.

**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:

- A competitive salary of £24,533 to £27,282
- 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 and family-friendly initiatives. 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)

**Key dates to note**

Interviews will be held in w/c 24 th June.

We ask you to include a current CV and cover letter with names of three referees who may be contacted at a later date (please note if you do not wish for anyone to be contacted until _after _an offer has been made).



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