Head of Teaching and Student Administration

4 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**UE09 £56,048 - £63,059 Per Annum**

**College of Science and Engineering / School of Biological Sciences / **Biology Teaching Organisation**

**Open ended (Permanent)**

**Full time, 35 hours per week
We are looking for an exceptional individual to lead the School of Biological Sciences’ academic administration and student support function. With a strong track record in the management of teaching administration and student support in a higher education setting, you will be expert in managing a large team to deliver the highest quality of academic and support services to students and staff.

**The Opportunity**:
This role is responsible for the management of administrative, technical, student support and demonstrating services for learning and teaching in the School. The post-holder oversees a team of 39 staff to develop, implement and deliver the School’s objectives related to learning and teaching. The post-holder is also a member of the School’s senior professional services team.

**Your skills and attributes for success**:

- Excellent knowledge and understanding of all aspects of teaching administration and student support in a higher education environment, proven through significant experience in a teaching administration and student support management role
- Significant experience of line management of staff, able to inspire, motivate, mentor and develop teams and individuals.
- A proven track record developing service models and managing service improvement, including identifying and implementing new initiatives to improve service delivery.
- Outstanding interpersonal skills including people and negotiating, influencing and relationship building
- Committed to working in a supportive and open environment with a good understanding of diversity in the workplace and the ability to act as a role model for inclusion and respect

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

**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.



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