Administration Assistant

3 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**Grade - UE04 Salary £23,144 - £25,138 Per Annum Pro Rata**

**School/College - Bioresearch & Veterinary Services**

**Contract Type - Open-ended, Part
- Time - 21 Hours per week (equivalent to 3 days per week)**

**1 post**

**We are looking for an experienced and organised Administrative Assistant to who will assist with a range of general administrative duties including taking accurate meeting notes. This is an on-campus, office-based position and will be working from our offices in the Edinburgh BioQuarter.
**The Opportunity**:The post holder will assist with general administrative duties, to enable the work of BVS to be achieved in an efficient manner. On a day-to-day basis the post holder will work closely with the BVS Departmental Administrator but will also be expected to assist other staff when required.

**Your skills and attributes for success**:
**Essential**
- Excellent standard of general education and both written and oral command of the English language
- A high level of numeracy, written literacy, and computer literacy skills
- Proven experience of working effectively in a team
- A proficient user of standard office systems including Microsoft Office / Office 365 (MS Teams, Outlook, Excel and Word), University of Edinburgh People & Money system
- Secretarial and/or administration experience in an office environment with proven track record of working accurately and methodically to clear guidance and instruction
- Excellent attention to detail, pro-active attitude toward work, and ability to work effectively under pressure - Able to provide a high level of customer service in a busy environment with a friendly and approachable manner and liaise effectively with staff at all levels

**Desirable**
- Demonstrable knowledge of and understanding of universities as complex public sector organisations
- Experience of maintaining electronic files and working appropriately to the requirements of data protection and confidentiality
- Demonstrate ability and willingness to learn new skills

**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.

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.

**Interviews anticipated to be held **w/c 4 September 2023



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