Head of Student and Academic Services

1 month ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**UE08: £44,414.00 to £52,841.00 Per Annum**

**CAHSS / Edinburgh Futures Institute**

**Fixed Term Contract: Full Time - 35 Hours per Week**

**Fixed Term Contract until 31 **st **July 2025**

We are looking for an experienced, creative and dynamic professional to be responsible for the operational planning, management and delivery of the Edinburgh Future Institute (EFI)’s Student and Academic Services and Student Experience teams.

**The Opportunity**:
The Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) is delivering an ambitious and innovative undergraduate and postgraduate taught portfolio that is highly interdisciplinary, forges new territory in student flexibility through a combination of online and offline teaching, and is highly engaged and co-produced with non-academic partners (government, community, industry). Our programmes seek to educate students for complex futures in which computational data, critical understanding and creative methods are essential to employability and the ability to take a confident place in the world.

The post holder will provide operational leadership to the front-line teams responsible for delivering and continuously improving learning and teaching and ensuring a high quality student experience for an increasingly diverse student cohort.

**Your skills and attributes for success**:

- A keen interest in the Edinburgh Futures Institute and its educational mission
- Significant experience in a senior and wide-ranging administrative role within Higher Education, particularly supporting students and staff
- Experience of managing staff and budgets
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to lead, motivate and influence others
- Experience of managing and implementing change is highly desirable

**Click to view a copy of the full **job description **.**

To apply, please upload a recent CV and a cover letter detailing how your experience meets the essential criteria for the role.

**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.

Interviews are expected to be held on **17 **th **May 2023 **.

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.

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.

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