Postgraduate Research Officer

3 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**UE07: £36,333 - £43,155 Per Annum**

**College of Science and Engineering, College Office, Academic Affairs**

**Open Ended - Permanent: Full time - 35 hours per week**

We are looking for a Postgraduate Research Officer to provide coordination, guidance, and oversight for all matters relating to College-level Postgraduate Research (PGR) student administration, including on-programme support, scholarships, progress monitoring, concessions and examinations.

This post is advertised as full-time (35 hours per week). We are currently operating a hybrid working mode (on a non-contractual basis) that requires a minimum of 2 days on-campus office-based working, one of which is a specified core day. A degree of flexibility is expected from all staff in order to attend other on-campus meetings and events as required.

**The Opportunity**:
The post holder will play a key role in the Postgraduate Research team, responsible for

providing high quality policy advice to resolve complex queries; overseeing student casework; facilitating College training, briefing and fora meetings; administering training grant funding; servicing the College Postgraduate Research Committee; and advising on PGR collaborations.

**Your skills and attributes for success**:

- Effective organisational and self-management skills with an ability to manage a diverse portfolio of activities.
- Strong management abilities, including motivation of staff.
- Proactive approach with an ability to anticipate and manage change, and formulate and communicate clear and practical advice on its impact.
- Negotiation and influencing skills, and successful experience of making recommendations to senior colleagues.

**Click to view a copy of the full **job description (opens new browser tab)**

Please include your CV and a supporting statement with details of how you meet the knowledge, skills and experience required for this post.

**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.

The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. This will depend on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant.

**Key dates to note**

Interviews will likely be held on the 28 August 2023 **.



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