Resources & Finance Administrator (part-time)

Resources & Finance Administrator (Part-time)

Grade UE05, Salary range: £29,588 to £33,951 pro rata per annum

Part-time: 21 hours per week (0.6FTE)

Fixed term: 12 months contract

The Opportunity

The Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) is seeking an experienced administrator to assist with the provision of effective resource and finance support for ECA Business Operations, across subject areas, in compliance with UKVI, HR and University finance processes, policies and legislation over a 12-month period. This will be a broad flexible and dynamic role where the emphasis of duties will change on a regular basis.

The successful candidate will provide operational support to ECA subject areas, principally in preparation and processing of all aspects of casual and flexible payments such as GH, SPITY, forms 100, TAP; passing for authorisation and process as appropriate. The role holder will regularly liaise with Subject Area Administrators, the ECA finance team, other members of the ECA Resources team, UoE finance analysts and others as required.

Your Skills and Attributes for success:

• Experience of working with financial procedures and systems in a large, complex organisation.
• Demonstrable ability to quickly develop a comprehensive understanding of a large organisation's structure, processes and procedures with direct experience of working within a complex organisation.
• Well-developed organisational, time management and task prioritisation skills; ability to organise and prioritise own work and to work under pressure, with the initiative and judgement to resolve many day-to-day problems independently.
• Demonstrable communication skills in person, online and in writing.
• Good numeracy skills, accuracy and attention to detail, with an appreciation of the need for confidentiality.

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Application Information: Please ensure you include the following two documents in your application:

• A full CV/resume
• A Cover letter describing your interest and detailing why you wish to be considered for the role.

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

• A competitive salary
• 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, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. 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).

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

Key dates to note:

The closing date for applications is 20th November 2025.

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.

We anticipate interviews will be held from week starting on 1st December, and will be held in person in central Edinburgh. All shortlisted candidates will be contacted directly. If you do not hear from us by the end of December, you should assume that your application is not being taken further.