Executive Education Assistant

**UE04 - £21,630 - £23,715 per annum**

**CAHSS/Business/Executive Development**

**Full time (35 hours per week)**

**Open Ended: Permanent
We are looking for a professional, customer-focused and highly organised individual to work as a key member of a busy Executive Development Team. The role directly contributes to the successful delivery of the School’s Executive Development activities by providing administrative support across a number of executive education activities.

**The Opportunity**:
This role will be responsible for providing executive programme logistics support across both online and face to face programme delivery including pre-arrival/induction activities and end of programme evaluation, providing front of house reception duties, providing administrative support for psychometric and diagnostic tools, and sales and marketing support.

**Your skills and attributes for success**:

- Good standard of education (Vocational qualifications N/SVQ 2/3, ONC or equivalent) plus relevant experience in a relevant role or school education to Standard Grade or equivalent plus relevant work experience
- Fluent in English and competent literacy skills
- Proficient IT skills and in-depth knowledge of MS Office
- Demonstrably good organisational, planning and time management skills with the ability to handle several tasks at any one time, and stay calm under pressure
- Positive attitude to work with excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a professional, friendly, helpful and approachable manner
- A drive for continuous improvement
- Experience of working in a corporate or higher/executive education environment

Due to the nature of the role, it is expected that the post-holder will be based on campus therefore opportunities for flexible or hybrid working are limited.

**Click **here **to view 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. Click to 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 dates TBC.

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.

As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.

The aim of University of Edinburgh Business School is to be a world-class Business School within a world-class University. We are distinctive, fostering a unique coaching culture, where all students have access to coaching and much of this is facilitated by peer support leaders from the student cohorts. The Business School is focused on sustainability, aiming to anchor the UN Sustainable Development goals into our strategic planning and developing our activities in line with the University’s target to be carbon-neutral by 2040. Furthermore we are actively participating in data-driven innovation which envisages Edinburgh becoming the Data Capital of Europe.

Based in the heart of Edinburgh, staff at the Business School are immersed in the vibrant life of the city. The Business School has excellent transport links including buses and a location that is only a 20 minute walk from Edinburgh Waverley station. In the summer we find ourselves with easy access to the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. For a breath of fresh air all year round, green spaces such as George Square and the Meadows are right outside our front door.

Academically, we are an interdisciplinary School with particular strengths in management science, leadership organisations and society, interdisciplinary accounting, corporate finance, climate change and sustainability, and entrepreneurship. The School is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the EFMD Quality Improvement S