University of Edinburgh
Job title:
Learning & Teaching Administrator
Company
University of Edinburgh
Job description
Job Description:
Grade UE04: £23,144 to £25,138 per annum (A revised salary range for this grade of £24,533 to £27,181 is planned to take effect from Spring 2024)
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences / School of Literatures, Languages & Cultures / Student & Academic Services.
Contract: Full Time 1.0 FTE (35 Hours per Week).
Open Ended (permanent)
Number of Posts: 3
The Teaching Office in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) is looking for three new Learning & Teaching Administrators to join our team. These are permanent, full-time roles.
The Teaching Office acts as the main source of administrative and operational teaching support in LLC. We are currently undergoing a restructuring process that will ensure we are able to keep meeting the needs and expectations of both staff and students. As part of this, we are looking for three new members of staff to join our office during this period of change. This is an exciting opportunity for individuals who enjoy variety in their work and can remain calm under pressure, and who additionally may want to progress in a career providing administrative support in Higher Education (HE) institutions.
The successful candidates will be pro-active and efficient members of the team working to facilitate the efficient and smooth delivery of the taught curriculum, and as part of that role will administrate programmes and courses as allocated by the Line Manager. This will involve the management of both student and course information, as well as acting as a first point of support for students and staff with teaching-related queries.
We welcome applications for this post from all qualified candidates and particularly welcome applications from members of minority ethnic groups, who are currently under-represented in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures.
Informal queries can be directed to .
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Vocational qualifications (N/SVQ 2/3, ONC or equivalent) plus relevant work experience OR school education to Standard Grade or equivalent plus relevant work experience.
- Relevant administrative experience, preferably in an HE environment.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft software packages (Word, Excel, etc).
- Strong communication skills.
- Organisation and time management skills to plan and organise activities and events.
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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
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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.
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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.
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About Us: 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.
About the Team:
The School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) is one of the largest Schools in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. We are an international community at the heart of the main University campus, drawing connections between people and cultures both within and beyond our School, and thriving on our place in a global festival city. Based in George Square, we are surrounded by world-class resources and collections.
Teaching and Learning
We offer one of the widest range of languages of any UK university, teaching all six official languages of the United Nations, and eight of the languages of the European Union.
Based in the first UNESCO City of Literature, we are home to the oldest department of English Literature in the UK – one of the longest established in the world – and the oldest Celtic department in Scotland. Arabic has been taught here for over 260 years.
With over 100 undergraduate programmes, many offered with partner Schools in our College, we encourage flexible, interdisciplinary learning. Our four-year undergraduate degrees are specifically designed to enable choice and broaden minds.
Our large postgraduate community comprises students on taught and research masters programmes, as well as a highly active group of PhD candidates. At postgraduate level, we are a leading centre for the study of film, including exhibition and curation, and for comparative literature, intermediality, and translation studies.
Research
LLC is home to many research centres and networks. Often highly interdisciplinary, these groups bring together researchers at all career stages with partners and stakeholders on a range of activities.
In the last Research Excellence Framework (REF) over 70% of the School’s research activity was rated world leading or internationally excellent (3* or 4*).
Expected salary
Location
Edinburgh – Midlothian
Job date
Wed, 14 Feb 2024 04:39:42 GMT
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