Job Description

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The Opportunity:

As part of our commitment to high quality admissions support, we are seeking to appoint two Admissions Administrators to provide administrative support to the Undergraduate Admissions Office within the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Admissions Administrators play an important role in enhancing communication with applicants, enquirers and all customers, through all stages of the application cycle. Experience of working in a professional and customer focused environment is essential for this role. The post holder will be responsible for supporting the admissions work for a range of programmes and selection areas within 2-3 of the College\'s 13 Schools.

You must enjoy working in a team environment within a busy customer focused office, and be able to work independently. Attention to detail, a flexible approach to working, excellent communication and organisational skills, and the ability to prioritise are essential.

Three positions are available, part-time from between 0.6 FTE (three days a week, 21 hours equivalent) to 1 FTE (5 days a week, 35 hours equivalent). The Admissions Team can be flexible with requests from candidates interested in working between the maximum and minimum.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Proven excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven excellent customer service skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail and ability to organise effectively to meet conflicting targets, deadlines and workloads.
• Ability to sustain a high performance whilst in a high volume environment.

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• A competitive salary of \xc2\xa323,144 - \xc2\xa325,138 (per annum, pro-rata). (A revised salary range for this grade of \xc2\xa324,533 to \xc2\xa327,181 is planned to take effect from Spring 2024)
• 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.

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 (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 23/02/2024.

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.

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 College Office is located in various buildings closely co-located in George Square. It contains the central administrative and management services for the College, which are led by the College Senior Management Team, consisting of the Vice-Principal/Head of College, the College Registrar, five Deans, the College Accountant, the Head of College HR and the College Chief Information Officer.

The administrative support structure of the College is led by the College Registrar, with Teams covering Academic Affairs; Admissions (Undergraduate, Visiting and Postgraduate); Estates; Finance; Human Resources; Knowledge Exchange, Research; Resources and Web Development.

The College Office hosts the College-wide Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH), which is an important framework for interdisciplinary work across the humanities and social sciences.

The College also hosts the Centre for Open Learning (COL) which provides part time and short courses during the day and evenings for a range of members of the local community, from people returning to learning, to professionals seeking to develop their skills. (COL) incorporates the University\'s Languages for All centre, offering a wide range of language support for our students.

To find out more about the College Office and IASH please visit our websites:

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