Postgraduate Research Support Officer - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Postgraduate Research Support Officer

UE06, £30,619 - £35,308

CMVM / MGPHS / USHER Institute

Contract type - Full-time - 35 Hours Per Week

Contract - Open-ended

Location:
Teviot Place and NINE BioQuarter, Usher Institute moves to a new building in Edinburgh Bioquarter, early 2024


The Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for Postgraduate Research Support Officer to support our Post-Graduate Research student population and their academic supervisors.


The Opportunity:


The Postgraduate Support Officer will provide support to the Usher Institute's Postgraduate Research (PGR) student population and their academic supervisors.

The post holder's responsibilities will primarily focus on providing technical advice and administrative support to ensure that students are recruited and progress through their studies in accordance with University policies and procedures.

The post holder will also act as a key point of contact in the Institute for PGR students, their supervisors and PGR programme leads.


Your skills and attributes for success:

  • Ability to work to a high level of accuracy and attention to detail whilst dealing with multiple workstreams
  • Competent communication and interpersonal skills, and an ability to describe services and complex issues clearly both in writing and verbally with tact.
  • Proven skills and experience in planning, prioritising and undertaking of work with minimum supervision.
  • Demonstrable ability to work effectively with people across a broad range of levels and sectors and to participate as a member of a team
  • Ability to be flexible and open to learning and adapting to changes in external and internal environments and refocussing tasks

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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 **(opens new browser tab).


Work with us | Usher Institute _- where inquiring minds work together to improve lives across the world. _**Join our growing team of academics and professional services staff and work in a vibrant, multi-disciplinary environment. Our vision is to catalyse the transformation of health in society by working with people, populations and their data.


We are a key applied and translational arm of the Edinburgh Medical School, within the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at The University of Edinburgh.

Working with partners across UK and international universities, health and care providers, policymakers, industry and the public is central to our highly collaborative ethos.

Our greatest asset is our people, working together to improve public health using evidence-based research.
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