Administrative Assistant - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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UE04, salary range £21,630 to £23,715

CMVM / MGPHS / USHER Institute

Open Ended

The Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for an enthusiastic Administrative Assistant to provide excellent day-to-day administrative support within our busy HR and Governance team.

The Opportunity:

This post will be based in Teviot Place initially. Note that all Usher Institute staff will move to a new building at Edinburgh Bioquarter, from early 2024.

Your skills and attributes for success:

Good standard of general education, including SVQ level 3 in Business and Administration.
Excellent interpersonal/communication skills.
Ability to exercise discretion, respect and confidentiality.
Ability to organise time effectively, prioritise and work to deadlines.
Flexible approach, excellent team player, ability to work under pressure.
Experience in handling confidential information.

Please include your CV and a supporting statement / letter 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.

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 Usher Institute works with people, populations and their data to understand and advance the health of individuals and populations through innovative collaborations in a global community.

Our Director is Professor Aziz Sheikh OBE, and we sit within the Edinburgh Medical School in the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at The University of Edinburgh.

Working with partners across the NHS, policymakers, industry partners and the public is central to our highly collaborative ethos.

Three core research centres in Global Health, Medical Informatics and Population Health Sciences are at the heart of the Usher Institute; also home to the Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit and a bustling General Practice, the Mackenzie Medical Centre.

The Usher Institute is a truly interdisciplinary environment.

Around 350 researchers and support staff with expertise in a varied range of methodologies and topics contribute to world-leading research in global health, population health sciences and medical informatics.

Our research expertise is at the heart of the excellent educational experience we offer in a wide range of taught and research postgraduate programmes, both online and on-campus, our programme of continuing professional development and in our contribution to the undergraduate medical degree.

We maintain an open, engaging and dynamic environment and welcome collaborations from around the globe.