School Management Executive and Communications - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

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School Management Executive and Communications Coordinator

UE06 (£31,396 - £36,024)

College/Department - College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science /School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

Contract Type - Open ended, Full time - 35 Hours Per Week

1 x position available


The School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is seeking to recruit a new full time, open-ended School Management Executive and Communications Coordinator.


The Opportunity:


The post holder will provide high-level professional, administrative services to the Head of School and Director of Professional Services, overseeing key areas of scheduling and query management.


They will have demonstrable executive assistant experience which they will utilise to act as key facilitator and triage of communication to the Head of School and Director of Professional Services, ensuring that outward communications represent the School and wider University ethos.


The post holder will actively support and contribute to the schools success and will be encouraged to also deliver ideas for continuous improvement opportunities as they arise.


The role shall be based within Dugald Stewart Building (Central Campus) with opportunities for discussion on informal hybrid workplace arrangements available at the time of offer.


Your skills and attributes for success:

  • A high degree of personal initiative, exceptional organisational and excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • A proven background and strongly developed sense of customer service delivery, especially in a fast paced environment, alongside previous work experience in a personal/executive assistant related role.
  • Initiative and judgment to resolve many daytoday problems independently, with a proactive approach to investigating resolutions. Experience of liaison with, and managing complex logístical arrangements at a senior level.
  • Awareness of relevant higher education sectoral issues, policies and procedures.
  • Proven experience in communications and or policy related role would be highly desirable.
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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.


Application information:


We ask you to include a current CV and cover letter with names of three referees who may be contacted at a later date (please note if you do not wish for anyone to be contacted until _after _an offer has been made).

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our
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