Administrative Assistant - Roslin, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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Roslin, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

UE04, £21,630 - £23,715 per annum

Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, Charnock Bradley Building, Easter Bush Campus

Open-ended (permanent) contract

Full time, 35 hours per week, with hybrid working from home option (part-time applicants considered)

We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced and proactive office administrator to provide professional support to senior members of the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security, including providing support to the Director and Business Manager and cover in the absence of the Centre Administrator.

This role would suit an individual looking to join a dynamic and busy team, whilst also working independently, with mínimal supervision.

The Opportunity:

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced administrative assistant to join the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems, based at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Easter Bush Campus.

The Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems is a multidisciplinary team of researchers and teaching experts who support decisions to transform agri-food systems and food security across the globe.

Your skills and attributes for success

Good range of MS Office skills
Excellent organisational skills
Experience of arranging meetings / managing diaries
Previous work in a similar office administration role
Experience of minute taking

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
, hybrid and flexible working, plus 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

The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. This will depend on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant.

Please note if the role is offered on a part-time basis, it may result in sponsorship being dependant on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant or the role no longer meeting the Home Office's criteria for sponsorship.

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.

Global academy for agriculture and food security. This will build on the University's successful global academy model, rooted in field-leading distance learning.

It provide world-leading education, training, research, innovation and consulting, in support of global food and environmental security, sustainable rural development, and animal and human wellbeing.

It is a vehicle for leading innovation and sustainable development in global agriculture and rural land-based and aquatic economies.