Business Support Administrator - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
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Description

Job title:
Business Support Administrator

Grade:
UE05 - £24,285 - £27,929 per annum

Finance Directorate

Full-time contract (35 hours per week)

Open-ended; permanent role


We are looking for an enthusiastic, service-focused individual to provide dedicated day-to-day calendar support to four busy Heads of Finance along with providing efficient and flexible support within the Finance Administration team.


The Opportunity:

This is an exciting and challenging role and a great opportunity for an aspiring
Personal Assistant .


You will have the opportunity to utilise your excellent organisation skills to provide extensive and complex diary management and will be able to demonstrate personal initiative and confidence and be able to work independently as well as collaboratively within the team and with other PA's.


This role enables activities across the Finance group of teams including Finance, Procurement & Printing Services and Edinburgh Research Office.

This full time open-ended post will also involve a combination of office and home working.


Your skills and attributes for success:

  • Previous diary management experience
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
  • Confident, with the ability to communicate with people on all levels within the organisation
  • Ability to carry out role with absolute discretion
  • Excellent organisational and time management skills
  • Sound educational background with good written and numeracy skills
  • Strong IT skills, including knowledge of software packages, PowerPoint and Microsoft office

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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.

Click to access our
staff benefits page (opens new browser tab) 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).

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 Finance Department is responsible for the effective financial management, stewardship and long-term financial health of the University, which has a turnover in excess of £900m per year.

It exercises control over the University's finances, provides expert financial guidance particularly for key decision making, and provides an effective services and information for the financial conduct of the University's business.

It follows core values and behaviours to value and strengthen its team and delivery of its services - One Team; Expert; Innovation; Customer Focused; and Transparent.

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