Pa to Head of School - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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UE04 £21,630 - £23,715 pro rata

College of Science & Engineering, School of Physics & Astronomy
We are looking for a PA to Head of School to join our friendly Staffing Support Team.

We are looking for someone who enjoys providing advice and support to others, whilst maintaining high levels of accuracy in their work.

The Opportunity:

As PA to the Head of School, the Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics and other senior staff you will engage with a wide range of staff, students and external visitors, providing a professional and efficient service.

T he Staffing Support team is a very busy team with significant interaction with academic and professional services staff.

No two days are the same in our busy team and you will enjoy a variety of tasks, interacting with a wide range of people and systems.

You should have vocational qualifications (N/SVQ 3, ONC or equivalent) plus typically two years' work experience in a similar role.

Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise across competing demands, the ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines are required.

You should have excellent communication and 'people' skills, a creative approach to problem-solving and a high level of attention to detail.

You should be able to demonstrate a high level of competence with MS Office.

Based in the James Clerk Maxwell Building on the leafy green King's Buildings campus with gorgeous view to the south of the city, we offer on-site parking, a number of catering outlets and an on-site shop for convenience.

Your skills and attributes for success:

Good standard of education to Standard Grade or equivalent plus relevant experience.
Good IT Skills using MS Office, in particular Outlook, Teams, Word and Sharepoint.
Ability to use initiative when problem solving and when demonstrating excellent customer service.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Experience in a PA type role, or a job with a staffing support related element would be an advantage.
Experience of University of Edinburgh systems or of systems in a higher education environment would be an advantage.

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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 provide 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
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 its commitment to advancing 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.

Interviews will be held soon after the closing date.

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.

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 School of Physics and Astronomy is in the College of Science and Engineering and comprises the Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics (IPNP), the Institute for Condensed Matter and Complex Systems (ICMCS) and the Institute for Astronomy (IfA).

We have around 100 academic staff, over 120 research staff and around 65 professional services staff.

The School of Physics and Astronomy was ranked 4th in the UK and 1st in Scotland in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 listing for the quality, scale and breadth of its research by Times Higher Education.

Consistently ranked within the top 20 physics departments worldwide, these results confirm the exceptional performance of our staff, our excellent facilities, and our world-leading research.

The School runs undergraduate programmes at BSc and MPhys level in Physics, Mathematical Physics, Theoretical Physics, Computational Physics, Astrophysics and (jointly with the School of Chemistry) Chemical Physics.

The undergraduate programme has flexible entry and exit points, creating courses of variable duration and level.

The School accepts around 230 new undergraduates into its programmes each year and has current student populations of over 800 undergraduates, 50 taught postgraduates and 220 research postgraduates.

We aim to ensure that our culture and systems support flexible and family-friendly working and recognise and value diversi