Research Administrator - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

UE05:
£25, £28,929.00 Per Annum

CMVM / MGPHS / USHER Institute / CMI

Fixed Term Contract:
Full time - 35 Hours per Week

Fixed Term Contract available immediately for 2 years

Location:
Usher Institute moves to a new building in Edinburgh Bioquarter, early 2024

The Centre for Medical Informatics in the Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for an organised and proactive Research Administrator to support the smooth running of a health and data science-related research portfolio.

The Opportunity:

We wish to appoint an experienced Administrator for the Respiratory Research Group at the University of Edinburgh.

They will provide administrative support to a range of data-led research projects related to respiratory health conditions, including asthma, COPD, interstitial lung disease, COVID-19 and near real-time surveillance for pandemic response planning.

The role includes meeting support, minute taking, budget monitoring, liaison with research and lay members, communications support and data management.

Your skills and attributes for success:

An office administration qualification or significant equivalent experience, and previous relevant experience in an administrative role.
Excellent numeracy, written, oral and communication skills.
Good organisational, planning and time management skills with ability to prioritise and a track record of meeting deadlines.
Capacity for independent, accurate, unsupervised work with attention to detail and ability to work effectively under pressure
Proficiency in IT skills including using MS Office, website content and social media.

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Please include your CV and a supporting statement 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.

Work with us | Usher Institute _- where inquiring minds work together to improve lives across the world. _**Join our growing team of academics and professional services staff and work in a vibrant, multi-disciplinary environment. Our vision is to catalyse the transformation of health in society by working with people, populations and their data.

Our greatest asset is our people, working together to improve public health using evidence-based research.

We are a key applied and translational arm of the Edinburgh Medical School, within the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at The University of Edinburgh.

Working with partners across UK and international universities, health and care providers, policymakers, industry and the public is central to our highly collaborative ethos.