Administrator to Deputy Director
UE05 £25,285 - £28,929 Per Annum, Pro-Rata
College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine / Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Open Ended (Permanent)
Part Time, 28 hours per week
We are recruiting We are recruiting for the role of Administrator to Deputy Director , the successful candidate will provide vital administrative support within both Campus Operations and The Roslin Institute.
The Opportunity:
The post-holder will be expected to multi-task their duties in an organised coordinated approach while maintaining a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail in record keeping.
This role will provide vital secretariat support for number of committees, as such a proven ability to take minutes and monitor follow up on actions is required.
A high degree of diary management is involved along with the ability to provide support seminars, meetings and events. Duties include proof reading, drafting and editing communications – so a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail is required. The post-holder will assist in a variety of projects of variable scale and needs – tasks could involve need to be able to manage collation of data, performing basic analysis in order to present information gathered in an appropriate manner. This role will be expected to be resourceful and work closely with the operational team in order to understand how to improve processes within the administrative function. You must have strong interpersonal skills in order to persuasively convey the necessary messages to the appropriate audiences.
Your skills and attributes for success:
You must have proven admin experience in an office environment, with a high level of competency in IT literacy. You must to be comfortable with the science/clinical terminology. You must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with an ability to empathise with staff and students at all levels of ability. This role will be required to deliver to deadlines and you must be able to manage conflicting priorities
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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.
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 is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
About Us
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.
About the Roslin Institute
The Roslin Institute is a world-leading centre for animal bioscience research and has a distinctive niche within the UK National Institutes of Bioscience, supported strategically by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). The Institute is home to > 670 people including ~ 65 Group Leaders and Career Track Fellows, other research and support staff, students and visitors and ~90 staff from Scotland’s Rural College. The Institute has a vibrant programme of postgraduate research, with 150 PhD students registered at the time of writing. Research at the Institute is organised across eight research divisions (Translational Bioscience, Functional Genetics, Genome Biology, Quantitative Biology, Epidemiology Virology, Bacteriology, Immunology) and two Institute Strategic Programmes (BBSRC funded from 2023-2028) that integrate many disciplines (Genetics and Traits for Healthy Animals, Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases). Crosscutting themes in Clinical Sciences link research at the Institute to clinical activities in the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and support the research activities of clinical academic staff.
In a joint submission to the latest UK Research Excellence Framework exercise, Roslin’s research was considered within the joint submission of Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (R(D)SVS) and Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC). This was ranked number one in the UK for agriculture, food and veterinary sciences by combining Times Higher Education’s ratings for each institution. The judgement, based on the quality and breadth of research, maintains the R(D)SVS and SRUC’s position as the strongest provider in these subject areas. The institutions’ research environment was classified to be 100 per cent world leading or internationally excellent for agriculture, food and veterinary sciences research. The Vet School and SRUC submission was also assessed as being 100 per cent world leading or internationally excellent in terms of the impact its research work has on wider society.
Roslin offers access to a wide range of Scientific Services including Proteomics and Metabolomics, Bio-imaging and Flow Cytometry, the National Avian Research Facility, Bioinformatics, the Aquaculture Genetics Research Facility and Large Animal Research and Imaging Facility. It is also home to Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health, primed by investment from the Gates Foundation and Department for International Development, aims to unlock the genetic potential of farmed animals by dissecting genotype-by-environment interactions to sustainably improve animal productivity in low- and middle-income countries.
The Institute’s income exceeds £30M p.a., around 50% of which derives from the BBSRC via strategic and competitive funding.. This research is expedited by extensive interactions with industry, including via ongoing platform agreements with major animal breeding and pharmaceutical companies.. The Institute holds a prestigious Athena SWAN Gold award in recognition of our commitment to advance the representation of women in science.
The institute is proud to be part of a wider national hub for Agritech, Aquaculture and Animal Bioscience within the Easter Bush Campus. In partnership with the Roslin Innovation Centre and the Global Academy for Agriculture and Food Systems is aims to provide a campus which i ntegrates researchers, specialist facilities, entrepreneurs & companies to translate research for societal & economic impact. It catalyses partnerships, job creation & regional development. Through BBSRC & Innovate UK support for the research base it drives co-location & investment , as well as acting as a key node of two Agri-Tech Centres . The campus leads on Agritech sector activity for the Edinburgh & SE Scotland City Deal funding for data-driven research, innovation & education to address global challenges.
Further details of the research conducted at the Institute can be found at https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin