Administrator – Centre for Doctoral Training in Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Grade 5, salary range: £25,285 - £28,929 per annum pro rata

College of Science and Engineering, School of Informatics

Part time - 17.5 hours per week, ideally spread over 4 days, but 3 days (Mon – Wed) will be considered

Fixed term until 31/10/2027

The University of Edinburgh is seeking to appoint an individual to provide high-quality administrative support for the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Robotics and Autonomous Systems (CDT-RAS), a joint initiative between Heriot-Watt and Edinburgh Universities https://www.edinburgh-robotics.org/

The Opportunity:

The key strategic aim of the CDT, which is the training arm of the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, is to help the UK realise its industrial potential in the robotics revolution by producing a new generation of highly skilled researchers. The Centre achieves this by harnessing the potential of around 70 world-leading investigators across 12 cross-disciplinary research groups and Institutes in the School of Engineering & Physical Sciences and the Department of Computer Science at Heriot-Watt, and the Schools of Informatics and Engineering at the University of Edinburgh.

Under the direction of the Centre Manager based at Heriot-Watt University, the post holder will provide administrative support for the CDT-RAS programme. They will support both the students undertaking the programme and the academic staff leading the Centre. The job will be varied and interesting and the post holder will play a key organisational role in a small, multitasking team.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

Essential:

• Educated to Higher level (SCQF Level 6) or equivalent
• Experience of working in a busy, administrative environment.
• Demonstrable experience of committee servicing / minute taking; organising and running events; and arranging travel.
• Strong IT skills including experience of using Microsoft Office, email, specialist databases and social media platforms.
• Strong numeracy skills with the ability to track financial spend against set budgets.
• Demonstrable ability to apply relevant policies and procedures in a work context.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills and a customer-focused approach.
• A flexible and adaptable approach to the working environment.

Feedback will only be provided to interviewed candidates.

Enquiries about this post should be directed to Philippa Ward, Head of Student Services, philippa.ward@ed.ac.uk .

Please ensure that a CV and covering letter, outlining how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for this role, are provided with your application.

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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 web pages.

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.