Job Description

Job Category: Professional, Administration and Operational
:
Grade UE08: 49,559 to 60,907 per annum, pro-rata if part time
CAHSS / School of Divinity (10-20% Supporting HCA)
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Fixed term: 13 months (commencing 1 October 2025)
The School of Divinity is seeking to recruit a Head of Student and Academic Services, to cover for temporary absence (13 months). The post holder is a key senior member of the School's management team with responsibility for matters related to the School's portfolio of UG, PGT and PGR programmes and Student Support services, both on campus and online, across all levels and types of study.
The Opportunity:
The post holder will work closely with the Director of Professional Services to provide robust and seamless high quality professional service across a varied and complex School. He/she will support the DoPS in the maintenance of management continuity by deputising where appropriate during leave and absence, and lead on delegated School-wide projects and developments as required.
This post is full-time (35 hours per week), 13 month fixed term, starting 1st October 2025. We are open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.
The salary for this post is 49,559 to 60,907 per annum.
Your skills and attributes for success:

• Proven skills in planning, prioritisation, allocation and delegation of work.
• Experience of supervising staff, training and developing individuals and team building: demonstrable ability to empower and motivate staff, and to facilitate the implementation of lasting, service improvements and coordination.
• Ability to analyse and solve problems with an appreciation of possible longer-term implications
• Experience of working/responding independently and dealing with unforeseen problems and circumstances.
• Proven ability to use databases and reporting systems such as BI Suite to prepare and analyse complex datasets and use this information in the preparation of detailed management information reports.

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Application Information
Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:
- CV
- Cover letter
As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• A competitive salary
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our

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Championing equality, diversity and inclusion
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.
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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.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is Monday 14th July.
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It is anticipated that interviews will be held week commencing 21st July 2025.
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 Team:
Theology has been taught at Edinburgh since the University's foundation in 1583. In the School of Divinity today (New College) you are in a college setting, with our own site, library, dining/socialising hall, and a strong sense of community of students and staff. Yet you are also part of a large, world-class university, and in the heart of one of the most scenic and vibrant cities in Europe. From its foundation, the University of Edinburgh has maintained a distinguished tradition of higher learning and academic excellence. Today the University is one of Britain's leading research institutions with an international reputation for scholarship and achievement; and access to research libraries of world importance.
From the first year onward, courses involve small group tutorial and seminar learning as well as lectures. We have a long and distinguished record in research, teaching and postgraduate supervision. Our current staff includes scholars with international reputations in various subjects in theology and religious studies. In the most recent national Research Excellence Framework Exercise (REF 2014), the School of Divinity was ranked first in Scotland and fourth in the UK for Theology and Religious Studies based on the quality and volume of our research. Incoming postgraduate research students are offered a training course in research methods, and are given conscientious supervision from their first weeks through to submission of the thesis. There are also special orientation events for foreign students. Our Student satisfaction rates are consistently amongst the highest in the University of Edinburgh.
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