Job Description

Grade UE05: 29,588 to 33,951 per annum.

CAHSS / Business School

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Open-ended (permanent)

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a Senior Teaching Administrator to deliver high quality, professional on-programme administrative support for a number of Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate Taught (PGT) programmes and courses. To work collaboratively with the Teaching Administration Manager, Team Lead and the other Senior and Teaching Administrators to ensure consistency in the service provided to students and broader Student Experience priorities. To be a key point of contact for PGT Programme Directors and UG Cohort Leads, Course Organisers and to work in partnership with Student Advisors.


This post is full-time (35 hours per week); Hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working is available for this post in line with the business needs of Teaching Operations; There may be certain periods where full time on campus working is required - for example welcome week. We are open to requests for flexible working patterns.



The salary for this post is

29,588 to 33,951

per annum.

Your skills and attributes for success:

Professional approach, with high-level customer service standards, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, aligned with a friendly, helpful manner, and proven ability to work effectively in a team. Resilience and enthusiasm to sustain a high level of performance when working to deadlines, whilst maintaining excellent attention to detail. Good negotiating and influencing skills, demonstrating tact and diplomacy. A strongly developed sense of service delivery and student focused approach. Good time management skills, with the proven ability to prioritise and organise workload effectively to ensure required deadlines are met. Experience of both working/responding independently and as part of a team.

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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.



Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our

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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

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is

28

th

October 2025.

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.





Interviews will be held

10

th

November 2025.