Job Description

Grade UE06: 34,610 to 39,906 per annum

CAHSS / School of Health in Social Science

Full time: 35 hour per week

Fixed-term: 18 months

The Opportunity:

The School of Health in Social Science is looking for a highly skilled and experienced Teaching Office Team Leader to provide a high standard of administrative support and line management within our School Teaching Office. This role is one of two identical roles (one of which is vacant), within the Teaching Office who work in partnership to support the team.



The two Team Leaders work in partnership to support our team of administrators working with academic staff and undergraduate and postgraduate students studying our online and on campus programmes. Working alongside the Student Support Team, Senior Academic staff and the Head of Student and Academic Services the post holders will ensure continuity of service and seek improvement and process alignment opportunities across the diverse range of programmes offered by the School.



The role is offered on a fixed-term basis for a period of 18-months and is available from early November 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. Currently staff are expected to work on campus a minimum of 2 days a week, although this is dependent on service need and is subject to change.



The salary for this post is

34,610 - 39,906

per annum. Appointments are usually made at the starting point on the pay scale.

Your skills and attributes for success:

Experience of supervising staff, training and developing individuals and team building Ability to analyse and solve problems with an appreciation of longer-term implications Proven interpersonal and communication skills, ability to positively influence and negotiate with colleagues Ability to ability to gather, analyse and present information, write reports and deliver presentations Excellent organisation and time management skills to plan and organise administrative activities.

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Application Information:

Please apply by submitting both a CV and a personal statement explaining how you meet each of the essential criteria outlined within the job description. The personal statement should be formatted as a series of short paragraphs, using each of the criteria as a heading.

Please include details of two referees in your CV and indicate whether you agree for them to be contacted prior to interview.

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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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

21st 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.

It is anticipated that interviews will be held in Edinburgh in the week of 10

th

November.