University of Edinburgh Hiring for Education Programmes Administrator Job at Edinburgh, Scotland Full Time

College of Science and Engineering – Bayes Centre

Grade: UE05, salary range: £23,487 – £27,116 per annum

Fixed Term until 31st July 2024

Full time (35 hours per week)

1 post available

The Opportunity:

The Bayes Centre hosts, administers and manages a portfolio of interdisciplinary data science-related education and training programmes focused on upskilling the workforce, with courses contributed from academic units across the three Colleges of the University. Working as part of the Bayes Education Team, this is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the efficient and smooth delivery of this growing portfolio. You will present a customer-friendly first point of contact for applicants, students and staff and will be responsible for the administration of the programmes, including admissions and registrations, as well as providing support for wider Bayes Education work.

Please provide a cover letter and CV as part of your application. Please note that we can only provide feedback to interviewed candidates.

Interview date TBC.

For all enquiries please contact Cat Andrade-Robertsen at [email protected]

Job Description

For a detailed job description please see HERE

Summary:

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a strong customer-focused approach
• Ability to prioritise tasks, solve problems and show initiative
• Ability to work proactively and independently and sustain a high level of performance whilst under pressure
• Attention to accuracy and detail
• A flexible, positive, friendly approach and a good team player

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 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.

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.

Organisation Description

The Bayes Centre is the University’s innovation hub for data science and artificial intelligence. The technical strengths brought together in Bayes build on world-leading academic excellence in the mathematical, computational, engineering, and natural sciences in the University’s College of Science and Engineering. Data science education, tech entrepreneurship, and industrially driven, multidisciplinary research and design are the core pillars of our strategy to boost the University’s impact across the city, region, nationally, and internationally through new activity that complements the existing strengths of our community. The Bayes Centre is part of the Data-Driven Innovation (DDI) Programme within the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal. It collaborates closely with other DDI hubs: the Edinburgh Futures Institute, the Usher Institute, the National Robotarium, and Easter Bush