Learning & Teaching Administrator bei Edinburgh University Group
Edinburgh University Group · Edinburgh, Vereinigtes Königreich · Hybrid
- Junior
- Optionales Büro in Edinburgh
Grade UE04: £26,093 – £28,778 per annum
CAHSS / School of Literatures, Languages & Cultures / Student & Academic Services.
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Fixed Term: 31st August 2026
Number of Posts: 1
The Opportunity:
The Student and Academic Services Team in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) is looking for a Learning and Teaching Administrator to join our team. This is a full-time role with a fixed term end date of 31st August 2026.
Join our dynamic administrative team as a Learning and Teaching Administrator. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure the efficient and smooth delivery of activities related to the School’s taught programmes. This School-wide role involves close collaboration with key senior professional services staff to deliver exceptional and adaptable student and academic services. We seek candidates with excellent communication, sound judgment, keen attention to detail, and strong task- and time-management skills to support our students effectively in this proactive and demanding position.
We welcome applications for this post from all qualified candidates and particularly welcome applications from members of minority ethnic groups, who are currently under-represented in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures.
Informal queries can be directed to [email protected].
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Vocational qualifications (N/SVQ 2/3, ONC or equivalent) plus typically relevant work experience OR School education to Standard Grade or equivalent plus relevant work experience.
- Administrative experience, preferably in an HE environment.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft software packages (Word, Excel, etc).
- Strong communication skills.
- Organisation and time management skills to plan and organise activities and events.
- Demonstration of ability to provide an effective service in a customer service role.
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If you already hold a contract of employment with the University of Edinburgh, you should apply for this role via the Internal Applications Portal here.
Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:
- CV
- Cover letter
We will not accept applications via email and applications must be submitted in full by the stated deadline in order to be considered.
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 staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.
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 right to work webpages (opens new browser tab).
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 21st October 2025.
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About Company
The School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) is one of the largest Schools in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. We are an international community at the heart of the main University campus, drawing connections between people and cultures both within and beyond our School, and thriving on our place in a global festival city. Based in George Square, we are surrounded by world-class resources and collections.
Teaching and Learning
We offer one of the widest range of languages of any UK university, teaching all six official languages of the United Nations, and eight of the languages of the European Union.
Based in the first UNESCO City of Literature, we are home to the oldest department of English Literature in the UK - one of the longest established in the world - and the oldest Celtic department in Scotland. Arabic has been taught here for over 260 years.
With over 100 undergraduate programmes, many offered with partner Schools in our College, we encourage flexible, interdisciplinary learning. Our four-year undergraduate degrees are specifically designed to enable choice and broaden minds.
Our large postgraduate community comprises students on taught and research masters programmes, as well as a highly active group of PhD candidates. At postgraduate level, we are a leading centre for the study of film, including exhibition and curation, and for comparative literature, intermediality, and translation studies.
Research
LLC is home to many research centres and networks. Often highly interdisciplinary, these groups bring together researchers at all career stages with partners and stakeholders on a range of activities.
In the last Research Excellence Framework (REF) over 70% of the School's research activity was rated world leading or internationally excellent (3* or 4*).
