Reporting and Administrative Officer

UE06: £29,619.00 - £34,308.00 Per Annum, Pro Rata.

CSG / Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability.

Open Ended Contract - Permanent; Part Time - 28 Hours Per Week.

Closing date for applications is 5pm Monday 20 March.

The University of Edinburgh aims to deliver positive impact for society. This means we want to improve peoples’ lives and protect the planet. Our commitments include being a zero carbon and zero waste University; promoting, protecting and respecting human rights; and critically engaging with and contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals.

The Opportunity:

The Reporting and Administrative Officer is an important role within the Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability, supporting the University’s corporate reporting of social responsibility, sustainability and climate issues. The role will support the delivery of the department’s sustainability training programme, by providing comprehensive administrative support and facilitation support in the delivery of the training. The role will provide coordination and support for data protection and risk management processes across the department, including data protection impact assessments and risk registers.

Your Skills and Attributes for Success:

• Strong understanding of climate, sustainability, social and civic responsibility issues.
• Experience of data collection and analysis, and administration tasks.
• Ability to demonstrate strong interpersonal, organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to use initiative, to cope under pressure, to maintain confidentiality, to meet tight deadlines, show flexibility and attention to detail.
• An ability to multi task and cope with a heavy and varied workload, and to cope well under pressure and work towards tight deadlines to deliver timely and accurate work.
• Excellent attention to detail and a flexible and adaptable attitude to a continuously evolving area of work.

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What Working at Edinburgh University Offers:

We offer 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 , flexible working 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.

Interviews will be held in late March 2023.

Right to Work

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.

The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.