Administration Assistant
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Job Description
Directorate:The School of Energy Geoscience Infrastructure and Society (EGIS)
Grade:Grade 4 ()
Contract Type:Full Time (1FTE) Open Ended
Rewards and Benefits: 28 days annual leave increasing to 33 days per year after 5 years service plus 9 buildings closed days for all full time staff (Part time workers should pro rata this by their FTE). Use our total rewards calculator: to see the value of benefits provided by HeriotWatt University.
Purpose of Role
The role will be based within the school reporting to the Head of Operations but working closely with the Executive Dean Director of Learning and Teaching Senior Programme Directors and other colleagues. They will collaborate with the Student Advising team other teams in the Registry and Academic Support Directorate and across the wider institution. They will provide operational and administrative support to deliver studentfacing events activities and the overall student experience.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Support both administratively and operationally student societies including student initiatives organising events payment invoicing meeting support and liaison with academic members.
- Support the School with student event management including Welcome Week/Induction activities.
- Provide administrative support for schoolbased student voice activity.
- Support academics with the setup of Canvas Induction sites.
- Support academics with the setup and oversight of Canvas Discipline sites.
- Clerk the Student and Staff Liaison Committees Programme Boards and other Learning & Teaching meetings/committees as requested.
- Coordination of student field trips.
- Coordination of placements.
- Provide administrative support to academics leading on Disability coordination in the school.
- Provide reports of programme and course tutor lists.
- Update the Schools student facing webpages and SharePoint pages.
- Provide input to the School management team to improve processes and offerings for schoolbased student events activities and the overall student experience.
- Other duties as assigned to support the student experience and the operational and strategic priorities of the School and the University.
Education Qualifications and Experience
Essential
- Effective team working skills.
- Literacy and numeracy skills equivalent to SCQF Level 5 or similar or equivalent experience.
- Experience of working within a similar environment as outlined above.
- Competent in the use of relevant IT packages including a sound knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
- Excellent verbal and written English communication and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrable professional and proactive approach.
- Demonstrable ability to work quickly and flexibly with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail in a dynamic changing and pressured environment.
- Demonstrable provision of excellent customer service.
Desirable
- Educated to SCQF Level 6 or equivalent qualification.
- Working in an administrative role in higher education.
- Knowledge of Banner Student Records system.
How to Apply
Please submit via the HeriotWatt online recruitment system (1) Cover letter describing their interest and suitability for the post; (2) Full CV.
Applications can be submitted until midnight on Monday 19th May 2025.
Interviews to begin w/c 2nd June 2025.
At Heriot Watt we are passionate about our values and look to them to connect our people globally and to help us collaborate and celebrate our success through working together. Our research programmes can deliver real world impact which is achieved through the diversity of our international community and the recognition of creative talent that connects our global team.
Our flourishing community will give you the freedom to challenge and to bring your enterprising mind and to help our partners with solutions that can be applied now and in the future. Join us and Heriot Watt will provide you with a platform to thrive and work in a way that also helps you live your life in balance with wellbeing and inclusiveness at the heart of our global community.
HeriotWattUniversity is committed to securing equality of opportunity in employment and to the creation of an environment in which individuals are selected trained promoted appraised and otherwise treated on the sole basis of their relevant merits and abilities. Equality and diversity are all about maximising potential and creating a culture of inclusion for all.
HeriotWattUniversity values diversity across our University community and welcomes applications from all sectors of society particularly from underrepresented groups. For more information please see our website also our awardwinning work in Disability Inclusive Science Careers welcome and will consider flexible working patterns e.g. parttime working and job share options.
Use our total rewards calculator: see the value of benefits provided by HeriotWatt University.
Employment Type
Full-Time
