ScotPEN Administrator
ScotPEN Administrator
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Grade UE04: 25773 to 28381pro rata
Corporate Services Group / Edinburgh Research Office
Part time: 7 hours per week
Fixed term: Contract end date 31st July 2026
We are looking for a motivated administrator to support the Scottish Public Engagement Network (ScotPEN) committee including supporting the networks established annual conference. This role can either be located in our Edinburgh office or remote with occasional travel within Scotland.
The Opportunity:
The successful applicant will support a Scotland wide community of practice in public engagement. They will support for committee meetings and elections membership and conference and event planning. This is a new role that will involve working with people working in public engagement across Scotland.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Approachable and professional.
- Adaptable.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
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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 ourstaff 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. The University offers hybrid working; in Edinburgh Research Office we expect colleagues to be on campus for a minimum of team anchor days team meetings all-ERO meetings and other in-person meetings and events required in your role.
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on ourright to workwebpages(opens new browser tab).
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.
The University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh is 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 benefitspension scheme staff discountsfamily-friendly initiatives flexible working and much more. Click to access ourstaff benefits page(opens new browser tab)for further information and use ourreward 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. The University offers hybrid working; in Edinburgh Research Office we expect colleagues to be on campus for a minimum of team anchor days team meetings all-ERO meetings and other in-person meetings and events required in your role.
Edinburgh Research Office
Working inEdinburgh Research Officeyou will be part of aprofessional supportive and friendly team; at the heart of University research support working in collaboration with academics and research support professionals across the institution. The breadth of our remit means you will get an overview of research support activity while you build your skills in your specialism. Gaining new knowledge and skills to help you develop in this role and progress in your career is a priority. We offer colleagues a stimulating working environment based on our values of integrity expertise community and collaboration. Our work is fast-paced and intense; you will thrive here if you are motivated collaborative and passionate about providing an excellent service to enable ourresearchers to do amazing work.
The Research Engagement and Impact Team leads and coordinates impact development policy and public engagement with research across the University working in partnership with colleagues in Colleges Schools and other support units including Edinburgh Innovations and Communications and Marketing. As a member of our team of 11 you will build networks across the University and with counterparts in other institutions. Working with academic colleagues you will gain insight into our amazing research and have the opportunity to maximise and demonstrate the benefits of this to the wider society and the economy.
Key dates to note:
Closing date for applications is: 4 July 2025. Interviews: Interviews will be held on 24 of July.
Please upload a CV and covering letter.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Part-Time
