Divisional Administrator for The Roslin Institute

The University of Edinburgh; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent educational institution in Edinburgh seeks an experienced administrator for a full-time role. Your responsibilities include providing secretariat support for committees, managing diaries, and conducting data analysis. Candidates should have proven administrative experience, high IT literacy, and excellent communication skills. This position offers a salary range from £29,588 - £33,951, with hybrid working options available.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous holiday entitlement

Comprehensive staff benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in multi-tasking with a high degree of accuracy.
• Comfortable with scientific or clinical terminology.
• Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide secretariat support for various committees.
• Manage diaries and provide support to meetings.
• Carry out proofreading and drafting communications.
• Collate data and perform basic analysis.

Skills

Proven administrative experience in an office environment

High IT literacy

Excellent interpersonal skills

Ability to deliver to deadlines

Job description

Overview

UE05 £29,588 - £33,951 per annum
CMVM / Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies / Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Campus
Full time: 35 hours per week
Open-ended (permanent)

This post is full-time (35 hours per week) and we are open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combine a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.

The salary for this post is £29,588 - £33,951 per annum.

Responsibilities

• The post-holder will be expected to multi-task their duties in an organised, coordinated approach, maintaining a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail in record keeping.
• Provide secretariat support for various committees, including taking minutes and monitoring follow-up on actions.
• Manage diaries and provide support to seminars, meetings and events.
• Carry out proof reading, drafting and editing of communications with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Collate data or perform basic analysis to present information in an appropriate manner.
• Be resourceful and work closely with the operational team to understand how to improve processes within the administrative team.
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills.

Your skills and attributes for success

• Proven administrative experience in an office environment with high IT literacy.
• Comfortable with scientific or clinical terminology.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to deliver to deadlines and manage conflicting priorities.

Application information

Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:

• CV
• Cover letter

Benefits

• A competitive salary
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• Be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
• Comprehensive staff benefits, such as generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the staff benefits page 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.

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

The closing date for applications is 2 October 2025.

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