Disability Service Administrator

Part Time, Permanent: 28.88 hours per week (0.8fte)

Join a University where people are at the heart of all its activities. A University that's main purpose is helping to create a better society through education, research and innovation, and by providing a supportive and creative learning environment in which students and staff thrive.  A University that is committed to being an excellent employer and enables staff to reach to their full potential by investing in their development.

Queen Margaret University aims to offer its students a positive and enjoyable student experience. The Student Services department has a central role in that experience, ensuring that the best possible information, advice, guidance and support is in place to enable students to be active and successful in both their academic and social activities.

The Disability Service, which sits within Student Services, is seeking a committed and enthusiastic Disability Service Administrator to provide administrative support for the disability service.  Currently up to 800 students, with a range of disabilities, are known to the service.

The role of the Disability Service Administrator is crucial to the successful organisation and provision of appropriate support for disabled students, particularly the delivery of DSA administration, financial monitoring and administration, monitoring and reporting, and record keeping. 

A team player with excellent communication skills, you will be experienced in providing administrative services including invoicing, reporting and management of essential processes. You will be able to work independently, prioritize, manage your workload, deadlines and submissions. variety of dyslexia screening tools as well as assistive technology.

The closing date for this position is 23:59 on Sunday 5^th May 2024

Should you wish to apply for the vacancy please visit our vacancies page (via the ‘Apply’ button above), download the job description and complete an application online.

If you have any queries regarding the application process or require any special assistance please contact Human Resources by email recruitment@qmu.ac.uk

For an informal discussion, please contact Dr Jessica Lindohf, Head of Student Services (jlindohf@qmu.ac.uk)

This role does not meet the minimum requirements set by UKVI to enable sponsorship of migrant workers.

As a university, we are committed to the Researcher Development Concordat and were, in fact, the first Scottish Higher Education Institute (and part of the first UK cohort of institutes) to publicly declare our commitment to its principles.

Queen Margaret University is committed to equality of opportunity for all by providing a supportive, flexible and inclusive working environment, and we welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds. Please have a look at our Diversity, Wellbeing and Inclusion Calendar.

We are proud to hold an Athena SWAN Bronze Award which recognises the advancement of gender equality at QMU. Find out more about Athena SWAN here.  We have a number of family friendly policies and are happy to consider job share applications.

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