Senior Teaching Administrator - CG1275DM

Start date: 1 August 2024

We wish to appoint a Senior Teaching Administrator within the School of Divinity. The role holder will join a professional services team of four other staff (2.4 FTE) and will support the research administration of the School. The role holder will be flexible and be able to prioritise the needs of students, academics and the School. They will process excellent team and relationship management skills, sound judgement and effective problem-solving skills. The post holder will be expected to be supportive of change and adopt a flexible and cooperative approach to improvements to operations and the provision of administrative support in the School. Experience in a similar role in a university or teaching environment with an understanding of administration within Higher Education or teaching administration would be advantageous.

Employees of the University have access to a wide range of staff benefits including:

• Annual leave of 30 days, plus 5 public holidays.
• Membership of the S&LAS Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions.
• A range of family friendly policies.
• Staff discount scheme for local and national goods and services.
• Free staff parking, employee Carshare and Cycle to Work Schemes and subsidised local bus travel.
• Subsidised sports membership, reduced tuition fees on degree programmes for staff, access to training and development opportunities including LinkedIn Learning, access to library facilities, salary sacrifice scheme.
• A range of wellbeing initiatives including membership of Peppy, a health application that connects staff to expert practitioners and personalized support on health matters.

Further information and informal enquiries may be directed to the School Manager for Divinity, Dr John Walker, email: jw405@st-andrews.ac.uk, Tel: 01334 463300.

Applications are particularly welcome from people within the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who are under-represented in professional posts at the University.

Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of the St Andrews experience and form a central pillar of the University Strategy. We strive to create a fair and inclusive culture demonstrated through our commitment to diversity awards (Athena Swan, Carer Positive, LGBT Charter and Race Charters). We celebrate diversity by promoting profiles of BAME, LGBTIQ+ staff and supporting networks including the Staff BAME Network; Staff with Disabilities Network; Staff LGBTIQ+ Network; and the Staff Parents & Carers Network. Full details available online: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/hr/edi/.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Information on other visa options is available at https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa or by contacting our HR Immigration Team on hrimmigration@st-andrews.ac.uk.

Closing date: 5 June 2024

Interview date: 27 June 2024

Please quote ref: CG1275DM

Further particulars: CG1275DM FPs.doc

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