College Registrar Uk Sponsorship Available

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Professional Services employment at Grade UE10 (competitive compensation given).

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences – Registrar

Full-time, 35 hours each week.

Open-ended (permanent

The University of Edinburgh is a world-class academic institution dedicated to making a meaningful, sustainable, and socially responsible contribution to Scotland, the United Kingdom, and beyond. The University, located in one of the world’s most beautiful cities and ranked in the top 20 of the QS World Rankings, offers a first-rate education to over 49,000 students through its undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, as well as on-site and distance learning options.

The College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences is one of three academic colleges at the University of Edinburgh, with over 4,500 faculty and around 28,500 students from 160 countries.

We have an international reputation as an intellectual powerhouse in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, with access to global networks of researchers and first-rate teaching and research across a wide variety of academic fields. We are placed tenth in the world for Arts & Humanities and third in the UK (QS World University Rankings 2023).

We are looking for a new College Registrar with exceptional leadership abilities, demonstrated strategic management expertise, and the confidence and vision to lead the College’s operations and services while also providing excellent support to the academic business. The Registrar is a vital component of the College’s senior management team, responsible for the overall governance and management of the College and University.

You will provide overall strategic leadership of the College’s operations and services, fostering a positive and collegial atmosphere, to support the formulation of the College’s plan and enable it to accomplish and assess its goals. You will lead the Colleges’ professional services teams while also supporting and advising the Head of College. You will be in charge of driving ongoing service improvement while also leading difficult change. As an ambassador for the College and University, you will build and maintain relationships with external stakeholders while promoting an open communication culture in which all students and staff are engaged and their contributions are encouraged and valued.

We are devoted to equity, diversity, and inclusion, and candidates from underrepresented groups are especially welcome.

Enquiries or applications may be submitted in confidence to Mary Comer or Evan Yeckley at WittKieffer.

The applications should include the following:

• an updated Curriculum Vitae and
• a covering letter (no more than two A4 pages) outlining your experience, qualifications, and opinion on your overall appropriateness for the position.

Please email completed applications electronically to mcomer@wittkieffer.com or eyeckley@wittkieffer.com.

The application deadline is Friday, April 19, 2024, at 12 noon.

Visit WittKieffer’s website for more details, including an information pack.

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As a respected part of our team, you should expect:

A stimulating, cheerful, creative, demanding, and gratifying environment to work. We help you, develop your skill, and reward accomplishment. Our competitive reward programme includes a generous holiday entitlement, defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly activities, flexible working arrangements, and more. For more information, see our staff benefits page. Use our incentive calculator to calculate the entire pay and benefits package.

The University of Edinburgh has received a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of its efforts to improve gender equality in higher education. We are Race Equality Charter members, as well as Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, and we actively promote LGBT equality.

If you are invited for an interview, you will be needed to provide proof of your permission to work in the UK. More information is available on our right to work webpages.

The University can sponsor the employment of international workers in this position. If successful, an overseas candidate seeking sponsorship to work in the UK must meet the UK Home Office’s English Language criteria and apply for and obtain a Skilled Worker Visa.