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IT Administrative Assistant

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  • Vacancy type: Full-Time Permanent
  • Closing date: 07/07/2025
  • Salary: £26,774

About the Role

 Edinburgh Airport’s IT team is looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic individual to join as an IT Administrative Assistant.

In this pivotal role, you’ll be at the heart of the action, providing essential support to the Head of IT and the IT Management Team. Your days will be varied and exciting, handling everything from mandatory training compliance to purchase orders and invoicing. You’ll also play a key role in the processes that drive our IT Commercial management.

If you thrive in fast-paced, ever-changing environments where no two days are the same, Edinburgh Airport is the place for you. We’re on the lookout for candidates from all walks of life and are more than happy to share additional information about the role to help you prepare for the interview.

Join us and be part of a team that’s propelling Edinburgh Airport into the future!

You can find out more about the team here.


About the Recruitment Process

The recruitment process for this role will be comprised of two interviews, one of which will be in person. You will meet with our IT Delivery Manager, and our IT Change Lead, who will go through a competency based interview to discover more about your experience and motivation in applying for the role. Successful candidates will then meet with our Head of IT.

You can find out more about our interview process and the types of questions we may ask here.

What you’ll be doing

  • General administrative duties
  • Provide administrative support to the Head of IT
  • Raising and receipting purchase orders
  • Raising invoices to customers & maintaining billing reports
  • Provide support across the team as and when required
  • Tracking team compliance with mandatory training and activities.

What we’re looking for

To apply for this role, you’ll need:

  • The successful candidate for this role must be able to obtain a Counter Terrorist Check, which requires you to have lived in the UK for the last 3 years
  • Excellent communication skills (both written and oral)
  • Good grasp of the Microsoft office suite specifically Word and Excel, and keenness to learn how to use other systems
  • Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
  • Ability to track and report on spend
  • Team worker but also able to work independently
  • Pro-active and able to use own initiative

If your experience looks slightly different to what we’ve listed here, we encourage you to still apply. You could add something we didn’t know we needed.

What we’ll offer you

  • Pension scheme- employer contributions can be up to 7%
  • 32 days holiday, based on full time roles, increasing with service
  • Annual discretionary bonus
  • Supporting your health and wellbeing- private healthcare after 1 years’ service, access to our Employee Assistance Programme and occupational health services
  • Free car parking on site and when you go on holiday
  • We offer a range of other benefits, find out more here

Why EDI?

We are Edinburgh Airport, where Scotland meets the world. The success of the airport comes down to our people, and you can help us deliver even more big days for our passengers and colleagues. The development of your career is important to us, and we’ll support and encourage this every step of the way. As a business we’re driven by our values – they’re at the core of our culture and everything we do. We’re looking for people who will demonstrate these values day-in, day-out. So if this sounds like you, apply now and get ready for your career to take off.

Building a diverse workforce that is inclusive and accessible to all is a priority for our business. As part of this journey, we are proud to be the first UK airport to be endorsed by WORK180. They only recognise great employers for all women. Find out about our policies on our WORK180 employer page.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring applicants with a disability can participate fully in our recruitment process. Please let us know in your application form if you require any adjustments, such as parking arrangements or alternative methods of communication.