Business Administrator
Location: SAMS, Oban
Contract Type: Open-ended
Working Pattern: Full Time - 37 hours per week – Monday to Friday
Salary : Grade 3-4 £25,878 - £27,644 per annum
Closing date: 28th May 2026
The Role :
This role is to co-ordinate administrative and operational support to SAMS Enterprise, ensuring the efficient delivery of services across business development, proposals, marketing support and customer engagement activities. The role is a key enabler in several revenue generation areas and acts as a point of contact for all enquiries.
You will be required to maintain and organize business critical documentation, ensure accurate records and systems, and deal with finance-related administration.
Working closely with Enterprise colleagues and wider SAMS Group, the postholder will plan and prioritise their workload independently and contribute to maintaining effective administrative processes and service standards. The role also plays an important part in continuous improvement of systems and procedures while ensuring compliance with organisational policies and regulatory requirements
Our Ideal Candidate
Will have strong ICT capability including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook, and the ability to learn and apply Enterprise systems such as NetSuite and internal databases.
You will also have well-developed administrative and organisational skills, be able to interpret information and prepare documentation accurately and the confidence to suggest improvements to administrative processes.
This varied role provides support to all team members and requires adaptability, reliability, consistency, problem solving, and a helpful, organised approach.
Employee Benefits
Our relatively small, caring community is an ideal environment for making friends, forming collaborations, and supporting each other to do the work that we really care about. Oban and surrounding areas provide a fantastic base to live and work, and we offer a wide range of employee benefits, support and inclusive culture, making SAMS a great place to work.
Our employees are the heart of our business. Recruiting and retaining the right people is the key to our success. Rewarding our employees is therefore an important component of our employment package and we have a wide range of benefits on offer to staff to support your work and lifestyle.
We are proud to provide a wide variety of benefits year-round, offering options to best support our staff, such as: flexible & hybrid working options, purchase of additional annual leave, shopping discounts, Cycle 2 Work scheme, purchases of technology through salary sacrifice, Payroll Giving, Pensions Plus, access to portals to support health and wellbeing, a sabbatical scheme, free car parking with access to electronic charging points as well as access to a number of training & development courses.
Additionally, SAMS encourages and recognises excellence among staff through various recognition and reward arrangements. We are striving to constantly develop and expand the benefits and offers for our colleagues.
Interested?
We would love to hear from you. If you have queries on the job and would like to talk these through before applying, please email these through, in the first instance, to HR@sams.ac.uk
Applications must include CV and Cover Letter and should be sent electronically to recruitment@sams.ac.uk quoting Job Ref. ‘SE02.26.SMK’ in the subject heading.
Closing date for application is 28th May 2026
Full details can be found here:
Business Administrator Job Description
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We are a Disability Confident Employer. Where a candidate requires reasonable adjustments as part of the application process, we encourage you to let us know. Where applicants with a disability meet the essential criteria for the job, you will be given the opportunity to demonstrate your skills, talent and abilities at interview.
SAMS’ commitment to gender equality has been recognised, as our institute was presented with an Athena SWAN (Scientific Women’s Academic Network) Bronze Award and is currently working towards Investors in Diversity accreditation.
SAMS follows Fair Work Practices.
SAMS Group is committed to being an equal and open organisation. Diversity and inclusion are important to us, and we strive to remove any barriers that may prevent people from applying to join us. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, and from all who share our values and can help us to broaden our knowledge and range of ideas.
