Personal Assistant (maternity cover)

Grade 5: £24,057 – £28,695 p.a. (fixed-term for 6 months).

An opening for a Personal Assistant to cover a period of maternity leave has arisen, to provide high-quality administrative and organisational support to senior departmental Professors. The department’s research covers a wide variety of themes, and each of the Professors maintain their own groups. You will be responsible for a range of tasks including diary management, coordinating travel itineraries and arranging meetings. You will also be required to provide administrative support to the organisers of conferences, meetings, and events in the department, as well as providing administrative support to other senior academic staff as required.

The ideal candidate will be a flexible, professional self-starter, with excellent communication, team-working, and customer service skills, as well as the ability to plan and organise your workload, prioritising tasks to ensure maximum efficiency.  You should have experience of working in an academic environment, and proficiency in Microsoft Office.

The post, which is a full-time appointment, is fixed-term for 6 months, and has a salary on the University grade 05S scale (currently £24,057 to £28,695 p.a.).  This includes membership of the OSPS and has an annual leave entitlement of 38 days per year (inclusive of all public holidays and university closed periods).

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on 1 June 2015.

For further details and to apply please visit: https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=118383.