Personal Assistant to Professors

Department of Computer Science, Wolfson Building, Parks Road, Oxford.
Personal Assistant to Professors
Permanent
Grade 5: £24,983 - £29,799 p.a.

An opening for a full-time Personal Assistant has arisen in the secretarial team to provide high-quality PA support to the Algorithms and Complexity Theory research theme which is currently led by Professor Leslie Goldberg.  The theme has association of a number of other Professors and the post holder will specifically work with Professors Elias Koutsoupias and Paul Goldberg and their research groups. In addition, the post holder will also support Professor Niki Trigoni, of the Cyber Physical Systems research group. 

You will be responsible for a range of tasks including diary management, making complex travel arrangements and itineraries, and arranging meetings.  You will also be required to provide administrative support to the organisers of conferences, seminars, meetings, and events in the department, as well as any other secretarial duties as requested by the Department Administrator or the PA to the Head of Department to ensure the smooth running of the Department.

The ideal candidate will have experience of diary management, including making complex travel arrangements and should have excellent written communication and presentation skills in order to draft correspondence and produce well-presented reports. Experience of using financial information systems (e.g. Oracle Financials) and previous experience within a Higher Education environment is desirable.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Friday 15 September.

Further details of the post, including the selection criteria and method of application are available from:

https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=130689

The post, which is a full-time appointment, and has a salary on the University grade 05S scale (currently £24,983 - £29,799 p.a.) This includes membership of the Oxford Staff Pension Scheme (OSPS) and has an annual leave entitlement of 38 days per year (inclusive of all public holidays and university closed periods).

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