Personal Assistant
Posted: 23rd April 2019
Department of Computer Science, Parks Road, Oxford.
Personal Assistant
Full-time, fixed term for 14 months
Grade 5: £25,482 - £30,395
An opening for a full-time Personal Assistant has arisen in the secretarial team to provide high-quality PA support to Academics in The Department of Computer Science. The role is fixed term for 14 months, reporting to the Personal Assistant to Head of Department.
The duties involved in the role are varied, and include giving full administrative support on financial matters (for example, the management of travel, subsistence and other expenses and allowances, invoices for subscriptions), making complex travel arrangements for academics, acting as the first point of contact for visitors, and organising meetings, preparing and circulating papers, agendas, and minute, as appropriate.
The ideal candidate will have experience of diary management (including making complex travel arrangements), experience of working on confidential matters, the ability to manage and prioritise a varied and busy workload according to deadlines, the ability to manage finances, attention to detail with a high level of accuracy, 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 of events organisation is highly desirable.
The closing date for applications is 12 noon on 20 May 2019.
Our staff and students come from all over the world and we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture. Diversity is positively encouraged, through diversity groups and champions, for example http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/aboutus/women-cs-oxford/index.html, as well as a number of family-friendly policies, such as the right to apply for flexible working and support for staff returning from periods of extended absence, for example maternity leave.
For further details and to apply please visit:
https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=140421