Job Description

Global Health Administrator and Executive Assistant
Medical Sciences Divisional Office, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford

Global Health Administrator and Executive Assistant

We are looking for an administrator and executive assistant to join the friendly and supportive Research Strategy and Funding Team in the Medical Sciences Divisional Office in the University of Oxford. This is a great opportunity to provide administrative support for Oxford Global Health events and projects, and provide executive assistant support for the Director of Global Health. This new role will support the establishment of the Oxford Global Health initiative at the University of Oxford and its inaugural Director. It will suit someone with excellent interpersonal skills, strong organisational skills, and the ability to work flexibly, who wants to work in a new, busy, challenging and fast-moving environment supporting the ultimate aim of improving global health.

The Director of Global Health will operate a busy and complex schedule, requiring you to provide active support in helping them conduct their business in a timely and efficient manner. This will include dealing with and progressing a wide range of matters, often with high profile contacts requiring you to exercise judgment about the course of action required.

Together with the Global Health Facilitator, you will contribute administrative support to the establishment and running of a series projects to further the aims of Oxford Global Health, for example administrative support for the establishment of a network and organising events.

Oxford Global Health is a University-wide initiative to deliver global health interdisciplinary partnerships, funding, output, visibility, impact and better connections between global health activity across all academic divisions of the University. Oxford Global Health is supported by a core Directorate consisting of the Director, the Global Health Facilitator, the Research Communications Officer, and the Global Health Administrator and Executive Assistant. Oxford Global Health is hosted and supported by the Medical Sciences Division and this role will participate as part of the Research Strategy and Funding Team in the Medical Sciences Divisional Office. However, Oxford Global Health is charged with progressing the global health research across all academic disciplines, and drive Oxford\'s place at the forefront of global health and innovation and so the post holder will operate across the full breadth of the University.

This is available as a full time position. The Team operates hybrid working with time split between the MSD Office in the John Radcliffe Hospital (currently minimum 1 day/week) and remote working. If offered on a part-time basis, the Team can offer flexibility over the exact hours and days worked. The role is fixed term for 1 year in the first instance with the possibility of an extension. This role can also be offered as a secondment opportunity for internal candidates.

As an employer, we genuinely care about the wellbeing of employees. We offer a comprehensive range of benefits including:

30 days of annual leave (excluding the 8 public holidays)

Extensive personal and professional development plans and opportunities to foster growth

A comprehensive range of childcare services to support working parents

A generous maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave schemes for growing families

An excellent contributory pension scheme to secure your financial future

Subsidised membership of the University Sports Centre to promote well-being

Cycle loan scheme to encourage sustainable commuting

Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans for convenient transportation

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) to help support employees\' wellbeing

The University also runs a large number of social groups and sports clubs for those looking for more than just a great place to work.

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. You will be required to upload a CV and supporting statement as part of your online application

Deadline Friday 29th September 2023, 12:00 midday. Interviews are expected to be held week commencing 9th October 2023.

To make informal enquiries about the post, please contact the Global Health Facilitator, Jo Miller at

Contact Person : Joanna Miller Vacancy ID : 167939
Contact Phone : Closing Date & Time : 29-Sep-2023 12:00
Pay Scale : STANDARD GRADE 6 Contact Email :
Salary (\xc2\xa3) : 32332 - 38205

University of Oxford