Administration Officer, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Deadline date: Midday on Friday 7 January 2022

Grade 5: £26,341 - £31,406 per annum

The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies is seeking to appoint an Administration Officer.  The postholder will be directly responsible to the Centre Administrator and will provide general administration and secretarial support to the Centre Administrator and the Centre Director.  When required, the postholder will also provide assistance to the Director of Graduate Studies.

The postholder will be the first line of contact for all enquiries in the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, as well as being responsible for welcoming visitors to the Centre; responsible for sorting all incoming/outgoing mail and acting as the first point of reference for couriers, deliveries; draft/type correspondence, undertake photocopying, arrange meetings and occasional travel arrangements; ordering and maintaining stationery supplies and other necessary consumables and equipment, whilst checking that prices comply with budget; maintaining the petty cash float; help to arrange the yearly graduate interviews, and prepare documentation for the Director of Graduate Studies and oversee the Academic Visitors to the Centre, in collaboration with the Head of the Visitors Programme.

The successful candidate should have excellent communication skills, both written and oral; be a highly competent IT user, with experience of using Microsoft Word applications;  ability to collaborate effectively and flexibly with colleagues and work as part of a small-knit team; ability to inter-relate with senior individuals in government and business and have good numeracy skills.

This is a full time permanent post and the postholder will be based at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Manor Road Building, Oxford.

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online via www.recruit.ox.ac.uk and enter vacancy ID:  155084.  You will be required to complete an application form and upload supporting statement as part of your online application

The closing date for applications is midday on Friday 7 January 2022.  Interviews are likely to be held week commencing 17 January 2022.