Student Funding Officer

Deadline date: Midday on Tuesday 11 January 2022

Grade 5: £25,941 - £30,942 per annum

The Faculty of Law is looking to appoint a Student Funding Officer.  This is a new role to support a range of student finance processes in the Law Faculty, including the administration of various graduate scholarship schemes (including needs-based hardship awards); the provision of supporting information for fundraising purposes; and the processing of a large number of student prizes and bursary payments.  The postholder will report to the Finance Manager, and will work very closely with the Academic Administrator, and from time to time with the Development Director. 

Applicants must have proven experience of comparable financial administration; ability to summarise, analyse and understand financial data; excellent IT skills; a good general level of education; effective interpersonal and communicaiton skills; ability to produce accurate work even under pressure; capacity to understand a range of funder rules and University financial requirements, and to apply these accurately and convey them to colleagues in an effective way.  Experience of using Oracle Financials and using Excel pivot tables to manipulate data is desirable.

This is a full time permanent post and the postholder will be based at the Faculty of Law, St Cross Building, St Cross Road, Oxford, OX1 3UL

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online via www.recruit.ox.ac.uk and enter vacancy ID:  155103. You will be required to complete an application form and upload a supporting statement as part of your online application

The closing date for applications is midday on Tuesday 11 January 2022.  Interviews are likely to be held week commencing 17 or 24 January 2022.