Social Sciences Division
Area and Development Studies
Part-time Administrative Secretary and part-time secretary to the Rhodes Chair of Race Relations
CLERICAL & LIBRARY GRADE C4: Salary pro rata £15,053 - £17,416 p.a. (under review)
Applications are invited for two posts in African Studies. One is the administrative secretary for African Studies within the Department of Area and Development Studies. The principal duties of the post include: administrative support for the management committee and the developing academic programme; administering the budget; and the dissemination of information (including website maintenance). The post is part-time, initially eight hours per week, commencing as soon as possible.
The second is the secretary to the Rhodes Chair in Race Relations. The principal duties of the post are: to act as personal assistant to the Chair; be first point of contact for internal and external enquiries; administer budgets and related activities. The post is part-time at nine hours per week, commencing as soon as possible.
Both posts require a high level of secretarial skills, some computer literacy (word, excel, e-mail and preferably web maintenance), excellent organisational abilities and good communication skills. Experience in similar positions would be an advantage. We hope to employ one person for both posts, to create a post of 17 hours per week, but applicants should specify if they are interested in only one of the posts. Further particulars are available from Mrs. D. Preston, Social Sciences Divisional Office, 34 St Giles’, Oxford OX1 3LH. (e-mail: [email][email protected]) or via the University website (http://www.ox.ac.uk/jobs/). Applications should be sent to Mrs D. Preston for receipt not later than 12th March. Applicants are asked to supply the names and addresses of two referees.