Research Grants Officer

Location: 

Oxford Internet Institute - 1 St Giles - OX1 3JS - with planned move to Schwarzman Centre in September 2025

The Oxford Internet Institute—founded in 2001—is a multidisciplinary research and teaching department of the University of Oxford, dedicated to the social science of the Internet. 

The department seeks to appoint a Research Grants Officer to play a vital role in a busy department, providing high level research administration to the departments academic staff, with a particular focus towards financial administration, monitoring and reporting of all active research grants (post-award stage) as well as aspects of pre-award administration. 

Working in the Research Facilitation area of the departmental professional services, you will provide financial support for research grant awards as well as other operational support for recurring research activities. 

You will be educated to degree level (or equivalent), with experience of research financial administration in a higher education institution or similar organisation, and a demonstrable ability to work independently; you will also have strong organisational skills, a keen attention to detail, experience of using spreadsheets to manipulate and present data, and proven communication and interpersonal skills. 

You will be required to upload a CV and supporting statement as part of your online application. The supporting statement should clearly describe how you meet each of the selection criteria listed in the job description. You will also need to add details of two referees on the online application. 

Strictly only online applications received before noon UK TIME on 12.00 noon on 23 June 2025 will be considered 

Interviews are scheduled to be held, in person at 1 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS on Thursday 10 July 2025. 

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