Assessment Officer, MSc Global Healthcare Leadership

The Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences is seeking an exceptional and highly organised Assessment Officer to join the team delivering the MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership (MGHL) – a prestigious executive MSc programme jointly led by the Department and the Saïd Business School.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the teaching and assessment of an innovative and fast-growing programme, designed for senior healthcare leaders worldwide. You will work closely with academic and administrative colleagues across the two departments, Examination Schools, the Proctors’ Office, and external examiners, to ensure the efficient planning and delivery of all assessment and examination activities.

The post holder will take responsibility for coordinating and managing assessments across multiple overlapping cohorts, ensuring compliance with University regulations and a seamless student experience. This includes producing and circulating assessment materials, maintaining virtual learning systems (including Canvas for interacting with and providing information to students and Inspera for managing student submissions), overseeing submission and marking processes, liaising with internal and external examiners, and supporting the programme’s Exam Board.

They will play a key role in maintaining academic quality and upholding academic integrity (including oversight of plagiarism and AI usage in assessments). They will also support systems improvement, report generation, and ongoing quality assurance activities linked to assessment, working with a range of academic and professional services colleagues to shape and enhance student experience.

The successful candidate will be a highly organised and detail-oriented individual with a strong educational background and a proven ability to manage multiple priorities effectively. Comfortable working both independently and as part of a collaborative team, they will demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and a commitment to high standards of service.

The post holder’s IT skills will be strong, particularly in the use of databases and spreadsheets, and they will bring a proactive, solutions-focused approach to problem-solving. Experience of administering assessments in an academic environment—ideally within the University of Oxford—would be a distinct advantage.

The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced and intellectually stimulating environment, showing initiative, sound judgement, and a calm, professional manner under pressure.

This role would suit a candidate who values working closely with team colleagues but has the ability to work well independently. In person attendance at select meetings will be necessary but there is otherwise some flexibility about hybrid-working. The normal place of work will be the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG.

This position is full-time and permanent.

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The closing date for applications is 12:00 noon on Wednesday 30 July 2025.

Interviews are expected to be held during the week commencing Monday 18 August 2025.

Please note: This role will not attract sufficient points to obtain a sponsored skilled worker visa under the points based immigration system, however applications are welcome from candidates who don’t currently have the right to work in the UK, but who would be eligible to obtain a visa via another route.

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