Audience & Content Directorate Assistant

Location: Beaumont Street, Oxford, OX1 2PH

About the role

Are you a highly organised, self-motivated, caring individual, who can provide an effective and efficient administrative service for the Audience & Content Director, including financial management and administration? If so, we can’t wait to hear from you. 

This is a full-time, permanent position, working 36.5 hours per week. This role will be based in the Ashmolean Museum.

About You

You have excellent organisational, administrative, and analytical skills; outstanding interpersonal skills, empathy for others, and can contribute to team building. You are willing and able to work independently, find solutions to problems and progress key tasks. You have personal discretion and judgement and are able to work to a high level of accuracy, particularly in dealing with Departmental finances, with precise attention to detail even when working under pressure. You are calm,caring,enthusiastic with a good sence of humor and work to pace. 

What We Offer

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days of annual leave
• A comprehensive range of childcare services
• Family leave schemes
• Cycle loan scheme
• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

More information is available at https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/staff-benefits

Diversity

Our staff and students come from all over the world, and we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture. Diversity is positively encouraged, through diverse groups and champions, as well as a number of family-friendly policies, such as the right to apply for flexible working and support for staff returning from periods of extended absence, for example, shared parental leave.

We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment processes are inclusive and accessible. If you require the job description or any other materials in an alternative format, or if you would like to request any adjustments to support you through the application or interview process, please contact the recruitment team at recruitment@glam.ox.ac.uk.

How to apply

You will be required to upload your CV and a supporting statement as part of your online application. Your supporting statement should list each of the essential and desirable selection criteria, as listed in the job description, and explain how you meet each one. Both documents must be submitted to be considered.

We aim to provide a supportive working environment and are happy to discuss training and professional development opportunities. The Chair of this recruitment panel will be Gina Koutsika, Director of Audiences and Content, who can be contacted with enquiries relating to the role (gina.koutsika@ashmus.ox.ac.uk). General queries about the recruitment and application process should be directed to the Recruitment team within our Human Resources department (recruitment@glam.ox.ac.uk).

Only applications received online by 12.00 midday (BST) on Wednesday 1 October 2025 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place in-person on Wednesday 29 October 2025.

*An automatic annual increment each year will be paid up to (and not including) the discretionary range within the University of Oxford’s grade 5 salary scale.

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