Education & Tutorial Office Manager/Senior Tutor’s Assistant

The Role

Gonville & Caius College is seeking an outstanding individual to join its Education & Tutorial Office as Office Manager and Senior Tutor’s Assistant. The postholder will provide leadership to the Education and Tutorial team, ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of the department, in collaboration with other College departments and University stakeholders, to support students and fellows at Gonville & Caius. The role also involves providing high‑level administrative support to the Senior Tutor across all aspects of the College’s academic and welfare provision.

This is a full time, permanent role working 37.5 hours per week. The FTE salary range for this role is between £46,983 and £48,716 per annum depending on experience.

The College is open to considering flexible working arrangements for this role, including job-share, subject to operational requirements. Applicants interested in applying on a job-share basis are encouraged to make this clear in their application and outline how they would propose to divide the role and ensure continuity of service.

Why work at Caius?

Benefits include:

• Generous Pension Scheme; and 3x death in service benefit
• Health care cash plan
• 33 days of annual holiday (inc. Public Holidays)
• Free on-site lunch provided
• Workplace Nursery Scheme (salary sacrifice)
• College gym
• Car parking (subject to availability/eligibility)
• Cycle to work scheme

The College

Gonville & Caius College is one of the largest Colleges in the University of Cambridge. It is an educational charity, and its mission is to provide a place of education, religion, learning and research, in conjunction with a University that is recognised internationally as being of the highest standard.

The College is an academic community comprising some 530 undergraduate students, 250 postgraduate students, and 120 Fellows (lecturers, professors and other senior academic researchers and teachers) and almost 200 staff. It plays a significant role throughout the University.

Further Information

• Equality of opportunity; the College actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and we encourage applications from all sections of society.
• Entry into a position with the College will be determined by the application of criteria related to the duties of the post. In all cases, ability to perform the job will be the primary consideration.
• During the application process, candidates are requested to complete the Equality & Diversity section as part of our Equal Opportunities Policyand monitoring process. The contents of this form will not be disclosed to the selection or interview panels, and all applicant data is managed in accordance with our data protection policy.
• The College has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
• In applying for this role, you will provide personal data which the College will process in accordance with its data protection obligations and its Data Protection Policy.

The Application Process

To view the job description and apply, please click the ‘Apply’ button above.

• Please note: we advise using a desktop to complete your application form, and Chrome or Edge as the recommended browser.
• The closing date for applications is 23:59 GMT on Sunday 15 February 2026.
• Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 23 February.
• For your application to be considered it must be complete and include an up-to-date CV, covering letter, and details of 2 referees.
• For further information please email careers@cai.cam.ac.uk

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