Project Officer (Project Catalyst)

Location: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG

About the Blavatnik School of Government

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What we offer

The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well-known guest speakers – all of which are open to staff. On the social side, we have regular coffee/cake mornings for staff, a family-friendly Halloween event, and Christmas and summer parties.

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’ annual leave
• Family leave schemes and a comprehensive range of childcare services
• Cycle loan scheme and discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
• Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs
• Opportunities for remote working.

More information about working at the School can be found on our website.

About the role 

Reporting to Professor Philippa Webb, you will serve as the School’s focal point to Catalyst, a consortium project addressing online misogyny and tech facilitated gender-based violence as pathways to radicalisation and violent extremism that is led by the Christchurch Call Foundation, and to which the School is a contributing entity. 

You will work under the supervision of senior faculty and the Events team to deliver the Blavatnik School of Government’s contributions to the project consortium, by supporting the organisation and lead-up to a series of high-level policy dialogue events over two days, hosted at the University of Oxford.  

This role is part-time at 40% FTE (15 hours per week) and fixed-term for 9 months. 

About you

You will hold a first degree, together with some relevant experience, including experience of complex event management. You should have excellent communication, analysis and problem-solving skills, and the ability to manage your own administrative activities including multi-tasking, dealing with changes and prioritising your workload accordingly. Sufficient knowledge of relevant topics that include violent extremism, tech facilitated gender-based violence, or online harms more broadly, and an interest in online misogyny/tech facilitated gender-based violence and/or preventing violent extremism are also essential. 

Application process

Please upload a supporting statement that outlines how you meet the selection criteria in your own words, along with your CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application.

The closing date for applications is at 12 noon (UK time) on Monday 23 March 2026.

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