Senior Bursar’s Executive Assistant (Maternity Cover)

The Role

Gonville & Caius College is looking to appoint an outstanding individual as Assistant to the Senior Bursar. This is an exciting, varied and busy role at the heart of a friendly Cambridge college. You will be a confident communicator, used to taking the initiative and be a natural problem solver. This is an opportunity to use your organisational skills and experience in a Higher Education setting, working closely with other staff, academic fellows and students as well as colleagues in partner organisations. The Senior Bursar's Executive Assistant provides high-level, confidential executive and governance support to the Senior Bursar and acts as a central point of contact for them. The role requires sound judgement, discretion and initiative in anticipating priorities, coordinating information and actions across the Bursary and wider College, and ensuring that key matters are progressed effectively. The postholder supports the efficient operation of College governance and a broad range of finance, HR, remuneration, compliance, property and investment activities, ensuring that work is delivered with high quality, and efficiently.

This role is a full time 12-month fixed term position covering a period of maternity leave offering an annual salary in the range of £41K to £43K FTE per annum dependant on knowledge and skills.

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 the University that is recognised internationally as being of the highest standard.

The College is an academic community comprising some 530 undergraduate students, 250 graduate students, and 110 Fellows (lecturers, professors and other senior academic researchers and teachers) and almost 200 staff.

Why work at Caius?

Benefits include:

• Generous Pension Scheme; 3x death in service benefit
• Health-care cash plan
• 33 days of annual holiday (inc. Public Holidays)
• Free on-site lunch provided
• Car parking (subject to availability/eligibility)

The Application Process

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• The closing date for applications is 23:59 BST on Monday 31 August 2026
• The proposed start date is mid to end October 2026
• Please note: Interviews are expected to be held in person on Wednesday 9 September 2026.
• For your application to be considered it must be complete and include an up-to-date CV and covering letter outlining your suitability for this post, along with details of 2 referees.
• For additional information please email careers@cai.cam.ac.uk.

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.
• 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. 
• 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.

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