Graduate School Assistant

Location: Medical Sciences Divisional Office, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU

Are you an enthusiastic and well-organised person with a good level of education and strong administrative and customer service experience?  Do you enjoy working in a small team, and are you also confident in managing your own workload?

We are looking for a Graduate School Assistant to join the Medical Sciences Divisional Office to assist with the administration of postgraduate studies (research degrees and taught master’s courses). You must be able to demonstrate a high level of organisational ability, communication skills, accuracy and integrity. The post involves extensive contact with a broad range of people including applicants, students, academics, college and departmental administrative staff and outside agencies, so you will need to demonstrate excellent customer service and interpersonal skills. You will also need to have excellent computer skills, including Email, Word and Excel.

This is a permanent full-time appointment, based at the John Radcliffe Hospital and we offer an element of remote working.

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:

• Generous Annual Leave
• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• Employee Assistant Programme
• Family Leave schemes
• Cycle and electric car loan schemes
• Childcare services
• Discounted bus travel and season ticket travel loans

More information is available at Staff Benefits

How to Apply:

You need to apply online and you are required to upload your CV and supporting statement. The supporting statement should clearly explain how you meet each of the selection criteria for the post. You are also required to add the details of two referees as part of your online application.

If you are interested in applying, please contact Lauren Wild or Teresa Greenwills by email at: graduate.school@medsci.ox.ac.uk to arrange an informal discussion about this opportunity.

The closing date for online applications is 12.00 noon on Monday 28 September 2026.

Interviews will take place on Friday 16 October 2026.

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