Project Assistant - 7 Posts

Location: Various sites across Gardens, Libraries and Museums, team base is the Collections Teaching & Research Centre, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QP)

Hours: 36.5 hours per week

Contract type: Fixed-term (until 30^th June 2027) 

THIS POST COULD BE CONSIDERED AS A SECONDMENT OPPORTUNITY

About the role

You will join the University of Oxford's Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM) Move Project, helping to deliver the final stage of an ambitious programme to relocate important museum collections into a new purpose-built storage facility.

You will handle a wide variety of museum objects and delicate artefacts, ensuring that collections are packed, transported and stored according to agreed professional standards. You will also update collections databases, maintain accurate location records, and undertake condition checks. 

This role involves manual handling, standing, using stairs and ladders, and operating specialist handling equipment, for which training will be provided. The role involves working across multiple sites, some of which are not easily accessible by public transport, so access to your own vehicle is required. 

There are seven full-time roles available on a fixed-term basis, working 36.5 hours per week until 30^th June 2027.

About You

You will have experience of working in a museum or heritage environment, ideally within a collections or conservation department, together with practical experience of handling, packing and moving museum objects and delicate artefacts. You will have a sound understanding of collections documentation, museum databases and relevant health and safety procedures, alongside excellent attention to detail and accurate record-keeping skills. You will also be physically able to undertake the manual handling activities associated with the role, with appropriate equipment and reasonable adjustments where required.

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 evidence form using the attached template as part of your online application. Your supporting evidence form 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.

The Chair of this recruitment panel will be Rosie Hughes, Project Manager, who can be contacted with enquiries relating to the role (rosie.hughes@glam.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 (GMT) on Monday 23^rd November 2026 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place during the week commencing Monday 7^th December 2026.

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