Executive Assistant to The Haf and Mercian Professor

2 weeks ago


Oxford, United Kingdom University of Oxford Full time

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**Join Our Team: Executive Assistant to Mercian Professor and Head of Administration and Finance**

**Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences**

Are you ready to be part of an institution that's making a global impact? The University of Oxford, renowned as a world-class centre of excellence, is seeking a dynamic Executive Assistant to provide excellent support to the Mercian Professor and also to the Head of Administration & Finance in the Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to work in an inspiring and friendly environment with first class facilities, providing you with flexibility and work-life balance. The Mercian Professor plays a leading role within the department, lecturing, teaching and undertaking research in primary care. This is an inaugural post with focus on clinical trials, especially in cardiovascular disease, and the expanding field of applied digital health, such as using digital tools and equipment to support improved health in the home.

This post is an exciting opportunity for someone who is keen to work in a pivotal supporting role for a department which has been one of the world’s most important primary care centres for over 20 years.

**Why Choose Us**

At the University of Oxford, we prioritise our employees' well-being. We offer a range of benefits, including:

- 30 days of annual leave (plus the 8 public holidays)
- You will be based in a beautiful modern building just 15 minutes’ walk from the train station, bus stops and city centre
- 3 days onsite working is required with this role with a flexible approach to hybrid working
- Extensive personal and professional development plans and opportunities to foster growth
- Career development and mentoring
- Be part of the University PA EA Community of Practice, an interactive and supportive network
- Our department is warm and welcoming with friendly values, and you will be part of a team of PAs and work closely with our collaborative HR, finance and IT teams
- A comprehensive range of childcare services to support working parents
- Very generous maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave schemes for growing families
- An excellent contributory pension scheme to secure your financial future
- Subsidised membership of the University Sports Centre to promote wellbeing
- Cycle loan scheme to encourage sustainable commuting
- Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans for convenient transportation

Moreover, the University hosts a wide array of social groups and sports clubs, making your experience here about much more than just work.

**About the Role**

As an Executive Assistant, you will have:

- **Organisational Expertise**: Demonstrate exceptional organisational ability and efficient time management
- **Decision-Making**: Make decisions on behalf of senior managers to optimise their time.
- **Collaborative Work**: Collaborate closely with other EAs and PAs within the department, University and Colleges as well as with stakeholders both internal and external to the University
- **Office Management**: Run the Head of Administration’s office and implement effective processes.

**About You**

To excel in this exciting role, you should be:

- **Highly Motivated**: Be a highly motivated and experienced Executive Assistant with administrative expertise.
- **Organisational Enthusiast**: Enjoy organisational challenges in a fast moving University environment.
- **Skills**: Possess organisational, administrative, interpersonal, communication, and secretarial skills including excellent diary management. Excellent diary management is key to this role
- **Efficiency Under Pressure**: Work efficiently under pressure and exercise discretion, confidentiality, judgment, and deliver at pace to a very high standard
- **University Experience**: Previous University experience is desirable
- **Senior-Level Experience**: Extensive experience working as a personal/executive assistant

You will be based in the Radcliffe Primary Care Building, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Radcliffe Primary Care Building, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG


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