Facilities Administration Assistant

About the role The Ashmolean Museum’s Facilities Team ensures that all buildings are managed efficiently, proactively maintained and remain fit for purpose within a sensitive museum environment. You will join a small but very busy team responsible for supporting both Hard FM and Central Services across the Museum’s estate. Responsibilities You will provide administrative support across both the Maintenance and Central Services work streams. You will enter planned works into internal systems, organise digital files, collate data, and take minutes where required. You will administer CAD drawings, raise purchase orders using the University’s Oracle system, and act as the first point of contact for sustainability matters. You will support facilities activities through helpdesk and asset data collation, liaise with Estates Services, book spaces for facilities-related work, and act as a key contact for waste management and consumables ordering. You will also support health and safety processes, follow internal RAMS, and occasionally liaise with contractors on‑site. About You You will be an effective communicator with experience of working in a busy environment and able to build good working relationships across teams. You will be self‑motivated, comfortable working independently as well as collaboratively, and able to use standard computer programmes with confidence. You will have an awareness of health and safety regulations and a willingness to learn Facilities Management processes, showing aptitude for following instructions. Experience of facilities work, helpdesk systems or working with external contractors is desirable. What We Offer An excellent contributory pension scheme 38 days of annual leave A comprehensive range of childcare services Family leave schemes Cycle loan scheme Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans More information is available at https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/staff-benefits 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. 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. Additional information We aim to provide a supportive working environment and are happy to discuss training and professional development opportunities. The Chair of this recruitment panel will be Roger Essex, Head of Buildings and Facilities, who can be contacted with enquiries relating to the role (roger.essex@ashmus.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). Please discuss secondments with your line manager in the first instance, as you must have their agreement that you can be released for a secondment before you submit an application https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/secondments Only applications received online by 12.00 midday (GMT) on Wednesday 10th December 2025 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place on Friday 19th December 2025. #J-18808-Ljbffr