Executive Officer

Location: Oxford Transplant Centre, Churchill Hospital

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for an Executive Officer to join our group to provide high quality administrative support to Prof Ploeg and Prof Hunter, as well as support the Quality in Organ Donation (QUOD) biobank team and Transplant Research Group.

You will be based in the Oxford Transplant Centre, Churchill Hospital as your normal place of work.

The Executive Officer will provide general administrative support and will organise various meetings and document their outcomes in minutes and action logs. You will be liaising with the departmental admin team regarding orders, invoices and other departmental procedures and will be a point of contact for various regional teams and act upon their queries. In addition, you will provide diary management and travel arrangements to Prof Ploeg and Prof Hunter. You will also support the QUOD communications team with committee coordination, maintenance of the QUOD website and social media management.

About you

You will have previous PA and administrative experience, along with excellent communication and computer skills, including word processing, spreadsheets, email, website and other office applications. You will be required to work independently yet collaboratively and be able to respond flexibly to the demands of this interesting and varied post. You will have previous experience of organising events and minute taking.

The successful candidate will possess a positive and proactive attitude. He/she will also have developed excellent interpersonal skills and have a friendly and confident telephone manner. Previous experience of working in a university, hospital or research environment or knowledge of medical and scientific terms would be advantageous.

This full-time post is available immediately and is fixed-term for 5 years in the first instance.

Application Process

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. You will be required to upload a supporting statement, setting out how you meet the selection criteria, curriculum vitae and the names and contact details of two referees as part of your online application. Please quote reference NDSA944 on all correspondence.   

Only applications received before 12 noon on Wednesday 28^th August 2024 can be considered.

Interviews will be held in person on the morning of Wednesday 11^th September 2024 at the NHSBT Oxford Blood Donor Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Oxford, OX3 9DU

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