Grants and Projects Administrator

Part time (.4-.5 FTE)

Fixed term (31 July 2025 with potential for renewal)

Organisation   

Scholarship and Christianity in Oxford (SCIO), a registered UK charity (formally, CCCU-UK), is the UK subsidiary of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU), which is an international higher education association of Christian liberal arts colleges and universities with headquarters in Washington, DC.    

SCIO is an important centre for international grant funded research, particularly in science and religion, and biblical texts and their curation. SCIO organises programmes for students registered for degrees in overseas, mainly American, institutions. It runs the SCIO semester programmes, SCIO summer programme, and SCIO Online from Oxford. More information on SCIO can be found at: www.scio-uk.org. 

Mission 

To foster scholarly engagement, intellectual excellence, authentic Christian spirituality and the connections between them within an international academic community at Oxford. 

SCIO strives to do this by: 

• Helping students drawn largely from CCCU colleges realise their academic and personal potential at Oxford, at graduate or professional school, and throughout life
• Encouraging high quality research on the part of its staff and faculty from CCCU colleges as individuals and as members of research programmes based at SCIO
• Cultivating a community of alumni who support each other and SCIO’s mission
• Enabling its staff to develop professionally and flourish personally 

The position

The Grants and Projects Administrator works with the SCIO team on its current main grant, Logos, and assist with creation of new proposals and implementing new grants as they arise. Additionally, the postholder will assist the executive director on a variety of special projects. This position is .4-.5 FTE, with the potential to increase FTE if new grants are received. 

The postholder will enjoy the company of university faculty and students and, being in frequent contact with them, may provide some pastoral support for them (though a pastoral support staff is employed by the organization). In consequence, there is a Genuine Occupational Requirement that the appointee, who will represent the aims and objectives of SCIO in all contacts with SCIO students and academic visitors, and will be able to identify with those aims, as listed above. The postholder will work as part of a supportive team in an office in central Oxford. The position may include some international travel.

About Logos

A summer workshop on biblical texts, vocation, and the Christian mind that is organised by SCIO with funding provided by Steve and Jackie Green and offered in cooperation with the Museum of the Bible. 

Application procedure 

Applications should comprise a curriculum vitae, the names of three referees, and a covering letter and should be sent to Jordan Smith via the 'Apply' button above. Applications should be received by 1 November 2024. SCIO reserves the right to employ before that date should a suitable candidate be found. Early applications are therefore encouraged.

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