Scholarships Coordinator

Location: Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Peter Medawar Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3SY

Salary: Grade 5: Salary in range £31,459 - £36,616 per annum. This is inclusive of a pensionable Oxford University Weighting of £1,500 per year.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Scholarships Coordinator to join the AfOx group at Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health. Reporting to the Scholarships Programme Manager, you will facilitate the delivery of the AfOx scholarship support programme for in-person scholars and distance learners.

You will be responsible for supporting the Scholarship Programme Manager to ensure the smooth delivery of all support programmes for both online and in-person scholars including the orientation, leadership and impact programme and the catch-up programme. You will provide support in managing communication with scholars across the AfOx scholars programmes and coordinating distance scholars attendance at a conference in Africa, including liaising with conference organisers, academic programmes and the programme team.  Additionally, you will work closely with student facilitator to support students on onboarding, and support in gathering feedback from online and in person and complete all preparations and logistics needed for scholar’s events.

To be successful in this role, you will be educated to A- Levels or equivalent together with previous administrative experience. You will be highly organized, excellent attention details and strong written and verbal communication skills. You will be able to manage a varied workload under pressure and work independently using own initiative and as part of a team. Having a previous experience of working with African organisations and working knowledge of GDPR is desirable.

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online and you will be required to upload a supporting statement and CV as part of your online application. Your supporting statement must explain how you meet each of the selection criteria for the post using examples of your skills and experience.

This position is offered full time on a fixed term contract for 36 months and is funded by the Mastercard Foundation.

Only applications received before 12 midday on Monday 2 December 2024 will be considered. Please quote 176551 on all correspondence.

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