Koch History Centre Manager

About the role 

This is an exciting new role supporting the Koch History Centre within the Faculty of History and based at Wadham College. Under the day-to-day direction of the Director, you will be central to the effective management of this research centre as well as its day-to-day running. You will oversee the events, communications and public engagement activities of the Centre as well as manage and administer the visiting fellow programme. You will take the lead on financial management and centre operations, liaising with colleagues within the Faculty of History, Wadham College and beyond. The post will be based at Wadham College, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3PN, to work in conjunction with the Faculty of History, University of Oxford.

The Role 

The successful candidate will monitor expenditure of the Centre’s funds and various restricted donations, ensuring expenditure is appropriate, permissible and sustainable, and plan future expenditure to ensure sufficient and appropriate resources are available for planned activity. They will oversee the delivery of the programme of events including major annual lectures, public events, research seminars, conferences and symposia, working closely with the Director as required, as well as taking responsibility for arrangements for the arrival, induction, and departures of the Centre’s Visiting Fellows, including authorising and removing their access to University systems. They will also manage and administer the process for recruiting new staff at all levels, including employed Fellows, in liaison with the Faculty of History’s HR team. This will include drafting job descriptions, calls for application and adverts; arranging shortlisting and interviews; arranging selection panels and ensuring appropriate approval has been granted; overseeing the induction arrangements for and training of new staff and visitors.

About you 

You will be educated to degree level or equivalent, and be numerate, with experience of managing budgets and advising colleagues on financial matters, as well as having experience working with Oracle Financials. Outstanding written and oral communication and inter-personal skills, with an ability to build strong working relationships with a wide range of colleagues and visitor, alongside the ability to prioritise competing demands, manage time effectively and deal with a wide range of tasks that demand sound judgement and prioritisation is essential. Experience of using content management systems for web design with MOSAIC or other Drupal-based systems would be desirable.

This post is full time, fixed-term for 5 years.

Application Process 

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact recruitments@history.ox.ac.uk  and your email will be passed to Zoe Townsend and Rob Iliffe for their attention. All practical and procedural queries should also be sent to our recruitments team: recruitments@history.ox.ac.uk . All enquiries will be treated in strict confidence; they will not form part of the selection decision.

You will be required to complete 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.

Only applications submitted online and received before noon Wednesday 19th February 2025 can be considered.

Please note that you will receive an automated email from our online recruitment portal to confirm receipt of your application. Please check your spam/junk mail if you do not receive this email. You may also receive updates on the status of your application via the same means.

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