Administrator (Fixed Term)

Department/Location: Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, Cambridge 

The Centre for Geopolitics invites applicants to join our busy and enthusiastic team as an Administrator with a highly varied role. 

This role is part-time (30 hours per week) and fixed term until 30 September 2026. The requirements are three-fold: to provide event organising support to our Indo-Pacific strand, to provide PA support to one of our directors, and to provide general administrative support to the Centre Coordinator and Events & Comms Coordinator. While the balance of tasks can vary, the aim is to spend 10 hours per week on each of these roles – meaning the applicant needs to be able to juggle multiple tasks from multiple colleagues, prioritising as appropriate. 

The role requires an ability to work independently, with plenty of initiative, great attention to detail, and a truly unflappable nature. For the right individual, however, it will prove a fulfilling and exciting role, balancing event organisation (booking venues and accommodation, liaising with speakers and visitors, helping to promote events and being present on the day / evening) with PA support to the director overseeing the Indo-Pacific Strand, and general administrative duties. 

The Centre for Geopolitics is a research centre within the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH). The Centre's mission is to confront the major problems of world order, past, present and future. By applying historical analysis, political science and the experience of practitioners to the world's most pressing geopolitical challenges, we offer a deeper understanding of where these challenges have come from, how they may develop, and how they might be resolved. 

The Centre has grown rapidly since its inception in 2015 and is continuing to grow. We are based in Fitzwilliam House on Trumpington Street (directly opposite the Fitzwilliam Museum), and the advertised role is primarily office-based, although occasional remote working can be agreed, as appropriate.  

The working pattern is four days per week, provisionally Tuesday to Friday although there is flexibility, for a total of 30 hours per week, including some evening work (this will be occasional, depending on the programme of events, but never more than two evenings per week). 

Informal enquiries about the role are welcomed and should be directed to Charis Whitcombe on cw827@cam.ac.uk  at Centre for Geopolitics. For questions, on the application process, please contact the School's HR Team on sahhr@admin.cam.ac.uk. 

The closing date for applications is midnight (GMT) on Tuesday 11 March 2025. Interviews are planned for Thursday 20 March 2025, subject to change. 

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click on the apply button above.

Please quote reference VM45190 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy. 

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society. 

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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