Project Support Coordinator (Humanities Project Support Team)

Location: Humanities Divisional Office, Radcliffe Humanities, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX1 6GG

Contract type: Fixed-term Contract: 1 July 2025 – 30 June 2028

Hours: Full-time (or part-time minimum 0.8 FTE) 

About the role 

The Humanities Division is seeking a full-time (or part-time, minimum 0.8 FTE) Project Support Coordinator to support major research projects and related activities in the Division. 

You will be joining a friendly and supportive team in the Humanities Division Office.  The post-holder will be supporting a new 3-year AHRC funded research project in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages (Italian) and a 5-year ERC Starting Grant in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.

This is an exciting opportunity to gain in-depth experience of research administration, and to be involved with researchers at the cutting edge of their fields of study. 

About you

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate a high degree of pro-activity, flexibility, and self-motivation and be able to trouble-shoot problems.  They will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and an understanding of research in the humanities, combined with the ability to develop and continually improve processes and a capacity to prioritise varied, complex and competing demands in a busy working environment. 

For informal enquiries, please contact Ian Lyne (ian.lyne@humanities.ox.ac.uk)

Application process

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online via the apply button above, where the job description and access to the online recruitment system can be found.

Applications should be submitted online and include a CV and a supporting statement.

As part of your application you will be asked to provide details of two referees and indicate whether we can contact them now.

For further details, please refer to the How to apply section of the job description. Any further enquires may be directed to  hr@humanities.ox.ac.uk

The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on 24 March 2025. Only applications received before this time can be considered.

Shortlisting will take place the week commencing 31 March 2025 and interviews will be held 25 April 2025.

Please quote Vacancy ID 178432 on all correspondence.

Committed to equality and valuing diversity

Contact Person: Tessa Krages

Contact Email: hr@humanities.ox.ac.uk

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