OOC DTP Training and Placements Manager (Parental Leave Cover)

The Open-Oxford-Cambridge Arts and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Training Partnership (OOC DTP) brings together the three universities to provide funding and high-quality training to doctoral students in the Arts and Humanities. The DTP aims to foster the next generation of leaders in the Arts and Humanities sector through an innovative and student-centred programme of training. An opportunity has arisen for an experienced individual to join the OOC DTP team to support the successful development and delivery of this programme.

An exciting and challenging role, the OOC DTP Training and Placements Manager is responsible for the day-to-day and longer term management of the DTP’s researcher development events and activities. Working closely and collaboratively with academic and professional services colleagues across the three universities and with external partners, you will coordinate, promote and evaluate the DTP’s programme of training and its small grants and placement schemes. In addition, you will support existing relationships with the DTP’s strategic partners, and, where appropriate, develop new relationships with a view to engaging partners in the delivery of training and/or the provision of placements.

The successful candidate will have:

• Strong organisational skills and project management experience;
• Professional experience of managing a programme of training or allied events (e.g. events or conferences), ideally in the higher education sector;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Strong interpersonal skills, evidenced by the ability to build relationships that create trust and confidence and enable collaborative working.

The post is fixed-term post for nine months in the first instance to cover for the current postholder taking a period of parental leave, and it is expected to start from 1 September 2025. The post is available full-time but a 0.8 FTE commitment may be considered. Employees interested in applying for the post as a secondment from their current role are encouraged to apply. For enquiries about the post, please contact the OOC DTP Manager, Jennifer Lockie (Jennifer.lockie@humanities.ox.ac.uk)

Application process

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online via www.recruit.ox.ac.uk and Vacancy ID 179166 or via this link direct to the advertisement, where the job description and access to the online recruitment system can also 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.

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