Graduate School Assistant

Corehr; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Employee Assistant Programme

Family Leave schemes

Cycle and electric car loan schemes

Discounted bus travel

Job summary

Graduate School Assistant position based at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, to support administrative work for postgraduate studies within the Medical Sciences Divisional Office. The role requires strong organisational, communication and IT skills, with routine contact across applicants, students, academics, and external bodies.

The appointment is permanent, full-time, with an element of remote working. The organization recognises the importance of wellbeing and offers a generous pension,

Qualifications

• High level of organisational ability, communication skills, accuracy and integrity.
• Extensive contact with applicants, students, academics, staff and external agencies.
• Excellent computer skills including Email, Word and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Assist with administration of postgraduate studies (research degrees and taught master's courses).
• Provide administrative support within a small team and manage your own workload.
• Offer strong customer service and interpersonal support to stakeholders.

Skills

Administrative experience

Customer service

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Education

Good educational level

Tools

Word

Excel

Outlook / Email client

Job description

Graduate School Office (Medical Sciences Divisional Office), John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford

Are you an enthusiastic and well-organised person with a good level of education and strong administrative and customer service experience? Do you enjoy working in a small team, and are you also confident in managing your own workload?

We are looking for a Graduate School Assistant to join the Medical Sciences Divisional Office to assist with the administration of postgraduate studies (research degrees and taught master's courses). You must be able to demonstrate a high level of organisational ability, communication skills, accuracy and integrity. The post involves extensive contact with a broad range of people including applicants, students, academics, college and departmental administrative staff and outside agencies, so you will need to demonstrate excellent customer service and interpersonal skills. You will also need to have excellent computer skills, including Email, Word and Excel.

This is a permanent full-time appointment, based at the John Radcliffe Hospital and we offer an elementof remote working.

What We Offer:

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees' wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

An excellent contributory pension scheme

Employee Assistant Programme

Family Leave schemes

Cycle and electric car loan schemes

Discounted bus travel and season ticket travel loans

The closing date for online applications is 12.00 noon on Monday 28 September 2026.

Interviews will take place on Friday 16 October 2026.