Research & Compliance Administrative Officer

University of Oxford; Oxford; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Oxford’s Department of Engineering Science seeks a Research and Compliance Administrative Officer to support the Research and Compliance Office. You will help manage funding, integrity, REF-related tasks and compliance matters, ensuring smooth operations and accurate records.

You will be the first point of contact for enquiries, coordinate day-to-day activities with colleagues, and drive continuous improvements to administrative processes, requiring degree-level education or

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent work experience.
• Experience of providing administrative support to a team.
• Experience in managing and improving administrative processes.
• Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills with high attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Provide underpinning support to the Research and Compliance Office.
• Be the first point of contact for enquiries and route appropriately.
• Coordinate day-to-day operations and maintain records.
• Support process improvements across the team.

Skills

Administrative support

Customer-facing

Organisational skills

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

We are seeking a Research and Compliance Administrative Officer to join the Research and Compliance Office at the Department of Engineering Science. The Research and Compliance Office provides support across research funding, research integrity, Research Excellence Framework (REF) activities and compliance matters. The team helps academics turn their ideas into fully articulated research proposals, ensuring that projects are formulated so as to have the maximum chance of success both at the application stage and during delivery, whilst complying with relevant policies and regulations.

You will provide the underpinning support essential to the smooth running of the team and its working relationships with academic and professional services colleagues. You will be the first point of contact for enquiries and ensure the effective coordination of day-to-day operations and record-keeping, as well as enabling continuous improvement of our processes. You should be educated to degree level or have equivalent work experience. You should have experience of providing administrative support to a team, managing and improving administrative processes, and customer-facing work. Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills are essential, and you should have a high attention to detail.

Department of Engineering Science, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PJ