Finance and Research Grants Officer

Oxford’s Faculty of World and Space Research (OSGA) is among the largest communities of Space Research students anyplace on the planet. This vibrant and dynamic College division has analysis and educating programmes devoted to Africa, China, Latin America, the Center East, Japan, Russia and Jap Europe, South Asia and Comparative Space Research. The Faculty welcomes college students from throughout the globe and affords seven MSc Levels, six MPhil levels, a DPhil in Space Research, in addition to the Oxford 1+1 MBA with Saïd Enterprise Faculty.

An thrilling alternative has arisen to hitch OSGA as a Finance and Analysis Grants Officer on a full-time and three-year fixed-term contract foundation. A job share association on a 50:50 FTE foundation (2 x 18.25 hours per week) shall be thought of for 2 appropriate candidates.

Concerning the Function: 

Reporting to the Finance and Analysis Grants Supervisor, the Finance and Analysis Grants Officer will handle a spread of economic administrative actions in accordance with College monetary controls. They’ll undertake transactional work throughout a spread of modules in Oracle, compile monetary studies for stakeholders and supply sound recommendation concerning monetary processes and controls. The function contains monetary administration of OSGA’s analysis and departmental grant portfolio. As a part of a small workforce, the publish holder can even be required to supply extra common finance assist and canopy for colleagues as acceptable. 

About You: 

The publish could be very various and stimulating, therefore it would go well with a person who enjoys being a part of a busy workplace in an setting of competing priorities. Functions are welcome from candidates with earlier expertise in finance administration, who can exhibit a adequate degree of laptop literacy, good communication abilities and a capability to provide high-quality, correct, impartial work with little supervision.

Software course of:  

When making use of to this place, you’ll be required to add a CV and a supporting assertion addressing the way you meet every of the choice standards, as listed within the job description.

In your supporting assertion, please point out for those who want to be thought of for a job share, a full-time place or each. Additional particulars concerning the choice standards and the applying course of could be discovered within the doc connected.

Casual enquiries are welcome: please e-mail [email protected]. Any queries or issues that aren’t referred to within the job description/additional particulars shall be handed to the Finance and Analysis Grants Supervisor. Please quote the emptiness reference 170389 in all of your correspondence.

The time limit for functions is 12.00 midday on Monday twenty second April 2024. Functions acquired after the time limit can’t be thought of.

Interviews shall be held in particular person on Thursday 2nd Might 2024.

What We Supply: 

 As an employer, we genuinely care about our workers’ wellbeing and that is mirrored within the vary of advantages that we provide together with:

• A superb contributory pension scheme
• 38 days annual go away
• A complete vary of childcare companies
• Household go away schemes
• Cycle mortgage and scheme and electrical or ultra-low emission automobile mortgage scheme
• Discounted bus journey and Season Ticket journey loans
• Membership to quite a lot of social and sports activities golf equipment

This function additionally affords the chance for hybrid working, with a present expectation of at the very least 50% on-site work. The OSGA Skilled Companies workplaces are situated in Oxford metropolis centre, surrounded by its beautiful structure, historical past and tradition.

The College of Oxford holds an institutional Silver Athena Swan award, acknowledging the progress made in addressing quite a few gender gaps throughout the College. Functions are significantly welcome from males and black and minority ethnic candidates who’re under-represented in skilled companies in Oxford.