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Vacancies within Blavatnik School of Government
There are currently 5 vacancies within Blavatnik School of Government:
| Title | Closes | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Policy and Partnerships Director (What Works Hub for Global Education) | April 28, 2025, noon | Grade 9: £55,636 - £64,228 per annum (pro rata) |
| Project Administrator, Oxford Programme for Cyber and Technology Policy | April 28, 2025, noon | Standard Grade 5: £31,459 - £36,616 per annum, dependent on experience |
| Joint Head of Finance (job share, part-time) | May 6, 2025, noon | Grade 9: £55,636 - £64,228 per annum (with discretionary range for suitably qualified candidates to £70,029) (pro rata) |
| Senior Executive Assistant | May 6, 2025, noon | Standard Grade 6: £34,982 - £40,855 (with a discretionary range to £44,382) |
| Teaching Associate for Foundations | May 15, 2025, noon | Grade 6: £34,982 - £40,855 (with a discretionary range to £44,382) p.a., dependent on experience. Pro-rata for variable hours appointments |
Policy and Partnerships Director (What Works Hub for Global Education)
Closes: April 28, 2025, noon; salary: Grade 9: £55,636 - £64,228 per annum (pro rata)
<div> <p></p><div><strong>INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>About the Blavatnik School of Government</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes: <strong>teaching</strong> <strong>current and future leaders</strong>; <strong>generating</strong> <strong>research with impact</strong>; and <strong>engaging</strong> <strong>with governments and practitioners</strong>.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>What we offer</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well-known guest speakers – all of which are open to staff. On the social side, we have regular coffee/cake mornings for staff, a family-friendly Halloween event, and Christmas and summer parties.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:</div><br> <ul><br> <li>An excellent contributory pension scheme</li><br> <li>38 days’ annual leave</li><br> <li>Family leave schemes and a comprehensive range of childcare services</li><br> <li>Cycle loan scheme and discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans</li><br> <li>Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs</li><br> <li>Opportunities for hybrid working (<em>typically</em> 60% of working hours on-site and 40% remotely)</li><br> </ul><br> <div>More information about working at the School can be found on our <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/workforus">jobs page</a>.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>About the role</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>You will co-lead the strategic partner engagement to bring wider collaboration, cohesion and impact to the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.wwhge.org/">What Works Hub for Global Education</a>, working closely with the FCDO implementation roles. You will catalyse political leadership and bring a vision for how change can happen via the Hub. You will identify political opportunities and secure new partnerships at the global and country level, and deliver and communicate to different political audiences. You will also be highly collaborative – the Hub works in a flexible and matrixed way with people working across pillars, requiring substantial collaboration. You will play a senior leadership role, alongside the Academic Director, Director of Evidence Translation, and Programme Director in continuing to develop the hub as a great place to work and an impactful and efficient delivery partner</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>This post is fixed term until 30 April 2026, in the first instance.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>About you</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>You will have strong technical policy leadership - with the skills, experience and networks to identify talent, inspire collaboration and build strong relationships including with the strategic partners. You will have first-class stakeholder engagement skills, with extensive experience of working at all levels (senior and mid-range) and with people from a diverse range of backgrounds and perspectives, and the ability to initiate, develop and sustain trusting relationships with key partners. You will bring experience of strategic engagement with and convening of a broad array of strategic partners, including leading academics, policymakers, and civil society leaders, and organisations such as the World Bank, UNICEF, and the Gates Foundation.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>How to apply</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Please upload a supporting statement that outlines how you meet the selection criteria <strong>in your own words</strong>, along with your CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The closing date for applications is at 12 noon (UK time) on <strong>28 April 2025.</strong> Interviews are scheduled for <strong>1 May</strong>.</div> </div>Project Administrator, Oxford Programme for Cyber and Technology Policy
Closes: April 28, 2025, noon; salary: Standard Grade 5: £31,459 - £36,616 per annum, dependent on experience
<div> <p></p><div><strong>About the Blavatnik School of Government</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes: <strong>teaching</strong> <strong>current and future leaders</strong>; <strong>generating</strong> <strong>research with impact</strong>; and <strong>engaging</strong> <strong>with governments and practitioners</strong>.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>What we offer</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well-known guest speakers – all of which are open to staff. On the social side, we have regular coffee/cake mornings for staff, a family-friendly Halloween event, and Christmas and summer parties.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:</div><br> <ul><br> <li>An excellent contributory pension scheme</li><br> <li>38 days’ annual leave</li><br> <li>Family leave schemes and a comprehensive range of childcare services</li><br> <li>Cycle loan scheme and discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans</li><br> <li>Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs</li><br> <li>Opportunities for hybrid working</li><br> </ul><br> <div>More information about working at the School can be found on our <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/workforus">jobs page</a>.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>About the Role</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>This is an exciting opportunity to join the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, to work with world-leading academics on globally impactful research projects. The Project Administrator will support a new research initiative: the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/oxford-programme-cyber-and-technology-policy">Oxford Programme for Cyber and Technology Policy</a> (OxCTP). This is a variable hours contract (5-10 hours per week).</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Reporting to the Directors of the OxCTP, you will provide important administrative support for research, events and projects. You will also work closely with the Directors, as well as the School’s Research Support and the Communications, and Events teams, to ensure the smooth running of project activities and implementation of logistical arrangements and follow-up activities.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>You will have strong problem-solving, communication, team-work and diplomatic skills.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>This position is part time (estimated 5-10 hours per week) and fixed term for one year, with the possibility to extend subject to external funding.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>About You</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>You are required to have a proven track record of effective administration, ideally in  research, a higher education institution or compelling evidence of the capacity to develop such skills. You should also have demonstrable project management skills with the ability to deliver a programme of activity on time and on budget.</div><br> <div>Proficiency in managing relationships with stakeholders, as well as coordinating meetings, events and workshops would also be essential.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>Application Process</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Please upload a <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/cv-and-supporting-statement">supporting statement</a> that outlines how you meet the selection criteria <strong>in your own words</strong>, along with your CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The closing date for applications is at <strong>12 noon (UK time) on 28 April 2025</strong>.</div> </div>Joint Head of Finance (job share, part-time)
Closes: May 6, 2025, noon; salary: Grade 9: £55,636 - £64,228 per annum (with discretionary range for suitably qualified candidates to £70,029) (pro rata)
<div> <p></p><div><strong>About the Blavatnik School of Government</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes: <strong>teaching</strong> <strong>current and future leaders</strong>; <strong>generating</strong> <strong>research with impact</strong>; and <strong>engaging</strong> <strong>with governments and practitioners</strong>.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>What we offer</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well-known guest speakers – all of which are open to staff. On the social side, we have regular coffee/cake mornings for staff, a family-friendly Halloween event, and Christmas and summer parties.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:</div><br> <ul><br> <li>An excellent contributory pension scheme</li><br> <li>38 days’ annual leave</li><br> <li>Family leave schemes and a comprehensive range of childcare services</li><br> <li>Cycle loan scheme and discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loan</li><br> <li>Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs</li><br> <li>Opportunities for hybrid working (<em>typically</em> 60% of working hours on-site and 40% remotely)</li><br> </ul><br> <div> </div><br> <div>More information about working at the School can be found on our <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/workforus">jobs page</a>.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>About the role</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Offering a unique, flexible working, senior leadership opportunity, the joint Head of Finance will play a critical role in the next exciting phase of the Blavatnik School of Government.  Supporting the School’s Dean and Chief Operating Officer in analysing, planning and managing the School’s finances and its growing budget and research portfolio, they will contribute to key strategic decisions about the School’s development and management. They will co- lead the finance and research support teams (nine people) ensuring that they provide a customer-focussed, responsive service to its stakeholders, and that management and decision-making is informed by high quality financial data and analysis.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The post holder will provide assurance to the Dean, the Chief Operating Officer, the School’s Management Board and the Division that the School’s financial projections are robust and well-grounded. Priorities include managing reliable costing models for the School’s wide range of activities, using financial data effectively to provide input and challenge to the School’s strategic planning, and bringing financial acumen to bear in developing viable financing plans for new revenue streams</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The post holder will provide leadership in financial planning activities, particularly in the preparation of the School’s annual budget.  They will be responsible for the continued development of effective and resilient financial processes and controls. They will take the lead in financial reporting and monitoring, ensuring the School’s financial position is closely monitored and that timely, accurate management information is provided to management and others. The post holder will co- manage the School’s finance and research support professionals and will be expected to recruit, train and manage any additional finance staff.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>About you</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The post will suit a highly motivated individual with proven flexibility and initiative who is excited about helping to shape this new joint role and way of working for the School. The post holder should hold an accounting qualification and have substantial experience of working in a financial management role, ideally in a fast-moving environment.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Experience of the use of financial data to drive strategic decision-making in a proactive way will be particularly helpful.  Candidates should be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate complex financial issues to a non-financial audience, and be able to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>Application process</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Please upload a <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/cv-and-supporting-statement">supporting statement</a> that outlines how you meet the selection criteria <strong>in your own words</strong>, along with your CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The closing date for applications is at 12 noon (UK time) on <strong>Tuesday 6 May 2025.</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>First round interviews will take place on <strong>Thursday 5 June</strong> with second round interviews taking place on <strong>Monday 9 June</strong> and will be in-person at the School.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Candidates wishing to visit the School for a short informal tour of the School prior to application should contact <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:HR@bsg.ox.ac.uk?subject=Head%20of%20Finance%20-%20Informal%20School%20visit%20request">Lucy Haworth</a> to arrange a suitable time. Visits will be available on week days between 22 April – 2 May.</div> </div>Senior Executive Assistant
Closes: May 6, 2025, noon; salary: Standard Grade 6: £34,982 - £40,855 (with a discretionary range to £44,382)
<div> <p></p><div><strong>About the Blavatnik School of Government</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes: <strong>teaching</strong> <strong>current and future leaders</strong>; <strong>generating</strong> <strong>research with impact</strong>; and <strong>engaging</strong> <strong>with governments and practitioners</strong>.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>What we offer</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well-known guest speakers – all of which are open to staff. On the social side, we have regular coffee/cake mornings for staff, a family-friendly Halloween event, and Christmas and summer parties.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:</div><br> <ul><br> <li>An excellent contributory pension scheme</li><br> <li>38 days’ annual leave</li><br> <li>Family leave schemes and a comprehensive range of childcare services</li><br> <li>Cycle loan scheme and discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans</li><br> <li>Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs</li><br> <li>Opportunities for hybrid working (<em>typically</em> 60% of working hours on-site and 40% remotely)</li><br> </ul><br> <div>More information about working at the School can be found on our <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/workforus">jobs page</a>.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>About the role</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>We’re excited to be looking for a Senior Executive Assistant to our Chief Operating Officer (COO) and to the Vice-Dean. </div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>This is a critical role for the Blavatnik School, sitting at the heart of the School – in the Executive Office – with responsibility for all support to the COO and the Vice-Dean, and for the operations of the School’s governance function. This post comes at an exciting time for School: we are embarking on our second decade with a fantastic community of staff, alumni, and supporters.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>We are seeking someone with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills. In your work with the COO and Vice Dean, you will be responsible for managing two busy diaries (and the COO’s inbox) and taking forward a wide range of issues on their behaves. You will be someone with a zest for communicating with people from all walks of life, who will inject equal amounts of enthusiasm and diplomacy into each of their interactions – be they with students, administrative colleagues, or senior academics and practitioners from top institutions across the world. In your work on School governance, you will have operational responsibility for the smooth-running of the School’s governance function – to include scheduling the annual governance meeting cycle, writing and collating agendas and discussion papers, and tracking actions and decisions.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>About you</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The ideal candidate will have excellent all-round administrative skills and strong track-record of providing outstanding executive support. You will be a senior member of the Executive Office, line managing two to three staff (Executive Assistants) and working with the Head of the Dean’s Office to promote a high-performing team culture in which the people you manage can flourish. You will work quickly yet meticulously, taking a flexible and pragmatic approach to shifting priorities; and you will have impeccable judgement – be it on a confidential project on which the COO is working, an urgent meeting request, a difficult staffing matter, or an innovative interpretation of a policy.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>If you believe that you have the energy and experience to make a positive impact on our Executive Office – we would love to hear from you.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>Application process</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Please upload a <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/cv-and-supporting-statement#:~:text=The%20supporting%20statement%20must%20explain%20how%20you%20meet,%28such%20as%20time%20out%20to%20care%20for%20dependants%29.">supporting statement</a> that outlines how you meet the selection criteria <strong>in your own words</strong>, along with your CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The closing date for applications is at <strong>12 noon</strong> (UK time) on <strong>Tuesday 6 May 2025.</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Interviews will take place during week commencing <strong>12 May</strong> with second round interviews taking place during week commencing <strong>19 May</strong> and will be face to face at the School.</div> </div>Teaching Associate for Foundations
Closes: May 15, 2025, noon; salary: Grade 6: £34,982 - £40,855 (with a discretionary range to £44,382) p.a., dependent on experience. Pro-rata for variable hours appointments
<div> <p></p><div><strong>About the Blavatnik School of Government</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes: <strong>teaching</strong> <strong>current and future leaders</strong>; <strong>generating</strong> <strong>research with impact</strong>; and <strong>engaging</strong> <strong>with governments and practitioners</strong>.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>What we offer</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well-known guest speakers – all of which are open to staff. On the social side, we have regular coffee/cake mornings for staff, a family-friendly Halloween event, and Christmas and summer parties.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:</div><br> <ul><br> <li>An excellent contributory pension scheme</li><br> <li>38 days’ annual leave</li><br> <li>Family leave schemes and a comprehensive range of childcare services</li><br> <li>Cycle loan scheme and discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans</li><br> <li>Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs</li><br> <li>Opportunities for hybrid working</li><br> </ul><br> <div>More information about working at the School can be found on our <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/workforus">jobs page</a>.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>About the role</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The Blavatnik School of Government is seeking to recruit a Teaching Associate to join the teaching team for the compulsory Foundations module within the Master in Public Policy (MPP). Foundations runs in Michaelmas term (October - December).</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The aim of Foundations is to prepare students to reflectively and critically evaluate the moral commitments that do, and should, inform public policy. The course addresses some key questions that every government must resolve. It focuses on the following five framework questions: What is the aim of government? What are the limits on its action? What do governments owe future generations? Who gets what? and Who decides? The course also develops students’ philosophical and ethical understanding through practical reflection on some policy areas that engage these questions and are of contemporary concern. These include gender, religion, migration, historical injustice,  and protest and revolution. In closing, we explore some of the moral dilemmas that arise for individuals who deliver public policy. Case studies ensure that moral and political principles are applied practically.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>As a Teaching Associate, you would be expected to: serve as a Seminar Leader; take a lead role with respect to organisation of seminars; contribute to assessment; assist the module convenors with administration. There may also be opportunities to undertake a small amount of lecturing and case study teaching. While primary teaching on the Foundations module occurs in Michaelmas term, other Teaching Associate duties may be spread out over the full academic year.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>This post if fixed-term for one year and on a variable hours basis.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>About you</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>You should hold a relevant Master’s degree in political philosophy/political theory and sufficient depth and breadth of knowledge in political philosophy to develop module materials. Experience and excellence in teaching and leading seminars, and the ability to teach to non specialists are also essential.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>Application Process</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Please upload <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/cv-and-supporting-statement">a supporting statement</a> that outlines how you meet the selection criteria in your own words, along with your CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The closing date for applications is at <strong>12 noon (UK time) on Thursday 15 May 2025</strong>.</div> </div>