Academic Planning Coordinator

About the Blavatnik School of Government

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: teaching current and future leaders; generating research with impact; and engaging with governments and practitioners.

What we offer

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.

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
• 38 days’ annual leave
• Family leave schemes and a comprehensive range of childcare services
• Cycle loan scheme and discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
• Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs 
• Opportunities for remote working. 

More information about working at the School can be found on our jobs page.

About the role

The Blavatnik School of Government is looking for an Academic Planning Coordinator to join the School’s Programmes team to support programme delivery.

Reporting to the Academic Planning Manager, you will undertake a wide range of duties to produce operational plans for our teaching, in particular for the MPP, from scheduling to virtual learning environment (VLE) set-up, from programme materials to finance and workload tracking. You will work closely with the MPP Co-Directors, our faculty and a wide range of professional teams to pull together those plans and make them a reality.

About you

You will have excellent organisational and time management skills, excellent analytical skills and proven ability to work with, manipulate and format large quantities of data in a meaningful and useful manner. You will be a self-starter who is able to proactively identify the tasks required on a project, efficiently carry out those tasks and review and evaluate processes and projects, all with minimal supervision, and have highly effective interpersonal and communication skills. Strong IT and numeracy skills are also essential.

A flexible approach to working hours will be required as the postholder may be asked to work outside normal office hours on occasion in connection with key points in the academic cycle.

Application process

You will be required to upload a CV, supporting statement, and the details of two referees as part of your online application.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon (UK time) on Friday 18 October 2024.

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