Access and Outreach Assistant – 3-Year Fixed Term

Lady Margaret Hall

Access and Outreach Assistant for College's outreach programme administration. Involves organizing events and managing communications with schools.

Posted 7/1/2026full-timeOxford • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £31,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong organizational and administrative capabilities, with proficiency in MS Office applications and a solid understanding of data protection regulations. Effectively communicates and collaborates with diverse stakeholders while managing multiple outreach events and activities.

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Excellent Organisational SkillsMS Office ProficiencyEvent CoordinationCommunication SkillsData Protection Awareness

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Hard Skills

Event AdministrationResource FormattingData Privacy KnowledgeChild Safeguarding AwarenessProblem Solving Under Pressure

Soft Skills

Interpersonal SkillsTeam CollaborationAttention to DetailInitiative and JudgementIndependence

Tools & Technologies

CanvaOutlookExcelPowerPointWord

Industry Keywords

Higher EducationOutreach ActivitiesChild-Protection ComplianceRisk AssessmentGDPR

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Supporting the administration and organisation of the College’s Sustained Contact Programme for Key Stage 4 students
Producing or formatting resources such as information packs, academic resources, timetables, programme advertisement using Canva
Supporting administration and logistics of on-site school visits, subject taster days, open days, and other events
Supporting the administration and organisation of outbound school visits
Providing administrative support for the recruitment and coordination of casual outreach staff
General management of the joint Outreach email inbox
Liaising with schools and event attendees
Maintaining a list of school contacts for advertising College outreach activities
Purchasing travel tickets and arranging reimbursement for programme participants
Providing administrative support to the College’s Access Working Group
Complying with child-protection, risk-assessment and other legal requirements in relation to all events, volunteers and participants

Requirements

What you’ll need

A good standard of education, at least to A Level
Excellent organisational skills and the ability to work independently
Ability to work well and solve problems under-pressure
High levels of accuracy and attention to detail
Ability to work effectively as part of a busy team
Excellent communication skills (oral, written)
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work with a range of colleagues, students, and external organisations
Excellent judgement and the ability to know when to use initiative and when to seek advice
Excellent and up-to-date IT skills, with a good knowledge of MS Office, in particular Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word
An awareness of issues of data privacy, security and legal requirements for data protection (e.g. GDPR and CMA guidelines) or the ability to learn
An awareness of child safeguarding policy and procedures or the ability to learn
An interest in higher education and an appreciation of the challenges of working in an academic environment

Benefits

Comp & perks

37 days holiday (including bank holidays)
Option to join a University pension scheme
One free meal per working day
Free annual flu jab
Employee assistance programme
Parking permit scheme
Childcare salary sacrifice scheme
Bicycle purchase scheme
Bus and train Season Tickets