Academic Administrator
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to work for an organisation that makes a difference? An organisation that nurtures its staff, encourages development, and rewards staff for their hard work. If the answer is yes, then the Diocese of Oxford is the place for you!
Annual Salary: £12,
Salary Band/Point: N
Hours: 15 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Location: Church House Oxford, Langford Locks, Kidlington, Oxford. OX5 1GF
Start date: As soon as possible
Closing date for receipt of applications:
Monday 15 June 2026 at midnight
Interviews will take place at Church House Oxford, Langford Locks, Kidlington, Oxford. OX5 1GF on:
Thursday 25 June 2026
About the role:
This role is about delivering and developing the administrative support and processes which help to create the best learning experiences we can for all the interested learners, curates and candidates for ordained and Licensed Lay Ministry who engage with our training courses from across the diocese. You will work closely with a range of colleagues in our ministry team and our partners in South Central TEI (through which some of our learners are registered with Durham University), managing and administering the processes necessary for smooth running of the learning programme cycles each year, including regular support of students and staff.
About you:
We are looking for a ‘can-do’ team player with excellent administrative and communication skills, instinctive rigorous attention to detail, experience of working with a Virtual Learning Environment (ideally Moodle), and a high level of IT literacy. You will be highly organised, self-motivated and proactive, with a proven record of effective planning, anticipating issues before they arise and working collaboratively with others to ensure processes run smoothly, things don’t get missed, and deadlines are met.
You do not need to be a practising Christian or have a faith to work with us - around 50% of our staff are not practising Christians but are comfortable with the Christian ethos that underpins our work. However, all our staff do have a desire to make a difference.
Benefits and Rewards:
ODBF continues to offer a range of rewards and benefits to its staff, including:
* Competitive salary
* Generous employer pension contribution of into the auto-enrolment pension scheme, which includes a death-in-service benefit (5% employee contribution)
* Re-accreditation as a Living Wage employer
* Annual holiday entitlement starting at 25 days, excluding public holidays, rising each year by one day to a maximum of 30 days, pro-rata for part-time employees
* In addition to the statutory UK public holidays, the Diocese offers three privilege days to all employees, namely Maundy Thursday, Ascension Day, and Christmas Eve (or the closest working day, where this falls on a weekend)
* Flexible working patterns with the ability to do some work from home
* Sabbatical leave, after a qualifying period of service
* Access to wellbeing support via Employee Assistance Programme
* Enhanced family-friendly policies and a generous occupational sick pay provision
* Free parking and subsidised on-site café
* Electric car and cycle-to-work salary sacrifice schemes
* EV charging points on site
* Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme with Octopus Electric Dreams
* Cycle to Work scheme with Green Commute Initiative
* Contributions towards eye examinations and prescriptive lenses
* Access to low-interest rate financial services from Churches Mutual Credit Union
* An attractive modern working environment
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Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. If you do not hear from us, your application has not been successful.
We want the Church of England’s commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion for all to be reflected in our staff. We are particularly keen to receive applications from UK Minority Ethnic / Global Majority heritage and disabled candidates, who are currently underrepresented.
The Church of England is committed to the safeguarding, care, and nurture of everyone within our church community. In the Diocese of Oxford, we follow and are committed to the Church of England's House of Bishops’ Safeguarding Policies and the relevant statutory legislation and guidance, "Working together" to ensure the welfare of children and young people is paramount