Current job vacancies

The Department is currently seeking to recruit a Chef de Partie to prepare high-quality meals and fine dining for events and private bookings, as well as supervising junior staff.

 

The kitchen team are a small friendly team and produce excellent food, from only fresh products and seek local produce where can.

 

This is a full-time position working 36.5 hours per week, five out of seven days (mostly straight shifts).  The Department operates for 50 weeks of the year and usually closes over the Christmas and New Year.

 

To succeed in this role, you will have previous experience (at least one year) in a Comis Chef role within the hospitality industry. You will also have good culinary skills, good communication skills (both written and verbal), good IT literacy skills (including MS Excel and Word), flexibility and adaptability in your approach to work, and an awareness of health and safety standards and requirements.

 

The Department for Continuing Education is the University’s centre for lifelong learning situated in the heart of Oxford. The Department provides a wide variety of meals and dining for both students and external clients across its sites and provides an excellent opportunity to grow your culinary skills.

 

Your happiness and wellbeing at work matters to us, so we offer a range of family friendly and financial benefits including:

 

• An excellent contributory pension scheme • 38 days annual leave
• A comprehensive range of childcare services • Cycle loan scheme
• Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs • Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

• Good training, support for further development and career progression.

 

Application process 

You will be required to upload a CV and a supporting statement as part of your online application. This should list each of the essential and desirable selection criteria, as listed in the job description, and explain how you meet each one.

 

The closing date for applications is noon on 29 May 2024.

 

Bring your expertise to the University of Oxford and be a part of a community that values creativity, diversity, and excellence.

 

The University of Oxford is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from individuals regardless of their background.

 

Oxford University Department for Continuing Education (OUDCE) is seeking to appoint a well-organised and highly competent administrator to join the busy Postgraduate Taught Student Administration team within the Department for Continuing Education.

 

The Course Administrator will be responsible for supporting the administration of the MSt Practical Ethics programme (which may be subject to change from time-to-time).  You will provide support for the student lifecycle from end-to-end, including dealing with admissions, on-course administration and handling post-course enquiries, such as requests for transcripts.

 

This is a full-time, permanent appointment.

 

You should have strong organisational and administrative skills, a high level of accuracy and attention to detail, be able to work flexibly to deadlines, and possess good interpersonal and customer service skills with the ability to work well in a team environment. You will be competent in a range of standard IT applications and be able to learn new IT systems quickly.

 

OUDCE provides opportunities for people from a wide variety of backgrounds to benefit from the University’s rich and unique resources. We are ambitious and forward-thinking, with a strong sense of identity and community. Our mission is to inspire people locally, nationally and globally by extending access to Oxford’s world-class teaching and resources through flexible and inclusive opportunities for study and research.

 

Colleagues uphold the uphold the Mission, Vision and Values of the Department and actively promote a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion.

 

Your happiness and wellbeing at work matters to us, so we offer a range of family friendly and financial benefits including:

 

•        An excellent contributory pension scheme

•        38 days’ annual leave

•        A comprehensive range of childcare services

•        Family leave schemes

•        Cycle loan scheme

•        Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs

•        Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

 
Application process

All applications should be made online. You will be required to upload a supporting statement, setting out how you meet the selection criteria, a curriculum vitae and the names and contact details of two referees as part of your online application.

 

To make informal enquiries about the post please contact Leah Hill (leah.hill@conted.ox.ac.uk)

 

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on 22 May 2024.

 

Bring your expertise to the University of Oxford and be a part of a community that values creativity, diversity, and excellence.

 

The University of Oxford is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from individuals regardless of their background.