Department of Politics & International Relations, Oxford, OX1 3UQ Apprentice Grade 01A £25,331 p.a. About the role We have an exciting opportunity for you to join the University of Oxford as an Apprentice Course Administrator in the Professional Services Team at the Department of Politics & International Relations. This is a perfect time to join the department in this newly created role at the beginning of the academic year. The role is being created to assist the team in meeting its increased workload, and to enable it to further improve its service to the Department. You will be located within the Courses Team in DPIR. The team manages all the department’s postgraduate courses and key aspects of our joint undergraduate courses alongside History, Philosophy and Economics. You will assist the team with a wide variety of tasks across both undergraduate and postgraduate provision, which will provide excellent training for a wide-variety of education-related roles across the University in both colleges and other departments. This would include assisting with graduate applications, responding to offer holder enquiries, assisting with exam administration, dealing with lecture recording issues, providing communications support in relation to website updates or event organisation. About the apprenticeship As part of this role, you will undertake an Apprenticeship with Abingdon & Witney College, where you will complete the Business Administrator Level 3 Apprenticeship. It should be noted that, despite the apprenticeship title, this apprenticeship relates to the administration of academic higher education courses within the University. The successful candidate would not be involved in the business of politics or international relations.For this apprenticeship, you will work at the Department of Politics & International Relations in Manor Road Building, Oxford OX1 3UQ. As part of your apprenticeship, you will be required to attend Abingdon & Witney College for a 10-day course, at all other times you will be based at Manor Road Building. Full-time staff are currently required to be on site for 3 out of 5 days each week. In total, it will take 18 months to complete all elements of the apprenticeship, with support from the Department, University, and Abingdon & Witney College throughout. Becoming an apprentice at the University of Oxford is an excellent opportunity to gain practical experience and training. For more information, please visit: About you You will be passionate about starting your career in professional services and excited about the opportunity of becoming an apprentice at the University of Oxford. You may be starting your career, or you may be looking for a career change. To complete the level 3 apprenticeship, you will need to evidence passes at 9-4 or A*-C in GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent).