The ERGO Administrative Assistant is a new role providing high-quality administrative support across the ERGO group, with a particular focus on the PARTNERS trial. As the first point of contact for enquiries and visitors, you will play a key role in ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the team by coordinating meetings and diaries, arranging UK and international travel, supporting the practical arrangements for new starters and visitors, including building access and induction schedules, and assisting with purchasing, finance and document approval processes.

 

Working closely with the wider administrative and trial teams, you will maintain accurate and confidential records, support collaboration across multiple partners and time zones, prepare meeting documentation and minutes, and ensure administrative processes are delivered efficiently and in line with university and departmental procedures. This varied role requires excellent organisational skills, attention to detail, discretion, and the ability to manage competing priorities while building effective working relationships with colleagues, visitors, and national and international collaborators to support the successful delivery of the group's research activities.

 

To be successful in this role, you will be educated to A-level standard or equivalent and have a strong administrative background. You will have experience of coordinating meetings, maintaining accurate records and supporting multiple activities simultaneously, alongside excellent communication and interpersonal skills that enable you to build effective relationships with a wide range of colleagues and external collaborators. You will be confident using Microsoft 365 applications and quick to learn new systems, with the judgement to resolve routine administrative matters independently while recognising when to seek advice.

 

Applications for this vacancy should be made online and you will need to upload a supporting statement and CV. Your supporting statement must explain how you meet each of the selection criteria for the post using examples of your skills and experience. Please restrict your documentation to your CV and supporting statement only. Any other documents will be requested at a later date.

 

This position is offered full time on a fixed term contract until 31 October 2027 and is funded by the Wellcome Trust Fund, Gates Foundation, FCDO, UKRI.

 

Only applications received before 12 middays on Wednesday 12 August 2026 will be considered. Interviews for this post will take place on Thursday 3 September 2026. Please quote 187799 on all correspondence.

 

Working within the international trial coordinating team, you will support the clinical implementation and conduct of PARTNERS across participating countries. You will contribute to protocol development, clinical oversight, participant safety, investigator support, training, regulatory activities and collaboration with international investigators, Ministries of Health, the World Health Organization and other outbreak response partners. As a Clinical Research Fellow, you will work within a multidisciplinary team to ensure the trial is delivered to the highest scientific, ethical and regulatory standards while generating evidence to improve clinical care during outbreaks of Ebola virus disease and Marburg virus disease.

 

Further information about the trial is available at:  https://partnerstrial.ndm.ox.ac.uk

 

It is essential that you are GMC registered and must be currently qualified and licensed to practice medicine in the UK. You will have excellent interpersonal skills, allowing you to confidently interact with a wide range of audiences including volunteers, laboratory and administrative staff, monitors and the broader research community. Relevant experience in clinical research and excellent verbal and written communication skills are required for this role. Previous experience of working in low- and middle-income settings are desirable.

 

Applications for this vacancy should be made online and you will need to upload a supporting statement and CV. Your supporting statement must explain how you meet each of the selection criteria for the post using examples of your skills and experience. Please restrict your documentation to your CV and supporting statement only. Any other documents will be requested at a later date.

 

This position is offered full time on a fixed term contract until 31 October 2027 and is funded by the Wellcome Trust Fund, UKRI and FCDO.

 

Only applications received before 12 midday on Friday 14 August 2026 will be considered. Please quote **187859 **on all correspondence.

 

 

Your main responsibilities are to lead the coordination and delivery of the PARTNERS programme across clinical, laboratory, PPIE, implementation science and operational workstreams, while maintaining the integrated programme plan, risk register and key dependencies. You will coordinate governance meetings and stakeholder communications, including engagement with WHO, sponsors, funders and collaborating institutions, and support the preparation of reports, presentations and programme updates. In addition, you will oversee programme budgets, forecasting, financial reporting and grant milestones, support grant applications and amendments, coordinate collaboration agreements and institutional processes, and help manage operational activities such as communications, onboarding, procurement, drug logistics and inter-epidemic preparedness.

 

We are seeking an experienced programme manager educated to degree level in life sciences, global health or a related discipline, with substantial experience managing complex international research programmes and/or multi-site clinical trials. You will have a proven track record of working collaboratively across multiple organisations and stakeholders, alongside experience of grant management, budgeting, financial reporting and forecasting. The successful candidate will demonstrate excellent analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, make informed decisions and work independently in a dynamic environment. Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills are essential, with experience of preparing reports for funders and governance committees and building effective relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. ntial.

 

Applications for this vacancy should be made online and you will need to upload a supporting statement and CV. Your supporting statement must explain how you meet each of the selection criteria for the post using examples of your skills and experience. Please restrict your documentation to your CV and supporting statement only. Any other documents will be requested at a later date.

 

This position is offered full time on a fixed term contract until 31 October 2027 and is funded by the Wellcome Trust Fund, UKRI and FCDO.

 

Only applications received before 12 midday on Thursday 13 August 2026 will be considered. Interviews will take place on Thursday 20 August 2026. Please quote 187860 on all correspondence.

 

 

The Clinical BioManufacturing Facility (CBF) is the University of Oxford’s GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) manufacturing facility, where basic research can be translated into Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs) for use in clinical trials. The CBF is a scientific research facility within the Nuffield Department of Medicine, it holds a Manufacturer/Importer (MIA) license from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority (MHRA) and presently comprises more than 30 staff. The CBF has manufactured more than 30 novel vaccines for first-in-human studies, as vaccines for infectious disease and cancer therapy and has supported over 100 clinical trials. In April 2020 the CBF produced ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, the UK’s first COVID-19 vaccine to enter clinical trials. Later acquired by AstraZeneca, billions of doses of this vaccine have now been administered worldwide. The CBF has also recently produced vaccines against Ebola, Rabies and Nipah viruses. Currently, the CBF is expanding its GMP manufacturing space to cater for the increasing demand for life-saving research, and the expansion is planned to be operational in a new building by 2028.

 

You will provide QA support combining your scientific and technical expertise with your knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice (EU GMP) and Quality Systems. You will be responsible for assisting with investigations of quality related issues in conjunction with site personnel and help to interpret scientific data and drive all investigations to a timely close out. You will work closely with CBF staff to collate relevant data for investigations and trending. You will also perform root cause and identify suitable Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) that address the root cause of investigations. You will review and approve Quality Management System (QMS) documents such as Deviations, Change Controls and make risk-based decisions in conjunction with the Quality Assurance team to ensure best possible outcome.

 

It is essential that you hold a degree in a life sciences subject. You must have experience of working in a laboratory or manufacturing environment, with expertise in techniques such as cell culture, molecular biology, and basic laboratory assays e.g. pH measurement. You will have experience of working within a Quality Management System, and knowledge and experience of EU GMP or ISO 9001 and how to apply the guidelines.

 

Applications for this vacancy should be made online and you will need to upload a supporting statement and CV. Your supporting statement must explain how you meet each of the selection criteria for the post using examples of your skills and experience. Please restrict your documentation to your CV and supporting statement only. Any other documents will be requested at a later date.

 

This position is offered full time on a fixed term contract for 36 months, with possibility of extension, and is funded by the department.

 

Only applications received before 12 midday on 12 August 2026 will be considered. Please quote 187229 on all correspondence.