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Vacancies

Hughes Hall is a College of the University of Cambridge with a vibrant, international, and friendly academic atmosphere.

Established in 1885, we are known today as a progressive College, bridging the academic and external worlds with an innovative, inclusive, and informal atmosphere.

We work collaboratively alongside people from all over the world, at every stage of their careers, and from all academic disciplines, to enable our people to achieve global impact through a culture of academic excellence, comprehensive support structures, and social opportunity.

Joining us means being part of a dynamic and professional environment, with over 150 staff, 250 Fellows, and around 900 students, from over 80 countries.

Hughes Hall is located in the heart of Cambridge, an oasis of calm near the busy city centre, halfway between the railway station and market square. Our main site is a quiet and secluded group of buildings set around the University cricket ground, off Mill Road.

We are committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and safety of our staff, and working at Hughes means being able to access comprehensive welfare resources and development opportunities. Find out more in Our Benefits. Hughes Hall is a Disability Confident Employer – see below for details.

Staff roles

Bursar's Executive Assistant and Compliance Administrator (0.8FTE - 1.0FTE)

The closing date for applications is 1st May 2024 at midday (GMT). Interviews will be held at Hughes Hall, Cambridge on 14th or 16th May.

We are recruiting to the role of Bursar’s Executive Assistant, who will manage and organise the Bursar’s Office, providing a comprehensive range of administrative support to the Bursar, and working with the Compliance Manager on data protection, committee administration and College projects. The Bursar has responsibility for: finance and investment management, the College estate including provision of student accommodation, IT, Human Resources, legal compliance, conferencing, catering and the day-to-day administration of the College, and their Executive Assistant supports workflow across all these areas.

The successful candidate will be a reliable, organised and experienced administrator, able to assimilate information quickly.  They will use their initiative to drive tasks forward, be adaptable with the ability to keep calm under pressure, and be able to confidently interact and communicate with varied stakeholders, with the highest levels of discretion and confidentiality.

Strong verbal and written communications, time management and prioritisation skills are essential.

The role suits an individual who can work autonomously, likes working within a small team, and thrives on efficiency and enjoys contributing as a valued team member. There is opportunity to develop professionally and learn new skills, supported by the Compliance Manager, who is the role’s line manager.

Further information about this role can be found on the job description.

To apply for this vacancy, please complete the application form and include a covering letter outlining how you meet the job description and person specification. All documentation should be emailed to hr@hughes.cam.ac.uk.

The College welcomes expressions of interest and applications from candidates from all communities and a diversity of backgrounds. You are encouraged to complete the College’s Equality and Diversity form which should be emailed to hr@hughes.cam.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is 1st May 2024 at midday (GMT). Interviews will be held at Hughes Hall, Cambridge w/c 13th May 2024.

Housekeeping Assistant - Part Time

There is no closing date, candidates will be invited in to interview until the position is filled.

We are recruiting for a Housekeeping Assistant to work as part of the housekeeping team to maintain and clean all areas in the College.

Further information about this role can be found on the job description.

To apply for this vacancy, please complete the application form and include how you meet the job description and person specification. All documentation should be emailed to hr@hughes.cam.ac.uk .

The College welcomes expressions of interest and applications from candidates from all communities and a diversity of backgrounds. You are encouraged to complete the College’s Equality and Diversity form which should be emailed to hr@hughes.cam.ac.uk.

There is no closing date, candidates will be invited in to interview until the position is filled. Interviews will be held at Hughes Hall, Cambridge. Please note that this is being run as a rolling recruitment process. We will be assessing applications, shortlisting, and offering interviews as the applications are received.

Food & Beverage Assistant - Maternity Cover

There is no closing date, candidates will be invited in to interview until the position is filled.

This is an exciting opportunity for a sociable & friendly individual who enjoys serving and interacting with people to join the Hughes Hall team in this busy hands on role. This position is fixed term to cover maternity leave.

Further information about this role can be found on the job description.

To apply for this vacancy, please complete the application form and include how you meet the job description and person specification. All documentation should be emailed to hr@hughes.cam.ac.uk .

The College welcomes expressions of interest and applications from candidates from all communities and a diversity of backgrounds. You are encouraged to complete the College’s Equality and Diversity form which should be emailed to hr@hughes.cam.ac.uk.

There is no closing date, candidates will be invited in to interview until the position is filled. Interviews will be held at Hughes Hall, Cambridge. Please note that this is being run as a rolling recruitment process. We will be assessing applications, shortlisting, and offering interviews as the applications are received.

CCE Summer Internship Programme

The closing date for applications is midday on 31st May 2024

CCE Summer Internship Programme

The Centre for Climate Engagement (CCE) at Hughes Hall is pleased to announce its 2024 Summer Internship Programme, which offers several exciting opportunities to engage with our programmes and activities.

The CCE Summer Internship Programme is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students (up to one-year post-completion of undergraduate degree). The programme will include up to ten internship positions, with a focus on conducting desk research in climate governance and law and climate change.

We are currently recruiting for applications to the positions listed below. Further information  including the Job Descriptions, Application forms and Tutor Permission forms can be found on the web page CCE launches expanded Summer Internship Programme 2024 – Centre for Climate Engagement (climatehughes.org) . The internships will run for the equivalent up to four full-time weeks (up to 150 hours), which can be completed over June to September as applicable for the individual positions. The interns will be based at Hughes Hall but can work remotely.

Centre for Climate Engagement:

  1. Content Intern – Corporate Governance
  2. Content Intern – Greenhouse Gas Removals
  3. CCE Legal Research Internship
  4. CCE Law and Policy Internship
  5. CANFUND project – Investment intern
  6. CANFUND project – data intern

Climate Governance Initiative:

  1. Operations Support
  2. Partnerships Support

To apply for this vacancy, please complete the Application form and the Tutor Permission form if applicable. All documentation should be emailed to climate@hughes.cam.ac.uk by midday on 31st May 2024.

Centre Finance Accountant

The closing date for the applications is Friday 17th May at Midday GMT. Interviews will be held at Hughes Hall Cambridge.

The Centre for Climate Engagement at Hughes Hall plays a unique role in bringing leading academic research to a targeted non-executive director audience in a format that enables change. Support for cutting edge research in climate law, governance, disclosure and organisational change – priority areas for boards driving climate action – informs the work of the Centre. Its leading research translation and knowledge brokering expertise turns that evidence into action.

We are looking for an experienced Academic Centre Finance Accountant to join a vibrant and growing team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Financial Accountant to ensure the smooth running of the budgeting, financial management and grant related functions within the Centre.

The Financial Accountant will work with the Director and Centre Manager, to effectively manage income and expenditure that will positively contribute to the financial position of the Centre for Climate Engagement and the College. This will be achieved through time provision of accurate and high standard financial information, including management accounts and committee packs, funders’ report, the provision of support in preparation of budgets, forecasts, funding proposals, and ongoing review of financial performance and resolution of issues arising therefrom. The Financial Accountant will report to the Manager of the Centre for Climate Engagement, but will work closely with the Finance Manager and the finance team at Hughes Hall.

Further information about this role can be found on the job description.

To apply for this vacancy, please complete the application form and include a covering letter outlining how you meet the job description and person specification. All documentation should be emailed to hr@hughes.cam.ac.uk .

The College welcomes expressions of interest and applications from candidates from all communities and a diversity of backgrounds. You are encouraged to complete the College’s Equality and Diversity form which should be emailed to hr@hughes.cam.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is Midday GMT on Friday 17th May 2024. Interviews will be held at Hughes Hall Cambridge.

 

Kitchen Assistant

There is no closing date, candidates will be invited in to interview until the position is filled.

We are looking for a new member of staff to work alongside the catering team to assist with meeting the daily operational needs of the department. The position is expected to focus on dish and pot washing in addition to general cleaning duties, storing and organising deliveries and some basic kitchen preparation.  It will also involve other departmental work as required by the demands of the business.

The successful applicant will take direction from the kitchen team on all matters involving departmental standards, health and safety, due diligence and staff development training.

Further information about this role can be found on the job description.

To apply for this vacancy, please complete the application form and include how you meet the job description and person specification. All documentation should be emailed to hr@hughes.cam.ac.uk .

The College welcomes expressions of interest and applications from candidates from all communities and a diversity of backgrounds. You are encouraged to complete the College’s Equality and Diversity form which should be emailed to hr@hughes.cam.ac.uk.

There is no closing date, candidates will be invited in to interview until the position is filled. Interviews will be held at Hughes Hall, Cambridge. Please note that this is being run as a rolling recruitment process. We will be assessing applications, shortlisting, and offering interviews as the applications are received.

Academic/Research roles

Deputy Senior Tutor Admissions 0.70 FTE

The closing date for applications is Midday GMT on Wednesday 8th May 2024. Interviews will be held at Hughes Hall week commencing 20th May.

The Deputy Senior Tutor (Admissions) is responsible for Hughes Hall’s admissions procedures and recruitment, and, in close collaboration with the Deputy Senior Tutor (Teaching & Outreach), the College’s widening participation and outreach activities, which are key elements of the College’s vision for 2030. This is a crucial position within the College, and the post holder is expected to be able to maintain and develop innovative and effective procedures for managing applications, whilst also working with the Senior Tutor, Head of Education Services, Admissions Coordinator, and Student Recruitment and Outreach Officer on the College’s strategies and communications around recruitment and widening participation.

Further information about this role can be found in the candidate information pack.

To apply for this vacancy, please complete the application form and include a covering letter outlining how you meet the job description and person specification. All documentation should be emailed to hr@hughes.cam.ac.uk .

The College welcomes expressions of interest and applications from candidates from all communities and a diversity of backgrounds. You are encouraged to complete the College’s Equality and Diversity form which should be emailed to hr@hughes.cam.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is Midday GMT on Wednesday 8th May 2024. Interviews will be held at Hughes Hall week commencing 20th May.

Deputy Senior Tutor Teaching & Outreach

The closing date for applications is Midday GMT on Wednesday 8th May 2024. Interviews will be held at Hughes Hall week commencing 20th May.

The Deputy Senior Tutor (Teaching & Outreach) will lead on key projects relating to operationalising the College’s 2030 vision, reporting directly to the Senior Tutor. Currently these include the college’s innovative new Pathways programme of co-curricular activities to support students’ academic & transferrable skills development and developing the college’s outreach and widening participation strategy, however these are expected to change and develop over time. In addition to this, the post holder will be a member of the Senior Tutor’s leadership team and, along with the Head of Education Services and Head of Welfare and Wellbeing, will deputise for the Senior Tutor during periods of absence and as part of the term-time welfare on call rota.

Further information about this role can be found in the candidate information pack.

To apply for this vacancy, please complete the application form and include a covering letter outlining how you meet the job description and person specification. All documentation should be emailed to hr@hughes.cam.ac.uk .

The College welcomes expressions of interest and applications from candidates from all communities and a diversity of backgrounds. You are encouraged to complete the College’s Equality and Diversity form which should be emailed to hr@hughes.cam.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is Midday GMT on Wednesday 8th May 2024. Interviews will be held at Hughes Hall week commencing 20th May.

Our purpose and vision

“Hughes Hall was founded in 1885 to change Cambridge, to change the lives of those who studied here and, through them, to bring about positive change in society through the transformative power of education. As we approach the College’s 150th birthday, we are updating that vision for the future, building on the unique and special College that we already have.”

“Our College is founded on clear values: inclusion, innovation and impact. These values are mutually reinforcing, and they run through everything we do. They are the basis of our offer to our students, researchers, staff and senior members.”

“Like our founders, we want to transform the College and, through it, the lives of the people who come to learn, to teach and to do research. And through them to change society for the better.”

Sir Laurie Bristow, President.

An oasis of calm and quiet near the city centre and ten minutes by bike from the train station, we provide a supportive and stimulating environment for work, study and research.

Disability Confident employer scheme

Hughes Hall is a Disability Confident Employer and welcomes applications from individuals with disabilities and is committed to ensuring fair treatment throughout the recruitment process. Adjustments will be made, wherever reasonable, to enable applicants to compete to the best of their ability and, if successful, to assist them during their employment.

We encourage applicants to disclose their disabilities in order that any specific arrangements, particularly for the selection process, can be accommodated. Applicants or employees can disclose a disability at any time.

If you wish to discuss any reasonable adjustments necessary, you can contact the HR department at any point in the process. Contact details will be in the job description. Alternatively, you can contact the HR & Recruitment Coordinator at hr@hughes.cam.ac.uk.

The University has dedicated web pages for applicants and employees with a disability. See also, the college’s disability and access information.