Development Coordinator

Administrative

Full-time, permanent

£26,707 to £30,378 plus £1,730 Oxford weighting

35 hours per week

Deadline: Tuesday 17 February 2026

St Antony’s College is seeking a Development Coordinator to work as part of its Development Office, a long-established function with a current team of three, making it one of the smaller Development Offices within the collegiate University. The Development Office is responsible for fundraising and alumni relations. Working alongside the Development Director, Development Manager and Communications Manager, the successful candidate will provide efficient administrative and organisational support to the College’s Development and Communications functions, to include accurately recording fundraising and alumni activity on the database, processing donations, supporting College-wide communications, and carrying out administrative work relating to events and fundraising campaigns.

The first point of contact for the Development team, the Development Coordinator is responsible for maintaining and improving the accuracy of all alumni, member, and supporter data. They will also play a key role in the team’s communications, fundraising, and events activity – updating the College website and social media, organising and promoting events, and responding to a variety of internal and external queries.

To be successful in your application, you will have sound administrative experience with excellent communication and organisation skills. You will be meticulous in your attention to detail and have a high level of accuracy. Initiative, a strong ability to prioritise a varied workload and a flexible approach to the role will be essential.

You will need to have excellent IT and analytical skills, a good awareness of data protection regulations, and be able to collate and assess information and present it in an effective format. Experience of working in a Development role and an awareness of fundraising best practice would be advantageous, as would a commitment to working in an international multicultural environment.

Working at St Antony’s College

This is a permanent, full-time post (35 hours per week).

The Development Coordinator will be paid on the University grade 4 scale, currently £26,707 – £30,378 gross per annum, plus an Oxford weighting of £1,730 gross per annum. There is a probationary period of three months.

We offer excellent employee benefits, including:

41 days annual leave, including bank/public holidays. It should be noted that holiday cannot normally be taken during term time and College staff work on bank holidays falling during term time
Membership of the OSPS pension scheme
Free meals in College during normal working hours and when the Hall is open
Access to a car parking space in the College’s grounds if one is available.

St Antony’s College is one of the seven graduate colleges of the University of Oxford. The College specialises in the interdisciplinary study of international relations, economics, politics and history of particular parts of the world and has around 550 postgraduate students.

We are located in North Oxford, the College is just a 10-minute walk from the city centre and is close to the University Parks, Port Meadow, Jericho and Summertown.

How to apply

Please send a completed application form by email to recruitment@sant.ox.ac.uk by 9.00am on Tuesday 17 February 2026. Interviews are expected to be held on Tuesday 3 March 2026.

Candidates will be shortlisted solely on the extent to which they meet the essential and desirable criteria of the person specification based on their application form. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and the right to work in the UK.

St Antony’s College is an equal opportunities employer. Applicants will be asked to complete a confidential and anonymous online monitoring survey, which is not seen by the selection panel.

A privacy notice for applicants and information about how we use your data can be found at https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/about-st-antonys/how-we-use-your-data

Published date: January 27, 2026