The Temporary Employment Service (TES) of the University assists departments with their temporary work requirements and has a range of temporary opportunities available in many different administrative support areas. For further details of the candidates we are looking for, the opportunities we can offer and how to apply, please see our application page.
We operate a Cambridge Living Wage (CLW) supplement, which sets the minimum rate of pay at £10 per hour.
Current Assistant staff jobs at the University of Cambridge.
If you would like to view jobs available at the Colleges, please find them on their own page.
| Title | Salary | Reference | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Animal Technician - Disease Model Core (Fixed Term) Department of Clinical Biochemistry |
£27,929-£32,348 | RG33199 | 12 October 2022 |
| AV Technician (Fixed Term) Office of the School of Arts and Humanities, Cambridge |
£27,929-£32,348 | GA32991 | 9 October 2022 |
| Academic Centre Administrator [Maternity Cover] Institute of Continuing Education, Madingley Hall, Cambridge |
£24,285-£27,929 | EA33288 | 9 October 2022 |
| Administrative Assistant Apprentice (Fixed Term) Department of Oncology |
£17,205 | RD30652 | 10 October 2022 |
| Administrative Assistant [Temporary Cover] Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science |
£21,630-£24,285 | JB32617 | 23 October 2022 |
| Administrator (Governance and Compliance) Governance and Compliance Division, Central Cambridge |
£24,285-£27,929 | AJ33050 | 9 October 2022 |
| Animal Technician South Cambridge |
£21,630-£24,285 | AQ33227 | 10 October 2022 |
| Asbestos Safety Advisor Estates Division - Facilities |
£30,502-£36,386 | BA33292 | 9 October 2022 |
| Assistant Registrar Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
£30,502-£36,386 | DA33263 | 20 October 2022 |
| Biomedical Research Centre Finance Administrator (Fixed Term) Cambridge Research Office |
£27,929-£32,348 | EW33243 | 9 October 2022 |
| Business and administration apprentice Department of Pharmacology, Central Cambridge |
£17,205 per annum | PL32604 | 28 September 2022 |
| Cambridge Graphene Centre Finance Coordinator Department of Engineering, Cambridge Graphene Centre, West Cambridge |
£30,502-£36,386 | NM32742 | 10 October 2022 |
| Chief Animal Technician - Surgery South Cambridge |
£27,929-£32,348 | AQ33203 | 9 October 2022 |
| Chief Secretary Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience |
£27,929-£32,348 | PM33313 | 13 October 2022 |
| Chief Teaching Laboratory Technician - Part II & Part IA Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry |
£27,929-£32,348 | MA33246 | 9 October 2022 |
| Cleaner (Part-Time) Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry |
£20,134 | MA31437 | 4 October 2022 |
| Cleanroom Technician - Electrical Engineering Department of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Division, West Cambridge |
£21,630-£24,285 | NM31617 | 2 October 2022 |
| Cleanroom Technician - Electrical Engineering Department of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Division, West Cambridge |
£27,929-£32,348 | NM31560 | 2 October 2022 |
| Clinical HR Assistant Office of the School of Clinical Medicine |
£24,285-£27,929 | RA33326 | 9 October 2022 |
| Conference and Events Manager Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, Cambridge |
£27,929-£32,348 | VM33105 | 9 October 2022 |
| Course Coordinator for the EPSRC CDT in Sensor Technologies (Fixed Term) Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology |
£27,929-£32,348 | NQ33298 | 5 October 2022 |
| Departmental Communications Co-ordinator (Fixed Term) Department of Biochemistry, Central Cambridge |
£30,502-£36,386 | PH33315 | 17 October 2022 |
| Deputy Chef Manager Estates Division - Business Services |
£27,929-£32,348 | XM33290 | 9 October 2022 |
| EU and International Compliance Administrator Cambridge Research Office |
£27,929-£32,348 | EW32694 | 9 October 2022 |
| Events and Communications Assistant (Part Time, Fixed Term) Wellcome Trust - Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute |
£24,285-£27,929 pro rata | PS19794 | 16 October 2022 |
| Executive Assistant to the Director of The Crop Science Centre Department of Plant Sciences |
£30,502-£36,386 | PD32894 | 2 October 2022 |
| Faculty Assistant (Part Time) Faculty of Architecture and History of Art, Cambridge |
£21,630-£24,285 pro rata | GB33002 | 9 October 2022 |
| Finance Administrator - DPMMS (Fixed Term) Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics |
£24,285-£27,929 | LF33131 | 2 October 2022 |
| Finance Manager [Temporary Cover] (Part Time) Internal Secondment Opportunity Kettle's Yard |
£30,502-£36,386 pro rata | DC33226 | 4 October 2022 |
| Finance/Accounts Assistant (Part Time, Fixed Term) Department of Public Health and Primary Care |
£24,285-£27,929 pro rata | RH33184 | 28 September 2022 |
| Flow Cytometry Technician (Fixed Term) Department of Pathology, Central Cambridge |
£27,929-£32,348 | PK33084 | 13 October 2022 |
| Food Service Assistant Estates Division - Business Services |
£20,134-£21,630 | XM32340 | 9 October 2022 |
| Glasswash Assistant Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR) |
£20,134 | SA33042 | 27 September 2022 |
| HKI Administrator / Scheduler Hamilton Kerr Institute, Whittlesford |
£27,929-£32,348 | DB33286 | 9 October 2022 |
| HR Administrator Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Cambridge |
£24,285-£27,929 | SW33299 | 5 October 2022 |
| HR Administrator (Fixed Term) Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Cambridge |
£24,285-£27,929 | SW33297 | 5 October 2022 |
| HR Coordinator Department of Psychiatry |
£27,929-£32,348 | RN33126 | 27 September 2022 |
| Higher Degrees Administrator [Maternity Cover] Office of the School of the Biological Sciences, 17 Mill Lane |
£27,929-£32,348 | PA33271 | 19 October 2022 |
| IT Technician Language Centre, Cambridge |
£23,487-£27,116 | VD32262 | 26 September 2022 |
| Impact Acceleration Grant Administrator (Fixed Term) Cambridge Research Office |
£27,929-£32,348 | EW32899 | 2 October 2022 |
| Laboratory Support Assistant Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Cambridge |
£21,630-£24,285 | SW33021 | 30 September 2022 |
| Laboratory Technician Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, West Cambridge |
£24,285-£27,929 | NQ32389 | 2 October 2022 |
| Learning Technologist, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (Fixed Term) Judge Business School, Central Cambridge |
£30,502-£36,386 | NS32722 | 27 September 2022 |
| MPhil in Data Intensive Science Course Coordinator (Fixed Term) Department of Physics |
£30,502-£36,386 | KA32117 | 14 October 2022 |
| PA/Secretary (Part Time, Fixed Term) Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology |
£27,929-£32,348 pro rata | NQ33202 | 16 October 2022 |
| Pavilion & HR Office Administrator (Full- or Part-Time) Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics |
£24,285-£27,929 | LE33019 | 26 September 2022 |
| Personal Assistant Regius Professor of Physic Facilities |
£27,929-£32,348 | RM33325 | 23 October 2022 |
| Photographer or Trainee Photographer Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry |
£24,285-£27,929 | MA33144 | 4 October 2022 |
| Postgraduate Administrator (Part Time) Department of Zoology |
£27,929-£32,348 pro rata | PF33267 | 16 October 2022 |
| Programme Administrator (Fixed Term) Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics |
£27,929-£32,348 | LE32996 | 29 September 2022 |
| Programme Coordinator, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (Fixed Term) Judge Business School, Central Cambridge |
£30,502-£36,386 | NS32724 | 27 September 2022 |
| Project Coordinator (Part Time, Fixed Term) McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research |
£27,929-£32,348 pro rata | JC33101 | 10 October 2022 |
| Reception/Administration Assistant (Fixed Term) Department of Computer Science and Technology, West Cambridge |
£21,630-£24,285 | NR33155 | 10 October 2022 |
| Receptionist and Administrative Assistant - Tennis Court Road site Department of Pathology, Central Cambridge |
£21,630-£24,285 | PK33023 | 4 October 2022 |
| Research Centre Administrator (Part Time, Fixed Term) - Internal Applicants Only Department of Engineering |
£27,929-£32,348 pro rata | NM33264 | 4 October 2022 |
| Research Development Advisor (Fixed Term) Cambridge Research Office |
£30,502-£36,386 | EW30826 | 16 October 2022 |
| Research Grants Co-ordinator (Part Time, Fixed Term) MRC Biostatistics Unit |
£27,929-£32,348 pro rata | SL32149 | 2 October 2022 |
| Research Laboratory Technician MRC Toxicology Unit, Cambridge |
£21,630-£24,285 | PU33156 | 2 October 2022 |
| Research Laboratory Technician Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry |
£27,929-£32,348 | MA33230 | 9 October 2022 |
| Research Laboratory Technician (Fixed Term) Division of Neurology |
£24,285-£27,929 | RR33358 | 9 October 2022 |
| Research Laboratory Technician (Fixed Term) Wellcome Trust - Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Wellcome MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and Department of Paediatrics |
£27,929-£32,348 | PS33346 | 16 October 2022 |
| Research Laboratory Technician (Fixed Term) Division of Neurology |
£24,285-£27,929 | RR33357 | 9 October 2022 |
| Research Laboratory Technician (Fixed Term) Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
£21,630-£24,285 | RI33229 | 2 October 2022 |
| Research Laboratory Technician - Phenotyping and Cytomics x2 (Fixed Term) Department of Medicine |
£24,285-£27,929 | RC32983 | 28 September 2022 |
| Research Laboratory Technician - SHUTTERING Department of Engineering, Civil Engineering Building, West Cambridge |
£30,502-£36,386 | NM33220 | 2 October 2022 |
| Research Laboratory Technician in Cereal Symbiosis Department of Plant Sciences |
£24,285-£27,929 | PD33070 | 3 October 2022 |
| Research Laboratory Technician x2 (Fixed Term) Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
£21,630-£24,285 | RI33250 | 2 October 2022 |
| Scholarly Communication Support University Library |
£27,929-£32,348 | VE33133 | 7 October 2022 |
| Secretary to the Professor of Gastroenterology Department of Medicine |
£24,285-£27,929 | RC32945 | 6 October 2022 |
| Senior Accounts Assistant Department of Pharmacology |
£24,285-£27,929 | PL33138 | 12 October 2022 |
| Senior Accounts Assistant (Fixed Term) Finance Division |
£27,929-£32,348 | AG32790 | 30 September 2022 |
| Senior Accounts Clerk Sainsbury Laboratory |
£24,285-£27,929 | PT33003 | 2 October 2022 |
| Senior IT Technician (Fixed Term) University Library |
£27,929-£32,348 | VE32924 | 30 September 2022 |
| Senior Library Assistant - Architecture and History of Art Faculty of Architecture and History of Art Library |
£24,285-£27,929 | VJ33273 | 9 October 2022 |
| Senior Platform Technician (Fixed Term) Department of Plant Sciences |
£30,502-£36,386 | PD33134 | 28 September 2022 |
| Senior Research Technician (Fixed Term) Milner Therapeutics Institute, Cambridge |
£30,502-£36,386 | PR31710 | 2 October 2022 |
| Service Technician x2 Office of the School of Clinical Medicine |
£20,134-£21,630 | RA33234 | 2 October 2022 |
| Sports Marketing and Communications Assistant University Sports Service |
£24,285-£27,929 | DG32943 | 17 October 2022 |
| Student Operations Administrator Student Operations, Cambridge |
£27,929-£32,348 | AB33218 | 9 October 2022 |
| Training Administrator Cambridge |
£24,285-£27,929 | AQ33265 | 16 October 2022 |
| Training and Competency Supervisor Cambridge |
£30,502-£36,386 | AQ33260 | 11 October 2022 |
| Visitor Services Assistant Team Leader (Fixed Term) Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
£21,630-£24,285 | DA32962 | 2 October 2022 |
| Web Editor and Developer Cambridge Admissions Office, Cambridge |
£30,502-£36,386 | AT30311 | 2 October 2022 |