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 pay a Real Living Wage (RLW) supplement, which sets the minimum rate of pay at £10.90 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accounts & Purchasing Clerk C.I.M.R. Administration, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR) |
£21,630-£24,285 pro rata | SA34979 | 12 February 2023 |
| Accounts Assistant Fitzwilliam Museum, & Hamilton Kerr Institute, Cambridge and Whittlesford |
£24,285-£27,929 | DA34175 | 7 February 2023 |
| Accounts Assistant Helpdesk Finance Division |
£27,929-£32,348 | AG34840 | 12 February 2023 |
| Accounts Assistant, Shared Services Finance Finance Division |
£21,630-£24,285 | AG34972 | 12 February 2023 |
| Administration Assistant (Part-Time, Term-Time Only) Faculty of Music, Cambridge |
£21,630-£24,285 pro rata | GT34958 | 5 March 2023 |
| Administrative and Personal Assistant (Fixed Term) Milner Therapeutics Institute, Cambridge |
£21,630-£24,285 | PR35164 | 26 February 2023 |
| Animal Technician South Cambridge |
£21,630-£24,285 | AQ35155 | 8 February 2023 |
| Animal Technician - Germ Free Cambridge |
£21,630-£24,285 | AQ34943 | 8 February 2023 |
| Animal Theatre Technician North Cambridge |
£27,929-£32,348 | AQ35057 | 19 February 2023 |
| Apprentice Administrator Department of Psychiatry |
£17,205 | RN34992 | 31 January 2023 |
| Assistant Archivist University Library |
£27,929-£32,348 | VE34646 | 5 February 2023 |
| Biomedical Research Technician (Fixed Term) Wellcome Trust - Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Central Cambridge |
£27,929-£32,348 | PS35079 | 9 February 2023 |
| Building Surveying Technician Estates Division - Facilities |
£32,348-£42,155 | BA33446 | 12 February 2023 |
| Business Administrator, NIHR BioResource for Translational Research (Fixed Term) Department of Haematology |
£27,929-£32,348 | RB35184 | 19 February 2023 |
| Clinical Research Study Assistant MRC Epidemiology Unit |
£24,285-£27,929 | SJ34944 | 5 March 2023 |
| Collections Assistant - Stores Move (Fixed Term) Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology |
£24,285-£27,929 | JU34841 | 31 January 2023 |
| Computer Technician - Sandwich Placement Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry |
£20,400 | MA34948 | 5 February 2023 |
| Data Quality Coordinator Finance Division |
£30,502-£36,386 | AG34227 | 5 February 2023 |
| Desktop Service Analyst University Information Services |
£30,502-£36,386 | VC34771 | 3 February 2023 |
| Desktop Service Analyst (Fixed Term) University Information Services |
£30,502-£36,386 | VC34774 | 3 February 2023 |
| Digital Communications Assistant (Fixed Term) Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology |
£24,285-£27,929 | JU35108 | 17 February 2023 |
| Digital Library Coordinator (Data) (Fixed Term) University Library |
£27,929-£32,348 | VE34763 | 26 February 2023 |
| Estates and Fleet Operations Administrator Estates Division - Facilities |
£24,285-£27,929 | BA35136 | 14 February 2023 |
| Evening Cleaner Centre for Mathematical Sciences |
£20,400 | LO34223 | 12 February 2023 |
| Executive Assistant Vice-Chancellor's Office, Central Cambridge |
£30,502-£36,386 | AE34810 | 19 February 2023 |
| Executive Assistant to Executive Director University of Cambridge Development and Alumni Relations, Cambridge |
£30,502-£36,386 | DH34413 | 12 February 2023 |
| Executive and Administrative Assistant Office of External Affairs and Communications, Cambridge |
£30,502-£36,386 | AR34635 | 19 February 2023 |
| Facilities Management Assistant University Library |
£21,630-£24,285 | VE34765 | 12 February 2023 |
| Faculty Administrative Assistant (Fixed Term) Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Cambridge |
£21,630-£24,285 | GU34462 | 30 January 2023 |
| Finance Assistant Department of Pathology, Central Cambridge |
£21,630-£24,285 | PK34873 | 2 February 2023 |
| Finance and HR Administrator (Fixed Term) Department of Physics |
£24,285-£27,929 | KA35067 | 8 February 2023 |
| Finance and HR Assistant Kettle's Yard |
£24,285-£27,929 | DC34925 | 5 February 2023 |
| Flow Cytometry Facility Research Technician MRC Toxicology Unit, Cambridge |
£30,502-£36,386 | PU34864 | 14 February 2023 |
| Food Service Assistant Estates Division - Business Services |
£20,761-£21,630 | XM32340 | 12 February 2023 |
| Fundraising Assistant University of Cambridge Development and Alumni Relations, Cambridge |
£27,929-£32,348 | DH35019 | 12 February 2023 |
| HR Administrator (Fixed Term) Office of the School of Arts and Humanities, Cambridge |
£24,285-£27,929 | GA34906 | 12 February 2023 |
| HR Coordinator x2 Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science |
£27,929-£32,348 | JB34761 | 31 January 2023 |
| IT Support Technician Clinical School Computing Service |
£27,929-£32,348 | RY35086 | 12 February 2023 |
| IT Technician Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science |
£24,285-£27,929 | JB34969 | 13 February 2023 |
| Junior Animal Technician Cambridge |
£20,761-£21,630 | AQ32732 | 1 February 2023 |
| Junior Animal Technician Cambridge |
£20,761-£21,630 | AQ34855 | 1 February 2023 |
| Laboratory Support Assistant (Fixed Term) Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute |
£21,630-£24,285 | SW35038 | 31 January 2023 |
| Large Animal Client Services Administrator (Part Time, Fixed Term) Department of Veterinary Medicine |
£21,630-£24,285 pro rata | PP35023 | 1 February 2023 |
| MSt Coordinator (Fixed term) Department of Politics and International Studies |
£27,929-£32,348 | UE35116 | 16 February 2023 |
| Marketing and Communications Coordinator, Master of Business Administration Judge Business School, Central Cambridge |
£30,502-£36,386 | NS35063 | 5 February 2023 |
| Melville Laboratory Coordinator Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry |
£27,929-£32,348 | MA35095 | 5 February 2023 |
| Open Research Administrator University Library |
£27,929-£32,348 | VE34824 | 5 February 2023 |
| Outreach Coordinator (Part Time) Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, Cambridge |
£27,929-£32,348 pro rata | GP34935 | 5 February 2023 |
| PA to Head of Department of Surgery [Job Share] (Part Time) Department of Surgery |
£27,929-£32,348 pro rata | RE34360 | 5 February 2023 |
| Personal Assistant to the Head of Department of Archaeology (Part Time, Fixed Term) Department of Archaeology |
£27,929-£32,348 pro rata | JD34945 | 6 February 2023 |
| Photographer (Part Time) Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
£27,929-£32,348 | DA33782 | 19 February 2023 |
| Postgraduate Admissions Administrator Faculty of Economics, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DD |
£27,929-£32,348 | JH35094 | 19 February 2023 |
| Principal Building Services Technician South Cambridge |
£38,592-£51,805 | AQ35061 | 8 February 2023 |
| Principal Technician (Dyson Centre) - Internal Candidates Only Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street, Cambridge |
£30,502-£36,386 | NM35140 | 8 February 2023 |
| Programme Coordinator (Part Time, Fixed Term) Department of Psychiatry |
£30,502-£36,386 pro rata | RN34696 | 19 February 2023 |
| Project Coordinator, Executive Education University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Cambridge |
£24,285-£27,929 | EN35012 | 12 February 2023 |
| Project Library Assistant (Part Time, Fixed Term) Botanic Garden |
£20,761-£21,630 pro rata | PE35118 | 19 February 2023 |
| Qualified Veterinary Nurse - Theatres Department of Veterinary Medicine, West Cambridge Site |
£24,285-£27,929 | PP31021 | 28 February 2023 |
| Recruitment Coordinator Human Resources Division, Cambridge |
£27,929-£32,348 | AH33909 | 28 February 2023 |
| Research Coordinator (Fixed Term) Department of Oncology |
£27,929-£32,348 | RD35107 | 15 February 2023 |
| Research Development Adviser (Fixed Term) University Library |
£30,502-£36,386 | VE34792 | 19 February 2023 |
| Research Finance Administrator (Part Time) Judge Business School, Central Cambridge |
£24,285-£27,929 pro rata | NS35090 | 5 February 2023 |
| Research Grant Co-ordinator (Part Time, Fixed Term) Faculty of Economics, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DD |
£27,929-£32,348 pro rata | JH34654 | 31 January 2023 |
| Research Laboratory Technician Department of Physics |
£27,929-£32,348 | KA34356 | 26 February 2023 |
| Research Laboratory Technician Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience |
£24,285-£27,929 |
PM35105 | 19 February 2023 |
| Research Laboratory Technician (Fixed Term) Department of Plant Sciences |
£24,285-£27,929 | PD35010 | 3 February 2023 |
| Research Laboratory Technician (Fixed Term) MRC Epidemiology Unit |
£24,285-£27,929 | SJ35040 | 12 February 2023 |
| Research Laboratory Technician - NIHR BioResource for Translational Research (Fixed Term) Department of Haematology |
£27,929-£32,348 per annum | RB34950 | 7 February 2023 |
| Research Study Assistant MRC Epidemiology Unit |
£24,285-£27,929 | SJ34941 | 5 March 2023 |
| Security Guard [Temporary Cover] Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute |
£21,630-£24,285 | SW34346 | 31 January 2023 |
| Senior Animal Technician - Transgenic South Cambridge |
£24,285-£27,929 | AQ35045 | 8 February 2023 |
| Senior HR Coordinator Department of Veterinary Medicine |
£30,502-£36,386 | PP35137 | 9 February 2023 |
| Senior HR Coordinator (Team Leader) Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science |
£30,502-£36,386 | JB34618 | 31 January 2023 |
| Senior Library Assistant Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics Library |
£24,285-£27,929 | VY34753 | 5 February 2023 |
| Senior Library Assistant - World Collections with Korean Specialism (Part Time) University Library |
£24,285-£27,929 pro rata | VE34859 | 19 February 2023 |
| Senior Project Coordinator University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Cambridge |
£27,929-£32,348 | EN34352 | 30 January 2023 |
| Senior Research Laboratory Technician (Fixed Term) - full or part-time Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre |
£24,285-£27,929 | SR33429 | 6 February 2023 |
| Senior Sequencing Technician (Fixed Term) Department of Medical Genetics |
£30,502-£36,386 | SS34216 | 31 January 2023 |
| Senior Teaching and Laboratory Technician Department of Pathology, Central Cambridge |
£24,285-£27,929 | PK34954 | 5 February 2023 |
| Service Technician Cambridge |
£20,761-£21,630 | AQ34932 | 10 February 2023 |
| Team Administrator University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Cambridge |
£24,285-£27,929 | EN34929 | 19 February 2023 |
| Trainee Horticultural Technician Botanic Garden |
£20,400 | PE34662 | 5 March 2023 |
| Veterinary Nurse - Small Animal Wing Department of Veterinary Medicine, West Cambridge Site |
£24,285-£27,929 pro rata | PP34829 | 28 February 2023 |
| World Collections Assistant (African Studies) Centre of African Studies Library |
£24,285-£27,929 | WX34825 | 5 February 2023 |