Mrs Erin Gordon

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Head of Administration and Finance
01865 (2)84994
erin.gordon@area.ox.ac.uk

Along with the Head of School, Erin has responsibility for providing strategic leadership in relation to policy, planning, development, growth and sustainability. Erin leads OSGA’s administration in implementing strategy, supporting teaching, research and policy engagement, and ensuring good governance and high-quality services for staff, students and visitors.   

Leading a team of operational managers and professional staff, Erin has overall responsibility of all aspects of non-academic operations, including: 

  • Human Resources 

  • Budgets and financial control 

  • Research grant applications, pre- and post-award grant management 

  • Recruitment and retention 

  • Health and safety, and Security 

  • Academic administration 

  • IT and communications 

  • Building and events management 

Erin joined Oxford School of Global and Area Studies in 2016 after 12 years in the Medical Sciences Division. Prior to joining the University of Oxford, Erin worked in the Vice-Chancellor's Office, and Finance Division at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.