Priority Candidate Support Scheme Process

We no longer provide a matching service to current University vacancies. You can search for vacancies via the University's jobs page (external) or HR Self Service (internal). Please see the guidance on the right of this page for details.

For support with preparing CVs and job applications or more general career planning, please speak to your local HR team or access the services available via Renovo (for Professional Services staff) or the Careers Service (for Research staff).

The Priority Candidate Support Scheme can be contacted by emailing pcss@admin.ox.ac.uk

No, the criteria for becoming a priority candidate remain the same.

All priority candidate applicants who meet the essential requirements or could do so with reasonable retraining or a short period of on-the-job experience should be interviewed.

If you are offered a job at one of the colleges (with the exception of Kellogg, St Cross or Reuben which operate as Societies of the University), you will lose your continuous service with the University. Each college acts as an independent employer and has their own terms and conditions, so you would not have priority candidate status if applying for college jobs.

If you are offered a role, the salary offered will reflect the role and your experience and skills. When you contact the PCSS, we will discuss your salary expectations to ensure that we notify you of roles that meet your expectations.

Under the University's redundancy procedures, in some circumstances a limited period of salary protection may be available (for example in some cases where a voluntary severance payment has been offered). You should speak to your departmental contact about whether this applies in your case so that the PCSS team can bear that in mind when reviewing possible vacancies.