Lecturer

About the role

The University of Bath is an international centre for research and teaching excellence, committed to achieving global reach. We are seeking to appoint a fixed term teaching-focussed Lecturer in International Development to cover temporary staff absence in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences (DSPS). 

DSPS is committed to being interdisciplinary, progressive, and impactful in both research and teaching. Its academic staff come from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds including economics, sociology, politics, anthropology, geography, development studies, social and public policy, social work, and criminology. The Dept is home to the Centre for Development Studies, which will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2025.

You will contribute to teaching on our highly successful BSc International Development with Economics. We are looking for applicants with excellent teaching credentials and teaching experience in International Development, who are interested in joining a collaborative and committed team. You will help provide supervisory support to final-year undergraduate students and tutorial support for our first-year undergraduates.

This role is offered on a full time (36.5 hours per week) fixed term basis with an expected end date of 31/07/2025. 

DSPS has an inclusive, interdisciplinary vision. To find out more visit our website http://www.bath.ac.uk/sps. In addition to the Centre for Development Studies DSPS is home to the Centre for Analysis of Social Policy, and the Centre for Death and Society. It also has strong relations with the Institute for Policy Research. 

About you 

You will already have a relevant doctoral qualification, some teaching experience in the area of International Development. While open to applicants with diverse interests and expertise you will need to demonstrate a willingness and capacity to thrive within a strongly interdisciplinary community, and a commitment to high quality teaching. 

Initial questions can be directed to:

Prof Monica Greco, Head of Department (mg2725@bath.ac.uk) 

What we can offer you:

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
• a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

Find out more about our benefits.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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