Departmental Lecturer in Military Leadership

The Blavatnik School of Government is looking to recruit a Departmental Lecturer who combines academic excellence in the field of military leadership and ethics with the ability to deliver compelling teaching, including for military professionals.

You will help deliver and develop the Military Leadership and Judgment Programme (MLJP). Directed by Dr Thomas Simpson, the MLJP works with military practitioners to help them deepen their intellectual and moral judgment, and so to equip them better to lead organisations which have ethically robust organisational cultures, and which deliver effective defence and security. In addition, you will be a member of the School’s faculty, and will make contributions to the wider degree programme and executive programme teaching as appropriate.

While this is a teaching-focused post, you will have your own research profile in the field of military leadership and ethics, commensurate with your career stage, and will have the opportunity to develop this profile, with an approximately 60/40 split in time commitment between teaching and administrative duties, and research.

You will have academic expertise and rigour in a field relevant to military leadership and ethics, including a doctorate or equivalent. You will be entrepreneurial, personally committed to the success of initiatives you are involved in, and will pay attention to detail. Demonstrated excellence in teaching, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and a publication record and familiarity with the existing literature and research in the field are also essential.

While not essential, it is highly desirable that you should have professional experience of military service and/or experience in a related area of security, or experience working in a military educational context.

The post is fixed-term for 3 years, with the possibility of renewal dependent on external funding.

About the School

Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes: teaching current and future leaders; generating research with impact; and engaging with governments and practitioners.

The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an award-winning building in Oxford. 

We genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days’ annual leave
• Family leave schemes and a comprehensive range of childcare services
• Cycle loan scheme and discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
• Focus on wellbeing
• Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs
• Flexible working
• Full staff benefitsare shared here.

Application Process

You will be required to upload a CV, a supporting statement, and the details of two referees as part of your online application.

The closing date for applications is 12:00 noon (UK time) on  Friday 13 September 2024.

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