Stipendiary Lecturership in English, c. 650-c.1550

Christ Church invites applications for a fixed-term Stipendiary Lecturership in English commencing 1 October 2025. This is a temporary, fixed-term position to fulfil a current teaching need arising from Professor Mishtooni Bose’s sabbatical leave during Michaelmas and Hilary Term 2025/6. Therefore, the appointment carries with it no expectation of permanent employment at Christ Church.

The Lecturer will be expected to deliver eight hours per week of high-quality tutorial teaching, averaged over the first two terms of the academic year and weighted in accordance with the Senior Tutors’ Committee recommendations, to undergraduates on the English School degrees. Details of current courses can be found at: https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/about-the-course-undergraduate and https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/joint-schools#widget-id-5086

The successful candidate will be be able to teach the following papers for the Preliminary Examination in English Language and Literature and the Final Honour School of English Language and Literature:

• Prelims 2: Early Medieval Literature, c. 650-c.1350
• Final Honour School Course I Paper 2/Course 2 Paper 3: Literature in English, 1350-1550
• Final Honour School Course 2 Paper 1: Literature in English 650-1100 (if there are Course 2 candidates)
• Final Honour School Course 2 Paper 2: Medieval English and Related Literatures 1066-1550 (if there are Course 2 candidates – please note that at least 50% of the teaching for this paper is conducted by Faculty colleagues)
• Final Honour School Paper 7: dissertation (if required)

The salary will be in the range of £22,091 – £24,411 (current rates) per annum, according to qualifications and experience. New appointments are usually made at the first point of the scale.

Applicants should have evidence of the skills needed for higher education teaching in tutorial or small group settings, a research record commensurate with the stage of their career; and have a doctorate, or evidence that one will be substantially complete before the start date in English or a closely related field.

Further particulars, including instructions about how to apply, may be downloaded via the ‘Apply’ button above. The deadline for applications is 12:00 noon 6 January 2025.

Applications are particularly welcome from women, and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford.

It is our policy and practice that entry into employment and progression within employment will be determined only by criteria which are related to the duties of a particular post and the relevant salary scale. No applicant or member of staff will be treated less favourably than another because of their age, disability, ethnicity, marital or civil partnership status, parental status, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

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