Lecturer in English

About the Role
The Department of English, within the School of the Arts is looking to expand by appointing a Lecturer in English.

Duties will include convening and teaching undergraduate modules, contributing to MA provision as appropriate, and undertaking administrative roles as required within the Department. We are looking for someone with expertise in contemporary and/or global and postcolonial literature to contribute to our survey modules including ESH295 London Walking the City and ESH124 Poetry. ESH295 will be delivered in July/August (as a summer school) and in-semester over the 2025-26 academic year. An ability to teach Creative Writing is desirable.

This is a fixed-term role from 01 June 2025 until 30 April 2026 available as a Leverhulme-funded replacement post.

About You
You will hold a PhD in English or have an equivalent professional qualification, together with the ability to deliver teaching and assessment at undergraduate and postgraduate level. The ability to work constructively and flexibly with colleagues, good organisational and communicative skills are also essential.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project
The School is looking to appoint a Lecturer within the Department of English. Further details of the School can be found at https://www.qmul.ac.uk/arts.

About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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