Lecturer in Heritage

Fixed term (15^th August 2025- 31^st August 2026) 

Full-time (35 hours per week)

The Opportunity:

We are seeking an ambitious and innovative Lecturer in Heritage to join our thriving research and teaching community within the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in delivering the MSc in Cultural Heritage Futures programme at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, while also contributing to undergraduate teaching and research in the Archaeology subject area. The successful candidate will deliver engaging courses on critical heritage topics, supervise dissertations, and develop original research in critical heritage studies. This role offers the chance to collaborate in an interdisciplinary environment, address pressing societal challenges through heritage data and practice, and make a lasting impact on the future of heritage research and teaching.

This post is fixed term (15^th August 2025- 31^st August 2026) and full-time (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.  

The salary for this post is UE08 £49,250 to ££60,321 per annum. This post will be appointed at Grade UE08 Step1, which is £49,250 per annum. 

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Proven expertise in Critical Heritage Studies
• Experience in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
• Ability to motivate and inspire students from diverse backgrounds, work as part of a team, and communicate complex concepts to academic and public audiences.

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