Reporter 27/1/99: University offices: Vacancies

University offices: Vacancies

The University follows an equal opportunities policy and has a policy on arrangements for part-time work.

Applications are invited for the following University offices:

University Surgeon in the Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine

University Surgeon in the Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine to take up appointment from 1 July 1999, or as soon as possible thereafter. The successful candidate will be expected to provide didactic and practical teaching and a referral clinical service in small animal orthopaedic surgery. Applicants for this office must be Members of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons or be eligible for membership. They must also either hold an advanced Diploma in Surgery (e.g. RCVS, ECVS, or ACVS) or be eligible to sit the certifying examination. The appointment will be for three years in the first instance, with the possibility of reappointment to the retirement age.

The pensionable stipend for a University Surgeon is £34,464 a year (under review).

Enquiries about the duties and conditions of employment for this office should be addressed to Dr R. A. S. White (tel. 01223 337703 or 337604, e-mail rasw2@cam.ac.uk). Applications (twelve copies), including a curriculum vitae, and the names of two or three referees, should be sent to the Secretary of the Department, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ES, so as to reach her not later than 28 February 1999.

University Lecturer or University Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Engineering

University Lecturer or University Assistant Lecturer in Information Engineering in the Department of Engineering to take up appointment from 1 October 1999. The appointment is in the area of information engineering and computing. Applications from candidates with an interest in speech processing or multimedia generally will be especially welcome. The successful candidate will have or be expected to develop a record of world-class research commensurate with the Department's international standing and 5* research rating. Teaching responsibilities will include contributing to undergraduate courses, supervising final year undergraduates and graduate students, and assisting with the M.Phil. course in Computer Speech and Language Processing. Appointment will be made at either University Lecturer or University Assistant Lecturer level, depending on the age and experience of the person appointed, and will be for three years, with the possibility, for a University Lecturer, of reappointment to the retiring age or, for a University Assistant Lecturer, of reappointment for a further two years. The statutory limit of tenure of a University Assistant Lectureship is five years, but all holders of the office of University Assistant Lecturer are considered for possible appointment to the office of University Lecturer during the course of their tenure.

The pensionable scales of stipends are:

University Lecturer:	£20,107 a year, rising by eleven annual increments to £31,010.
University Assistant Lecturer:	£16,655 a year, rising by six annual increments to £21,815.

Further information and an application form may be obtained from the Secretary of the Appointments Committee for the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty Board Office, Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1PZ (tel. 01223 332615, fax 01223 766364, e-mail jhb@eng.cam.ac.uk), to whom the completed application form and a curriculum vitae should be sent so as to reach him no later than 11 February 1999.

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