Reporter 16/10/02: Vacancies in the University

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Vacancies in the University

The University is committed to equality of opportunity.

UNIVERSITY OFFICES

Applications are invited for the following University offices:

Director of Medical Education in the School of Clinical Medicine

The University hopes soon to be in a position to make an appointment to this new office. The post-holder will provide leadership to the development and delivery of medical education and associated matters working in partnership with School and NHS staff and the Director of Medical and Veterinary Education in the Biological Sciences. The post is available from 1 April 2003. Suitably qualified candidates will be eligible to be considered for a Professorial appointment.

Potential candidates wishing to discuss the post should contact the Regius Professor of Physic (tel. 01223 336738).

Further details should be obtained from the Secretary of the Clinical School (tel. 01223 336727, e-mail lmdf2@medschl.cam.ac.uk). The closing date for applications is 13 November 2002.

University Lecturers and University Assistant Lecturers

Appointments made at University Lecturer level will be for an initial period of three or five years, with reappointment thereafter subject to satisfactory performance. The pensionable scale of stipends for a University Lecturer is currently £22,522 a year, rising by eleven annual increments to £34,734.

Appointments made at University Assistant Lecturer level will be for three years, with the possibility 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 scale of stipends for a University Assistant Lecturer is currently £19,681 a year, rising by six annual increments to £24,435.

University Lecturer in the Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine

Applications are invited for a University Lecturer in Anaesthesia to take up appointment as soon as possible. The successful applicant will lead the anaesthesia team and assume responsibility for teaching anaesthesia in the Veterinary School. Currently this involves formal lectures, seminars, and involvement in the clinical rotation. Involvement in the clinical service of the Queen's Veterinary School Hospital is essential.

The Lecturer will also be expected to develop an independent research programme with the Centre of Veterinary Science. There are considerable opportunities for collaboration with existing research programmes in the Veterinary School and elsewhere in the University.

Candidates should have relevant experience and must be a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons or hold a veterinary degree qualifying them for membership. Further professional qualifications such as the RCVS Diploma for Veterinary Anaesthesia or the Diploma of the European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia would be an advantage as well as a Ph.D. or equivalent higher degree.

Appointment will be for five years in the first instance, with the possibility of reappointment subject to satisfactory performance.

Further particulars are available from the Secretary, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ES (e-mail rhd28@admin.cam.ac.uk). Please telephone 01223 337600 for an application form, which should be returned to the Secretary by 8 November 2002.

University Lecturer/University Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Engineering

Applications are encouraged from all branches of signal and image processing but candidates with an active interest in one or more of the following application areas would be particularly welcome: wireless communications, biomedical signal processing, multi-media signal processing.

It is expected that the post-holder will extend the scope of the work presently undertaken in the Signal Processing Laboratory (http://www-sigproc.eng.cam.ac.uk/), and will interact with other research groups within the Information Engineering Division and more widely in the Department. In addition, the post-holder will be expected to contribute to the teaching of the four-year engineering course leading to the B.A. and M.Eng. Degrees.

Preference will be given to suitably qualified applicants with a record of excellence in research in the field and an ability and enthusiasm for teaching.

Further particulars and an application form may be obtained from the Secretary of the Faculty Board of Engineering, Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1PZ (tel. 01223 332615, fax 01223 766364, e-mail fb-office@eng.cam.ac.uk), to whom each candidate should return a completed application form, a curriculum vitae, and a brief outline of their future research plans by 1 November 2002.

Informal inquiries may be directed to Professor Peter Rayner (tel. 01223 332646, e-mail pjwr@eng.cam.ac.uk) or Professor Steve Young (tel. 01223 332654, e-mail sjy@eng.cam.ac.uk).

Senior Assistant Registrary in the Secretariat

This is a new senior post to work for the University Council, working with the Registrary and the Administrative Secretary. The pensionable stipend for a Senior Assistant Registrary is £39,986 (with one discretionary step at £42,242).

Further details may be obtained from the Administrative Secretary, Secretariat, The Old Schools, Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TN, to whom applications, together with a curriculum vitae and the names of three referees, should be sent by 15 November 2002.

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