The University is committed to equality of opportunity.
Any job application submitted with a curriculum vitae should be accompanied by a Cover Sheet for Employment (Form PD18) which can be downloaded from http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/personnel/forms/pd18, or may be obtained in hard copy from the advertising Department or Faculty.
Appointments made at University Lecturer level will be for a probationary period of five years, with appointment to the retiring age thereafter. The pensionable scale of stipends for a University Lecturer is currently £25,565 to £39,452 a year.
The Faculty of Education aims to strengthen Cambridge's national and international reputation as a leading centre for study and research in education and as a significant contributor to improving educational practice in partnership with schools and other educational agencies. The Faculty is currently seeking an experienced Lecturer to make a major contribution to the Faculty's work in school improvement and educational leadership.
The successful applicant will be an active educational researcher able to demonstrate successful experience in both teacher development and improving educational practice, and the ability to apply this experience in innovative research and evaluation projects. He/she will make a major contribution to continuing professional development and higher degree work, and may also be expected to contribute to other aspects of Faculty teaching such as the undergraduate and P.G.C.E. courses.
The post is available from 1 October 2006. Informal enquiries can be addressed to the Head of Faculty, Tim Everton (tel. 01223 767611, e-mail tce20@cam.ac.uk). Further particulars and an application form are available from the Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2PQ (tel. 01223 767600, e-mail pam26@cam.ac.uk) or from the Faculty website at http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/jobs.html. The closing date for applications is 28 February.
Applications are invited for the post of University Lecturer in Spanish Golden Age Culture. The successful candidate will be expected to take up appointment on 1 October 2006 or as soon as possible thereafter. The vacancy has arisen because of the retirement of Dr Anthony Close. The post involves responsibility for the teaching of a range of courses involving Golden Age Literature and Culture, and a contribution to departmental language teaching in Spanish. The successful candidate will be expected to show outstanding achievement and potential in research and publication in the field, and to have a native or excellent non-native command of Spanish and English.
Further particulars are available at http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/spanish/news/goldagelec.html, or from the Secretary of the Appointments Committee, Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA (e-mail amjm2@cam.ac.uk). Applications (twelve copies), including a detailed curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a one-page statement of research interests and future plans, and a completed PD18 form giving the names and e-mail addresses of three referees, should be sent to the Secretary of the Appointments Committee by 22 February. Candidates are requested to ask their referees to write directly to the Secretary by the same date.
Candidates may also be invited to submit recent examples of their work for consideration by the Committee, or, in the case of work which has been published, to draw the Committee's attention to items of special relevance to their application. They will also be asked to give a short presentation prior to interview. Presentations and interviews will take place on 14 March. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr Steven Boldy, Head of Department (e-mail srb1000@cam.ac.uk).
Applications are invited to fill two vacant Clinical Lecturer posts in the fields of endocrinology and diabetes, which will complement a third Lecturer post. All three posts share responsibility for clinical duties and undergraduate teaching, and there is considerable emphasis on research.
The successful applicants will be of the standard required for an honorary contract of service with the NHS Executive Eastern Region as a Specialist Registrar, at least of year three level. Applicants are expected to have, or to have almost completed, a postgraduate degree.
The salary for these posts will be between £28,307 and £49,042 a year. The appointments will be for four years, with the possibility of reappointment for a further two years.
Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Professor Ieuan Hughes (e-mail iah1000@cam.ac.uk). For an information pack please contact Ms L. Foster (tel. 01223 336809, e-mail LMDF2@medschl.cam.ac.uk). The closing date for applications (13 copies), together with a curriculum vitae and the names of three referees, is 16 February.
Applications are invited for the post of Administrative Officer, Grade I, with duties in the Faculty of Philosophy. As part of the senior management team, the post-holder will help shape and implement policies concerned with effective resource management and oversee the administrative support of the Faculty.
Candidates should be educated to degree level and have previous relevant experience in a senior administrative post, including proven ability in managing resources and staff, preferably gained in a higher education establishment.
This is a part-time appointment (80% of full time). Appointment will be to the retiring age subject to the satisfactory completion of a probationary period. The pensionable scale of stipends for an Administrative Officer, Grade I, is currently £27,929 to £33,646 a year (pro rata for this post).
For further information please contact the Academic Secretary, University Offices, The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 1TT (tel. 01223 765028, e-mail jab212@admin.cam.ac.uk). Applications consisting of a letter, a curriculum vitae, and a completed PD18 form including details of two referees (who may be consulted before interview) should be sent to the Academic Secretary by 16 February 2006.
Applications are invited for a Mellon Foundation two-year postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Contemporary Anglophone and Francophone Film (with relation to Film Theory), starting on 1 October 2006. The post is a joint appointment by the Faculty of English and the Department of French. The successful applicant will act as a catalyst for further collaboration between the Faculty of English and the Department of French in research and in the teaching of film and visual media at undergraduate and graduate level. A new M.Phil. in Screen Media and Cultures will be taught for the first time from October 2006 (for further information see http://www.screenmedia.group.cam.ac.uk/index.html). The Fellowship is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and is tenable for two years. It is not associated with a Fellowship of a Cambridge College, but can be combined with a non-stipendiary College Fellowship. Applicants should have already received their doctorate and candidature will be restricted to applicants who are not more than five years past their Ph.D. Degree submission date. The stipend will be £25,565.
Further particulars are available from Ms Angela Myers (e-mail amjm2@cam.ac.uk), Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA. Candidates are welcome to seek further information by contacting Professor David Trotter, King Edward VII Professor of English (e-mail wdt21@cam.ac.uk) or Dr Emma Wilson, Head of the Department of French (e-mail efw1000@cam.ac.uk). Applications, including a curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests and a plan for research to be undertaken while at Cambridge, and the names and addresses of two referees, should be sent to Ms Angela Myers, to arrive no later than 22 February 2006. Referees should be asked to send their references by the same date. Interviews are expected to take place on 16 March 2006.