Reporter 10/12/97: 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 Lecturer in the Faculty of English

University Lecturer in the Faculty of English in English Literary History to take up appointment on 1 October 1998 or as soon as possible thereafter. This is a new post which has been created as a result of a benefaction from the late Samuel Gorley Putt to fund a lectureship in English Literary History. Applications are welcome from specialists in any area of English Literature. The appointment will be for three years with the possibility of reappointment to the retiring age.

The pensionable scale of stipends for a University Lecturer is £19,371 a year, rising by eleven annual increments to £29,875. There is no grade of Senior Lecturer.

Further particulars are available from the Secretary of the Appointments Committee, Faculty of English, 9 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP, to whom applications (eleven copies) should be sent so as to reach her not later than 30 January 1998. No application forms are issued. Applications should include a curriculum vitae, and the names of not more than three referees. Candidates should ask their referees to write direct to the Secretary to reach her by 30 January 1998.

University Lecturer or University Assistant Lecturer in the Department of German

University Lecturer or University Assistant Lecturer in the Department of German in German Linguistics and Philology to take up appointment on 1 October 1998 or as soon as possible thereafter. The successful candidate should be capable of teaching for the paper on the History of the German Language in Part II of the Tripos and for a new paper in Part I on the structure and varieties of the contemporary language, and will be expected to take an active interest in the Department's language-teaching programme. An ability to teach Gothic may be an advantage.

The 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 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:	£19,371 a year, rising by eleven annual increments to £29,875.
	There is no grade of Senior Lecturer.
University Assistant Lecturer:	£16,045 a year, rising by six annual increments to £21,016.

Further particulars may be obtained from the Secretary of the Appointments Committee, Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA, e-mail: ih10004@cus.cam.ac.uk, or on the web at http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/jobs.htm, to whom applications (hard copy), including a curriculum vitae, the names and addresses of two or three referees, and a full list of publications, should be sent so as to reach her by 20 January 1998. (There is no application form.) Candidates are asked to request their referees to write directly to the Secretary by the same date.

University Assistant Lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science

University Assistant Lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science in the field of the History of Modern Science, with special reference to the field of Biomedicine in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, to take up appointment on 1 October 1998, or as soon as possible thereafter. The appointment will be for three years, with the possibility of reappointment for 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 is £16,045 a year, rising by six annual increments to £21,016.

Applications, including a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, details of teaching experience, and two samples of recent work, should be sent to the Secretary of the Appointments Committee, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Free School Lane, Cambridge, CB2 3RH (tel. 01223 334540, fax 01223 334554, e-mail th10001@hermes.cam.ac.uk), from whom further particulars may be obtained. The closing date for applications is 16 February 1998. Applicants are requested to ask three referees to send references to the Secretary by the closing date. Candidates who have been shortlisted will be informed in early March and invited to the Department on 11 and 12 March to present seminar papers and for interview.

Technical Officer in the Department of Physics

Technical Officer in the Department of Physics in Semiconductor Processing to take up appointment on 1 February 1998 or as soon as possible thereafter. The person appointed will take day-to-day responsibility of managing and maintaining equipment in a semiconductor process-laboratory clean-room. He or she will have considerable previous experience in the processing and characterization of III-V semiconductor materials and devices. The appointee will be responsible for training and assisting research students in fabricating semiconductor devices. The appointment will be for five years, with the possibility of reappointment for periods not exceeding five years at a time.

The pensionable scale of stipends for a Technical Officer is £16,927 a year, rising by five annual increments to £21,016.

Further particulars and an application form may be obtained from Mrs Tina Jost, Semiconductor Physics Research Group, Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, or by e-mail at tj201@phy.cam.ac.uk.

Applications (two copies) including a full curriculum vitae and the names and addresses of two referees should be sent to the Secretary of the Department, Cavendish Laboratory, so as to arrive by 9 January 1998, quoting Reference SPTO.

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