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University offices: Vacancies

The University is committed to equality of opportunity and has a policy on arrangements for part-time work.

Applications are invited for the following University offices:

Deputy Librarian in the University Library

Deputy Librarian in the University Library. We are looking for an innovative and experienced professional librarian to fill this important post, which will become vacant following the retirement of Mr Roy Welbourn. Applicants should have a good honours degree and a postgraduate qualification in library and information studies, together with significant managerial experience at a senior level in an academic or similar library. The holder of this office will be expected to play a leading role, with the University Librarian and the other Deputy Librarian, in developing Library policy and will have specific responsibility for the 300-plus staff in the University Library and its dependent libraries. Appointment will be for three years, with the possibility of reappointment to the retiring age.

The pensionable scale of stipends for a Deputy Librarian is £41,116 a year.

Further details and an application form, which should be returned to the University Librarian not later than Friday, 3 September 1999, are available from the Librarian's Secretary, Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DR (tel. +44 1223 333046, e-mail sally@ula.cam.ac.uk).

Two positions in the Department of Engineering

University Lecturer or University Assistant Lecturer

University Lecturer or University Assistant Lecturer in the field of Electrical Engineering. The successful candidate will be able to lecture over a broad range of topics in Electrical or Electronic Engineering in the first two years of the four-year B.A./M.Eng. course. He or she will also have a proven ability to conduct research at the highest level in one or more of the following areas: electrical machines, drives, and power electronics. The person appointed will be expected to teach in these subject areas in the final two years of the undergraduate course and at graduate level. Appointment will be made at either University Lecturer or University Assistant Lecturer level, depending on the age and experience of the person appointed, and, for a University Lecturer, will be for three or five years, with the possibility of reappointment to the retiring age or, for a University Assistant Lecturer, 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 scales of stipends are:

University Lecturer: £20,811 a year, rising by eleven annual increments to £32,095.
University Assistant Lecturer: £17,238 a year, rising by six annual increments to £22,579.

The closing date for applications is 10 September 1999. Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Gehan Amaratunga (tel +44 1223 332648, e-mail ga@eng.cam.ac.uk), or to Dr R. A. McMahon (tel +44 1223 332655, e-mail ram1@eng.cam.ac.uk).

Senior Design Engineer

Senior Design Engineer in Electronic Engineering, to take up appointment on 1 October 1999 or as soon as possible thereafter. The person appointed to this challenging post will assume responsibility for an electronics group which maintains a very wide-ranging design, consultancy, and production capability supporting research and teaching activities in the Department. Applicants should have broad and up-to-date experience of electronic design (preferably including instrumentation), and the management of electronic design and production teams. They are likely to be Chartered Engineers. The work requires regular contact with staff and students and may include a small amount of lecturing and laboratory demonstrating. Appointment will be for five years, with the possibility of reappointment to the retiring age.

The pensionable scale of stipends for a Senior Design Engineer is £22,579 a year, rising by ten annual increments to £32,571.

The closing date for applications is 20 August 1999. Informal enquiries may be made to Professor J. E. Carroll (tel. +44 1223 332675, e-mail jec@eng.cam.ac.uk), or to Professor W. I. Milne (tel. +44 1223 332757, e-mail wim@eng.cam.ac.uk).

Further information and an application form for either position 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. +44 1223 332615, fax. +44 1223 766364, email fb-office@eng. cam.ac.uk), to whom the completed application form and a curriculum vitae should be sent.

University Lecturer in the Department of Social and Political Sciences

University Lecturer in the Centre for Family Research, to take up appointment as soon as possible. The holder of this office will pursue research concerned with family life in any relevant discipline, carry some research management responsibilities, and provide undergraduate and graduate teaching. Appointment will be for three or five years, with the possibility of reappointment to the retiring age.

The pensionable scale of stipends for a University Lecturer is £20,811 a year, rising by eleven annual increments to £32,095.

Further particulars may be obtained from Ms B. Howe, Administrative Officer, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Free School Lane, Cambridge, CB2 3RQ (e-mail bah23@cam.ac.uk), to whom applications (ten copies) should be sent so as to reach her not later than 10 September 1999. Applications should include a curriculum vitae, and the names of three referees. Applicants should ask referees to write directly to Ms Howe on their behalf by 10 September 1999.


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Cambridge University Reporter, 21 July 1999
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