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 an initial period of three or five years, with the possibility of reappointment to the retiring age, subject to satisfactory performance. The pensionable scale of stipends for a University Lecturer is currently £24,820 to £38,303 a year.
The Department of Italian intends to appoint a specialist in the field of post-medieval Italian studies. Experts in the areas of Italian literature, drama, gender studies, intellectual history, and cultural history are encouraged to apply. Whilst applications are encouraged from candidates expert in these areas from any period after the Middle Ages, applications are especially welcome from candidates also able to teach mid to late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature and culture and/or the questione della lingua. The successful applicant will be expected to contribute to the teaching of undergraduate papers and to develop a new paper in the general area of mid to late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century studies. He or she will also be expected to offer a new Master's module for the M.Phil. in European Literature and Culture and to supervise Ph.D. Degree students. He or she should also be qualified to participate in the teaching of the Italian language. The successful candidate would be expected to have an outstanding record of research and/or publication, and to take up her or his duties on 1 October 2005 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Further particulars and a PD18 form are available either from the Secretary to the Appointments Committee, Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA (e-mail amjm2@cam.ac.uk) or from http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/jobs/.
Applications (ten copies), including a detailed curriculum vitae, the names of two or three referees, a full list of publications, and a completed PD18 form should be sent to the Secretary to the Appointments Committee, at the above address, by the closing date of 18 February. Applicants should ask their referees to write directly to the Secretary by the same date. Candidates are welcome to seek further information by contacting Professor Zyg Baranski, the Head of Department (tel. 01223 762263/01223 335046, e-mail zgb20@cam.ac.uk).
Applications are invited from candidates whose sub-specialty interest is transplant surgery (kidney and/or liver) to take up appointment as soon as possible. The successful applicant will be required to participate in teaching and clinical work and to undertake a programme of research. Application will be made to Addenbrooke's Hospital for the award of Honorary Consultant contract. The appointment will be for five years, with the possibility of reappointment to the retiring age.
The successful candidate will be eligible to receive an additional payment for clinical responsibility related to the amount of NHS work undertaken. If, as expected, the Lecturer undertakes the equivalent of six or more NHS programmed activities a week the payment will be such as to bring his or her total pensionable emoluments into line with the NHS salary scale for consultants. Those interested in the office are encouraged to discuss further particulars with Professor J. A. Bradley (tel. 01223 336976).
Further information may be obtained from Louise Foster on behalf of the Secretary to the Appointments Committee, Clinical School, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2SP (tel. 01223 336809, e-mail Lmdf2@medschl.cam.ac.uk). Applications (thirteen copies), together with a curriculum vitae and the names of three referees, should be sent so as to reach her not later than 18 February.
A new position has been created to assist in the Operational support of CamSIS (the University's Student Information System Project). The successful applicant will become part of a larger team of DBAs and UNIX Systems Administrators. Specific tasks for this position will include the installation of Peoplesoft software, patches, problem resolution, performance tuning, software configuration, capacity planning, architecture, and migrations.
A sound knowledge of UNIX and Oracle Database technology is essential, as is the ability to analyse requirements and administer the operational activity to ensure that service to stakeholders is delivered in an effective manner. In-depth experience of Peoplesoft application infrastructures, including Tuxedo layer, Patching Strategies, and Web servers (Apache, Weblogic, etc.) is a critical requirement.
Candidates should have experience of working on large enterprise applications, along with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
The appointment is a permanent position. The pensionable scale of stipends for a Computer Officer, Grade I, is £34,227 to £38,303 a year.
For further particulars and a PD18 application form, please contact Ann Aves, Management Information Services Division, First Floor, North Greenwich House, Madingley Rise, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0TX (e-mail ann.aves@admin.cam.ac.uk).