ST ANNE’S COLLEGE

Job description and selection criteria

Job title / Stipendiary Lecturership in Law
Location / St Anne’s College
Salary: / Point 2, on the Recommended Scale For Stipendiary Lecturers 2014-15:
£8,758 (will be updated for 2015-16)
Benefits: / Membership of the SCR
2 meals per week free of charge during term time, except at times when the kitchen is closed (Easter, Christmas, and for two weeks during August)
Hours / To provide 4-hours of undergraduate teaching per week during the Academic Year 2015-16
Contract type / Fixed-term from 1 September 2015 – 30 September 2016
Additional information / This post will cover teaching for Prof Liora Lazarus and Dr Imogen Goold during their sabbatical leave

Introduction

St Anne’s College

St Anne’s College was founded in 1878 to promote the education of women within the University of Oxford, and was fully incorporated as a College in 1952, as one of the four solely for women. It was one of the first to admit both men and women undergraduates, some thirty years ago, and quickly established a near equal mix of men and women in both the Senior, Middle, and Junior Common Rooms, spread quite uniformly across the subjects taught in the University. St Anne’s is a modern College both physically and in outlook, and is noted for its lively and unstuffy approach to teaching and research, a legacy of the pioneering spirits of the College's founders.

LAW AT ST ANNE’S

The College has a long history of Law teaching: women were studying Law at the College as early as the 1890s, and a Fellow of St Anne’s, Dr Ivy Williams, was the first woman to be called to the English Bar, and gave her brother’s name to the Winter Williams Law prize. The former Principal of the College, the Rt Hon Baroness Ruth Deech, was the Law Fellow at the College for over twenty years. Graduates have been highly successful in the legal profession and there is a strong group of Law alumni willing to support Law initiatives at the College. The College Law Library is named after Professor Geldart, who gave his Law collection to the College and assisted in the admission of women to full membership of the University in the early 20th century. The college offers significant financial support to excellent students upon graduation to assist with the costs of continuing to advanced study of law or becoming established in the legal profession.

Each year, St Anne’s admits six undergraduates to read for either the three year BA in Law or the four year Law with Law Studies in Europe degrees. In addition, a number of graduate students are admitted to read for higher degrees such as the BCL and MJur masters courses (around 5-6 per year), and for the MPhil, MLitt and DPhil research degrees. The St Anne’s Law School currently has Tutorial Fellows, Dr Liora Lazarus, Dr Imogen Goold, and Dr Antonios Tzanakopoulos who seek to cultivate a strong and stimulating academic culture within the College’s Law School. Dr Lazarus’ teaches Constitutional and Administrative Law, Criminology and Criminal Justice, and Human Rights Law. Dr Goold teaches Contract, Tort, and Medical Law and Ethics. Dr Goold will be on sabbatical leave for Hilary and Trinity terms of 2016. Dr Tzanakopoulos teaches Public International Law.

St Anne’s Law School is a vibrant intellectual community. The undergraduate students run the very active Geldart Law Society, while the highly international graduate school has recently established a regular research forum. St Anne’s library houses a dedicated room for Law Students, the Geldart Room, and holds one of the most impressive collections of legal monographs in Oxford.

Additional Information can be found at: www.st-annes.ox.ac.uk

Job description

Duties of the Post

·  Teaching

The candidate will be expected to teach at least one of Tort, Trusts or Jurisprudence (core subjects on the BA in Jurisprudence) for the College in the form of undergraduate tutorials.

For information, the subjects taught on the Oxford BA course can be found at: http://www.law.ox.ac.uk/themes/all_courses.php

·  Administrative

Undertake general administrative duties in relation to the teaching of law at the College which will include participation in recruitment and admission of undergraduates; the setting and marking of collections (i.e. College’s internal examinations); academic support for students (for example, running the induction course for undergraduate freshers); pastoral responsibility for students reading Law in the College; and administrative support for the Fellows.

Overview of the role

·  To undertake 4 hours per week of teaching in tutorials and small classes averaged over the three 8-week terms which constitute the tenure of the post (some of the teaching may be of students from other colleges, under exchange arrangements).

·  To provide academic guidance and support to the students reading Law

·  To be responsible for organising the teaching for these undergraduates and for arranging such external teaching as is necessary at the usual rates agreed by the University’s Senior Tutors’ Committee.

·  To have pastoral responsibility for undergraduates reading Law at St Anne’s College

·  To act as College Adviser to graduate students at St Anne’s College reading for higher degrees in Law.

·  To undertake general administrative duties in relation to the teaching of Law which will include participation in undergraduate recruitment activities such as Open Days; the setting and marking of Collections (i.e. internal examinations).

Selection criteria

·  Ability to teach at least one of Tort, Jurisprudence or Trusts (core subjects on the BA in Jurisprudence) for the College in the form of undergraduate tutorials.

·  The ability to and show evidence of being an effective and inspiring teacher of Law in the tutorial context.

·  A degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject

·  Able to demonstrate ability and willingness to participate in a full range of pedagogic and organisational tasks in the Faculty and College

·  Very good communication skills and sensitivity to deal effectively with any pastoral matters that may arise

How to Apply

Electronic applications only. The following documents should be sent, in Word format, or as a pdf, attached to an email, to Mrs Rebecca Coupland, Executive Assistant, St Anne’s College:

1) A completed Appointing Committee’s Form (see page 5)

2) A Letter of Application which should specify:

a) why you wish to be considered for the post

b) which papers you would be able to teach

3) A Curriculum Vitae

4) Two academic references. Referees should be asked to write (in English please) directly to the Executive Assistant (email above), without waiting for a request from the College. Your referees must be able to comment on your skills in Classics and your experience/ suitability to teach high achieving undergraduates.

5) Candidates are also invited to complete the voluntary equal opportunities form and return it by post to St Anne’s College, or by email to . These forms are used for monitoring purposes and will not be seen by any member of the selection committee.

Please note

Written work should not be sent, but may be requested at a later date.

The deadline for receipt of applications, including ALL references, is noon on Friday 3 July 2015.

The email subject line should be ‘Law Lectureship’.

It is the candidate's responsibility to ensure that all of the relevant materials, including references, are submitted by the application deadline. Incomplete applications will be discarded.

Candidates are advised that a telephone or personal interview will be essential. Interviews are expected to take place soon after the closing date.

Subject-specific enquiries should be made to Dr Liora Lazarus () and more general queries about the post and the College should be made, in the first instance, to the Executive Assistant, Mrs Rebecca Coupland ()

Right to work in the UK

The appointment will be subject to satisfactory provision of proof of the right to work in the UK. Applicants who would need a work visa if appointed to the post are asked to note that under the UK’s new points-based migration system they will need to demonstrate that they have sufficient points, and in particular that:

(i) they have sufficient English language skills (evidenced by having passed a test in basic English, or coming from a majority English-speaking country, or having taken a degree taught in English)

and

(ii) that they have sufficient funds to maintain themselves and any dependants until they receive their first salary payment.

Further information is available at: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/

Equal Opportunities

The policy and practice of St Anne’s College, University of Oxford, require that entry into employment with the College and progression within employment shall be determined only by personal merit and the application criteria which are related to the duties of each particular post. Subject to statutory provisions, no applicant or member of staff will be treated less favourably than another because of his or hers gender, age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. In all cases, ability to do the job will be the primary consideration.


ST ANNE’S COLLEGE, OXFORD

APPOINTING COMMITTEE’S FORM

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