Teaching Associate

Department: School of Politics & International Relations
Salary: £36,348 – £42,592 per annum inclusive of London Allowance (Grade 4)
Reference: QMUL30734
Location: Mile End
Date posted: 21 October 2022
Closing date: 4 November 2022

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Overview

About the Role

The School of Politics and International Relations is pleased to announce that we are seeking an exceptional colleague to take up the position of Teaching Associate. The post-holder will be required to teach on courses relating to public policy and UK politics.

About You

You will have a PhD (or equivalent) in the social sciences or humanities, with a clear specialism in UK politics and/or public policy, or relevant Social Sciences/Humanities area/professional qualification/professional experience. You will be able to work independently and undertake core teaching responsibilities.

About the School

The School of Politics and International Relations is a vibrant, collegial intellectual community including scholars from a range of disciplinary and methodological perspectives. It is home to a highly diverse cohort of students and offers a broad-ranging and methodologically plural curriculum in the fields of Politics and International Relations.

Queen Mary offers a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

The School welcomes applications from women, ethnic minority, neuro-diverse candidates and candidates with disabilities. Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. All applicants will be assessed fairly against the same criteria and will be shortlisted according to experience and merit as appropriate. 

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable. Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

The post is based at the Mile End campus. It is a full-time, fixed-term appointment for 24 months, with an expected start date of January 2023.  The starting salary will be Grade 4 in the range of £36,348 – £42,592 per annum inclusive of London Allowance.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to Professor Patrick Diamond: p.diamond@qmul.ac.uk

To apply for the role, please click the ‘apply’ button below.

The closing date for applications is 4 November 2022.

Interviews are expected to be held shortly thereafter.

Valuing Diversity & Committed to Equality

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