Job Description

SCHOOL / SERVICE

School of Policy & Global Affairs

DEPARTMENT

Department of Sociology & Criminology

LOCATION

Rhind Building

CONTRACT TYPE

Permanent

JOB CATEGORY

Academic

HOURS

Full-time

SALARY MIN

42,882

SALARY MAX

60,907

PUBLICATION DATE

12-Jun-2025

CLOSING DATE

24-Jul-2025

City St George's, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George's, University of London into one institution. The combined university is now one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology. Our students are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting them to pursue their career and personal ambitions.



Our research is engaged, at the frontier of practice and has a positive impact on the world around us.

Background

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The School of Policy and Global Affairs (SPGA) is an internationally excellent centre of research and learning on the human condition in all its dimensions. It is home to about 2,500 students and over 100 staff in three departments (Economics, Sociology and Criminology, and International Politics). The School attracts outstanding members of academic staff who produce world-leading or internationally excellent research of benefit to society; provide innovative and exciting programmes of study; and enrich the lives and enhance the career prospects of its students.



The Department of Sociology and Criminology has established an international reputation as a centre of excellence in the research and education. The Department has been ranked 5th nationally and 1st in London in the 2021 REF. It offers an exceptional and varied programme of study at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and runs a well-established PhD programme. The Department is home to high-profile research centres including: the Centre for Justice Reform; the European Social Survey (ESS) centre, the Violence and Society Centre, the Work and Society Centre, and the new Centre for Online-Safety, Safeguarding, Privacy and Identity (COSPI). The Department also hosts the City Q-Step Centre, which delivers specialist undergraduate quantitative programmes. For more information on the courses and modules we currently provide please see our website.

Responsibilities

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The post holder will contribute to the development and the delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate criminology degrees with a focus on criminal justice. They will also undertake doctoral supervision and contribute to the research profile of the Department.

Person Specification

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The ideal candidate will have a PhD in Criminology or a relevant field. They will have a track record of innovative teaching and facilitating learning and of publishing high quality, impactful research on criminal justice commensurate with their career stage.

Additional Information

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Closing date: 24 July 2025 at 11:59pm.



Interviews are scheduled to take place in 17 September 2025



City St George's offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.



City St George's, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.



We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.



City St George's operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.



The University of business, practice and the professions.