Job Description

Department: School of Humanities


Location: York


Salary: 39,906 to 48,822 per annum


Closing Date: Tuesday 04 November 2025 at midnight


Interview Date: Thursday 20 November 2025


Reference: 173-25

Full time permanent

Location: York

Salary: 39,906 to 48,822 per annum

Introduction to YSJ university

York St John is an ambitious, modern university at the heart of historic York and there has never been a more exciting time to join us.


As one of the fastest growing universities in the UK over recent years, we have a new strategy for the next decade, emphasising our commitment to widening opportunity through the power of education and contributing our talents to creating a fairer world, and a more prosperous region. We are putting inspirational learning and impactful research at the heart of this strategy, recognising our academic expertise as our greatest asset.

The School

Geography is located within the School of Humanities, alongside subjects such as Politics, International Relations, History, Sociology, Media and Film, English Literature, Creative Writing, Religion and more. Our burgeoning national and international research profile, excellent teaching and learning, and welcoming and inclusive ethos supports an exceptional student experience.


From its establishment in 2014 Geography has grown substantially. Alongside our undergraduate programmes in Geography, Environmental Geography and Human Geography, we now offer the MA Environment and Social Justice (from 2023) and MSc Environmental Management and Sustainability (new for this year), and support a small number of doctoral students. All staff are active in research and publication, attracting increasing levels of research funding. We offer a highly collegial environment, committed to providing an exceptional experience for our students.

The Role

We are seeking a full-time lecturer in physical geography with expertise in geomorphology and hydrology. Your work will include teaching across all levels of undergraduate and postgraduate provision, module leadership, setting and marking assessments, and the provision of pastoral and academic support to students. Teaching will encompass both solo-taught and team-taught modules and will include teaching in the laboratory and field, with both residential and non-residential fieldwork. The successful candidate will be encouraged and supported to develop their profile in research and knowledge exchange, contributing to our growing research environment.

Key requirements

We are looking for applicants with:

A completed PhD with expertise in geomorphology and hydrology. Ability to deliver high quality teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level. An emerging record of research in a relevant area. Commitment to collegial and collaborative working across the discipline and beyond. A personal commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, meeting the needs of a diverse student body.

Ability to contribute to teaching GIS and/or quantitative methods would be advantageous. There will be a clear expectation that the successful candidate will work towards Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy if this is not already held.

Additional information

For informal enquiries please contact Pauline Couper at p.couper@yorksj.ac.uk or 01904 876805.


It is anticipated that the selection process will include an interview and skills test.