Job Description

Oxford University Department for Continuing Education (OUDCE) offers a range of courses in Archaeology, Architectural History and related subjects, including professional training short courses, undergraduate and postgraduate award-bearing courses, accredited short courses (Weekly Classes, Short Online Courses and Weekly Oxford Worldwide courses), summer schools and open access courses.

OUDCE provides opportunities for people from a wide variety of backgrounds to benefit from the University\'s rich and unique resources. We are ambitious and forward-thinking, with a strong sense of identity and community. Our mission is to inspire people locally, nationally and globally by extending access to Oxford\'s world-class teaching and resources through flexible and inclusive opportunities for study and research.

Colleagues uphold the uphold the Mission, Vision and Values of the Department and actively promote a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion.

What we offer

Your happiness and wellbeing at work matters to us, so we offer a range of family friendly and financial benefits including:

• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days\' annual leave
• A comprehensive range of childcare services
• Family leave schemes
• Cycle loan scheme
• Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs
• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

We can also offer a mix of hybrid, remote or on-site working.

About the role

The Departmental Lecturer in Archaeology/Historic Environment (Cultural Heritage) will have responsibility for the programme of Courses and Workshops in the Cultural Heritage (CWCH), previously known as the programme of Courses and Workshops in the Historic Environment (CWHE). The CWHE has been a longstanding programme of short (one to three-day courses) offered by the Department to professional and academic learners in the fields of Archaeology, Architectural History and Conservation, Planning and Heritage.

They will act as a key member of the subject-area teams led by the Directors of Studies in Archaeology and in Architectural History/Historic Environment, teaching on Archaeology and/or Historic Environment and related subject-area programmes, as required. They will be part of the academic community of the Department and engage in advanced scholarship.

This is a part-time (0.5 FTE) position, available on a fixed-term contract for one year in the first instance.

About you

You will hold a relevant postgraduate qualification, such as a doctorate or equivalent in a relevant subject, with a demonstrable aptitude for teaching the subject at undergraduate and postgraduate level. You will have excellent organisational and communication skills required to direct and oversee professional short courses, with sufficient depth and breadth of knowledge in the subject to develop new course content and materials;

Familiarity with pedagogic methods in lifelong learning, together with teaching experience in one or more of the following areas will be advantageous:

• British and/or European Archaeology;
• British and/or European Architectural History;
• Planning, Conservation and the Historic Environment;
• Cultural Heritage, Landscapes and/or Environmental History.

The closing date for applications is noon on Monday 24 July with interviews scheduled for Thursday 3 August 2023.

Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford.from women and black and minority ethnic candidates who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford.

\xc2\xa335,308 to \xc2\xa343,155 per annum

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