Job Description

Position Details

School of History and Cultures


Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK


Full time starting salary is normally in the range 36,130 to 45,413 with potential progression once in post to 48,149


Grade: 7


Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to August 2026


Closing date: 2nd June 2025

Background

The successful candidate will teach and advise undergraduate and postgraduate students within anthropology and within established teaching programmes in the Department of Anthropology & African studies. The successful candidate will be under the supervision of a member of the Department with ultimate responsibility for the design, delivery and assessment of the teaching programme.

Role Summary

We are looking to recruit a Teaching fellow in Anthropology (12 months fixed term) to support the delivery of our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The successful candidate will teach and assess on core and optional modules across all years of the taught curriculum, covering introductory modules in anthropology, an anthropological theory module, and an optional module entitled Kinship, Gender & Sexuality. The role holder will also supervise dissertation projects, provide pastoral support to students, and may contribute to the enhancement of student experience or employability.

Main Duties

Teach modules at a range of levels within anthropology to undergraduates and postgraduates, predominantly through allocated lectures and seminars. Contribute to the design of modules with other colleagues. Plan and prepare own teaching, including guidance notes and handouts in accordance with the established objectives of the teaching programme. Devise and supervise projects, student dissertations and practical work. Develop an approach to planning and reviewing own teaching. Undertake full range of responsibilities in relation to supervision, marking and examining. Frequently update own subject expertise. Undertake personal professional development in teaching, including self-reflection on own teaching, using student and peer review feedback, to enhance own teaching and learning processes. Contribute to knowledge transfer on own specialism. Undertake management/administration arising from teaching. Contribute to Departmental/School teaching-related activities and teaching-related administration. Contribute to enterprise, business development and/or public engagement activities. Promotes equality and values diversity acting as a role model and fostering an inclusive working culture.

Person Specification

PhD (or near to completion) in anthropology. Teaching experience within anthropology or cognate disciplines. High level analytical capability. Ability to design and deliver module materials successfully. Ability to assess and organise resources effectively. Understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes. Knowledge of the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010, and how to actively ensure in day-to-day activity in own area that those with protected characteristics are treated equally and fairly.

Informal enquiries to Janis Humphries, email: j.humphries@bham.ac.uk


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