The College employs a wide-ranging mixture of academic, research, management, and support and technical staff. In addition, the College is sometimes able to offer associations to academics employed by other faculties or departments of the University and to academics visiting Oxford.
Facilities and Benefits
University College offers a wide range of excellent facilities and benefits to its staff, for example:
- Generous holiday allowances
- Optional pension schemes
- Personal and professional development opportunities
- Free lunches when on duty
- A salary exchange scheme which allows staff to purchase childcare vouchers
- Interest-free season ticket loans for travel on public transport
- Free use of the on-site squash court
- Discounted use of the University’s sports facilities
Specific information about the benefits associated with each post is provided within the further particulars when it is advertised.
Equality and Diversity
University College aims to promote equality of opportunity and treatment for all men and women working and studying at the College or applying to do so and to ensure equality of access to all services provided by the College. The College aims to foster an environment in which unlawful discrimination and harassment are not tolerated and where all members of the College community are encouraged to achieve their full potential. Further information about the College’s Equality Duty is available on our Policy Documents page.
Current Vacancies
Supernumerary Fellowships for Senior Researchers and Academic Directors
University College invites applications for Supernumerary Fellowships from holders of senior research posts (RSIV posts and holders of other full professor-level posts, including curatorial, directorship and clinical positions) employed by the University of Oxford and based in Oxford who are currently without a college association. In the field of clinical studies, where candidates will typically be on grade E82, eligibility will be determined by academic seniority rather than clinical practice or clinical seniority. In all cases, candidates must have an internationally competitive research profile.
Successful candidates will be elected to a Supernumerary Fellowship, for three years in the first instance with the possibility of renewal. In assessing applications, attention will be paid to the need for subject balance alongside the criteria of academic distinction and a willingness to engage with and contribute to the College.
The College would particularly welcome applications from suitably qualified female academics.
Contribution to academic life
There will be an expectation that successful candidates will make an active contribution to the academic life of the College and contribute to its research culture in one or more ways. Applicants are invited to outline in their application what their proposed contributions would be. Further information about the fellowships and examples of contributions that Fellows might make is available in the attachment below.
Benefits
Successful candidates will be elected to a Supernumerary Fellowship and be granted full membership of the Senior Common Room. They will have full Common Table rights (ie free lunch and dinner throughout the year except when the kitchens are closed), with the right to invite guests. A modest entertainment allowance is provided to permit Supernumerary Fellows to bring guests to lunch or dinner. They will also have the opportunity to apply to the College Research Support Fund.
Process of application
Applications are invited from researchers without a current college association who are working in one of the areas to which the College admits graduate or undergraduate students. Details can be found on the College’s website at www.univ.ox.ac.uk.
There is no application form. Please send the following to the Academic Services Manager (recruitment@univ.ox.ac.uk), University College, Oxford, OX1 4BH, to arrive by noon on Friday 23 November 2018:
• a covering letter;
• a curriculum vitae (no more than 4 pages of A4), plus a citation profile eg Web of Science or Google Scholar;
• a statement of how you would contribute to the intellectual life of the College, and how your research profile would build on the existing academic strengths of the College (one side of A4 will suffice);
• the names and contact details (including email addresses) of two referees. The College reserves the right to seek further independent references.
Electronic applications are preferred.
Interviews are expected to take place in January or early February 2019.
Informal enquiries can be directed to the Master, Sir Ivor Crewe (ivor.crewe@univ.ox.ac.uk) or the Dean of Graduates, Professor Caroline Terquem (dean.graduates@univ.ox.ac.uk), or by emailing or telephoning the Senior Tutor, Dr Andrew Bell, on senior.tutor@univ.ox.ac.uk or (2)76673.
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Food Service Assistant
Permanent, Variable hours, £9.00 p/h
This is a great opportunity to be part of our Hospitality Team. You must have excellent customer service skills and experience of serving food and drink.
The working hours are mainly during evenings and weekends. The rate of pay is £9.00 per hour. Benefits include uniform and meals while on duty.
To apply please complete an application form available below and return to the HR Coordinator via email to hr.admin@univ.ox.ac.uk or by post to HR Coordinator, University College, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BH.
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Scout/Cleaner (Maternity Cover)
Fixed term (12 months’ maternity cover), 20 hours per week, £9.00 p/h – Internal Applicants only
University College is seeking a Scout/Cleaner to join a busy and friendly Housekeeping Team.
The post holder will be responsible for cleaning and maintaining College’s accommodation across all College sites whilst providing the highest levels of service to all the College’s customers – Fellows, students, conference guests and staff.
You will work on a shift pattern from Monday to Friday. You must have excellent work standards, sound communication skills and the ability to work well as part of a team.
A uniform is provided. Generous benefits include 29 days holiday, free bus pass, cycle purchase scheme, pension scheme etc.
To apply please complete an application form available below and return to the HR Coordinator via email to hr.admin@univ.ox.ac.uk or by post to HR Coordinator, University College, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BH by 12 noon on 15 November 2018. (Interviews will be held in w/c 19 November 2018)
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Scout/Cleaner (Permanent)
Permanent, Part-time, 20 hours per week, £9.00 p/h
University College is seeking a Scout/Cleaner to join a busy and friendly Housekeeping Team.
The post holder will be responsible for cleaning and maintaining College’s accommodation across all College sites whilst providing the highest levels of service to all the College’s customers – Fellows, students, conference guests and staff.
You will work on a shift pattern from Monday to Friday. You must have excellent work standards, sound communication skills and the ability to work well as part of a team.
A uniform is provided. Generous benefits include 29 days holiday, free bus pass, cycle purchase scheme, pension scheme etc.
To apply please complete an application form available below and return to the HR Coordinator via email to hr.admin@univ.ox.ac.uk or by post to HR Coordinator, University College, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BH by 12 noon on 22 November 2018. (Interviews will be held in w/c 26 November 2018)
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Recruitment Monitoring Form
Junior Research Fellowship in Classics
University College invites applications for a Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) for the study of any area of the Classical World, to include Literature, Language, History and Archaeology up to c AD 400, tenable for three years with a start date expected to be at the beginning of October 2019. The appointee will be based in University College, High Street, Oxford OX1 4BH.
JRFs provide research opportunities to outstanding academics at the beginning of their careers. The primary duty of the post is to carry out a coherent programme of high-quality publishable research, but most JRFs choose also to offer a limited amount of teaching for the College in the interests of career development. Any such teaching will be remunerated separately. Ordinarily, the College has between 8 and 10 JRFs across a range of subjects. JRFs play an important part in the intellectual and social life of the College.
Further details about University College, including the research interests of current Fellows, are available from this website.
The primary criterion for appointment to the JRF will be research excellence. Candidates must: (1) have a strong educational record; (2) hold a doctorate, or be near completion ; (3) have research expertise demonstrated by publications, or demonstrate promise of such achievement; and (4) have a coherent plan of research for the duration of the fellowship. The potential to become an effective teacher will be a secondary consideration.
Candidates must be confident that they will have obtained their doctorates by the start of their appointment. This position is not intended for those who have already held another stipendiary JRF or equivalent or for those who obtained their doctorates more than two years prior to the application date (except in special circumstances).
The current stipend for a Junior Research Fellow not in receipt of other emoluments is £24,983 per annum. If a JRF receives a stipend from elsewhere (such as a UK Research Council) then the College stipend would be reduced by the amount of salary received from that other source, with a minimum stipend of £2,500 plus housing allowance provided. Free meals and free accommodation for the JRF in College, ordinarily a one bedroom flat, will be offered if available, or a housing allowance in lieu (£5,512 pa). The total salary package is therefore £30,495, plus generous additional benefits, including an academic allowance (£2,284), an entertainment allowance (£192), membership of USS, and private health insurance.
Selected candidates may be asked to submit written work, which may be one or two published or submitted articles, or a chapter from their thesis. Applicants should indicate on their application form what material they propose to submit, but should not at this stage submit any written work.
Application forms (downloadable below) should be sent to recruitment@univ.ox.ac.uk, by 12 noon (UK time) on Monday 14 January 2019. Applicants should arrange for three referees to send their references to recruitment@univ.ox.ac.uk by the same date. Please refer to the Information for Candidates available below. Interviews for shortlisted candidates are expected to be held on Friday 22 February 2019 (to be confirmed).
Please download and complete the Recruitment Monitoring form below. This can be returned by email to recruitment@univ.ox.ac.uk and will be treated confidentially and not as part of the selection process, or it can be sent in hard copy addressed to the Equality Officer at University College.
University College is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford.
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