Law Access Bridging Co-ordinator

The Law Faculty is looking to appoint a Law Access Bridging Co-ordinator between May to September 2024 to assist Professor Imogen Goold, Access Co-ordinator for the Law Faculty, to design, organise and implement the Opportunity Oxford programme, and to provide some teaching for it.  The postholder will also co-ordinate the Faculty’s Oxford Law Springboard programme, which was created during the Covid-19 pandemic, to bridge any academic gaps created by the pandemic.  The Opportunity Oxford programme has both residential and online components, although some students will only join the online sessions. Law Oxford Springboard students will be taught entirely online.

The Law Access Bridging Co-ordinator will report to Professor Imogen Goold, and will be supported by the Admissions and Outreach Officer. 

The primary duties of role will be to organise and implement the programme, and to teach some parts of the online learning component and residential programme (primarily skills training and aspects of Criminal, Constitutional and/or Roman Law). 

The candidate should be educated to degree level or equivalent, with an excellent educational record; experience with teaching Law as seminars and tutorials (preference will be given to someone could teach one or more of the three Mods subjects offered by the Law Faculty; Roman Law, Constitutional Law or Criminal Law); experience in designing or delivering access and outreach activities; experience of training others to deliver a programme; and knowledge of pedagogical methods for legal studies

The role is fixed term until 30 September 2024 and the work is offered on a 0.2 FTE basis which equates to 1 day per week.  The hours will need to be spread unevenly across the period of the appointment.  The postholder will be required to be in Oxford regularly and must be based in Oxford full-time between 7-21 September for the residential part of the course.

Please consult the job description and selection criteria for full details and further information.

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. You will be required to upload a supporting statement and CV as part of your online application. 

Closing date for applications is midday on Thursday 28 March 2024.  Interviews will be held as soon as possible after the closing date.