Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Law (Teaching & Scholarship)

Department: Law
Salary: Grade 5/6 £49,785 - £58,595 / Grade 7 £61,896 - £69,114 (Grade 5)
Reference: 1425
Location: Mile End
Date posted: 11 March 2024
Closing date: 10 April 2024

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About the Role

The Department of Law is looking to appoint up to five new staff at the Lecturer or Senior Lecturer (Teaching & Scholarship) level. We are looking for candidates with specialisms in one or more of the following areas of expertise: Land Law, Equity and Trusts, Contract Law, Commercial Law, Tort Law, Law of the European Union and Criminal Law. Appointments at either level will be made based on experience, suitability and business needs. We would particularly welcome applications from academics who are able to teach flexibly across the Department of Law's core undergraduate modules, as well as those who can support teaching in Company Law, Intellectual Property Law and Competition Law.

About You

You will have a PhD in a relevant subject, or equivalent professional experience, or relevant professional qualification, and a demonstrable ability to teach at undergraduate level. Ideally you will have teaching accreditation from the Higher Education Academy at Fellow or Associate Fellow level, or be working towards this. For Senior Lecturer level you will need substantial teaching experience. 

About the School

The School of Law is one of eight schools in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and has two organisational units: the Department of Law and the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS). Established in 1965, the Department of Law runs thriving undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and has a well-established international reputation for innovative research.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

The post is based at the Mile End Campus in London. It is a full-time, permanent appointment, with an expected start date of September 2024. The starting salary will be Grade 5 to 6, £49,785 - £58,595 per annum (Lecturer) depending on experience, or Grade 7, £61,896 - £69,114 (Senior Lecturer) depending on experience, inclusive of London Allowance.

Benefits

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Please do not submit any additional materials other than a CV (maximum three A4 sides) including a supporting statement/list of relevant publications/activity.

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as disabled and/or Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic groups which are currently underrepresented in the Department of Law

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