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Three Stipendiary Clerk Vacancies

POSTED: 24 January 2019, CLOSING: 22 February 2019

The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford seeks to appoint three Stipendiary Clerks (one countertenor, one tenor and one bass) for the academic year 2019-2020.

Stipendiary Clerks are full members of the Choir of Magdalen College, singing alongside the Academical Clerks (undergraduate members of the College), Choristers (educated at Magdalen College School) and members of the Consort of Voices (sopranos and altos from across the University). Stipendiary Clerks are expected to sing in all services with the Choir as required during Full Term, in addition to concerts, broadcasts, tours, recordings and additional services, both during Term and during the vacations. Applicants should have experience of singing with Choirs, good sight-reading skills and strong, clear voices.

Further details can be found below.

Further Particulars

Research Fellowships

Each year the College proposes to elect up to four Fellows by Examination (elsewhere known as Junior Research Fellows). Each Fellowship is tenable for three years. The Fellow is a member of the Governing Body of the College for the first two years and is entitled to: free lunches and dinners in College; a research allowance; and partnered accommodation in College free of charge or, alternatively, a taxable housing allowance. Successful candidates who decide to live out of College may have use of shared office space in College. Fellows by Examination are expected to live in the Oxford area, and his/her research base must be in Oxford.

The online application website for 2017-18 has now closed. The competition for 2018-19 will reopen in September 2018 and details will be posted closer to the time.

In the interim, you may contact us regarding Fellowships by Examination (Junior Research Fellowships) but please be aware that your query may not be answered immediately.

Visiting Fellowships

Each year the College elects a Visiting Fellow or Fellows for periods of one year or shorter during an academic year. In addition, a Robert S. Campbell Visiting Fellow may be elected for research in law, especially commercial or competition law.

A Visiting Fellowship is intended to offer an established scholar, either from abroad or from the United Kingdom, an opportunity to pursue his or her own study and research as a member of the College.

Visiting Fellowships are usually advertised each September, and once the process has started, application details will be found on our Job Vacancies page. Closing dates are the middle of December of the academic year of application. Should you require information that is not given above, contact us regarding visiting fellowships but please be aware that your query may not be answered immediately.