Job Vacancies
Stipendiary Lecturership in Biological Sciences
POSTED: 10 August 2018, CLOSING: 5 September 2018
Applications are invited for a fixed-term Stipendiary Lecturership in Biological Sciences, tenable from 1 October 2018 to 30 September 2019. The successful candidate will be required to provide six weighted hours of tutorial teaching per week of Full Term for Magdalen undergraduates studying Biological Sciences.
Further details and the application cover sheet can be found below.
Biological Sciences First Year Handbook 2017 – 2018
Biological Sciences Final Honour School Handbook 2017 – 2019
Lecturership Application Cover Sheet
Recruitment Monitoring Form (PDF version)
Recruitment Monitoring Form (Word version)
College Mentor For Students (Part-time)
POSTED: 10 August 2018, CLOSING: 3 September 2018
Magdalen College is seeking to appoint a College Mentor for Students, if a suitable candidate applies, to provide practical and informed advice to students at the College regarding welfare matters, and to work closely and sensitively with the wider group concerned with the welfare of undergraduate and graduate students within the College. The successful candidate will have relevant experience, which might include providing pastoral care in an academic setting, dealing with a range of psychological, emotional, and practical problems, and helping students to develop their independence and to build resilience. Familiarity with health and disability-related issues, and with ways of providing study skills support, would also be desirable. It is envisaged that the appointee could combine this position with an existing research, teaching, or other professional role, but no particular arrangement is expected, and the College welcomes applications from a wide variety of professional backgrounds. This fixed-term post runs from 1 October 2018 to 30 September 2019. There is a possibility of re-appointment for a further year.
Further details and the application form can be found below.
Recruitment Monitoring Form (Word version)
Recruitment Monitoring Form (PDF version)
Part-time Chapel & Choir Administrative Assistant
POSTED: 8 August 2018, CLOSING: 10 September 2018
Magdalen College seeks to appoint an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to join our College staff as a part-time Administrative Assistant in the Chapel and Choir Office, working alongside the Dean of Divinity, Informator Choristarum (Director of the Choir) and their Personal Assistant. The successful applicant will display a flair for administration, be willing to work within a team, have a flexible attitude to learning new skills, and have an interest in the workings of the Chapel and its world-famous Choir. The post is a fixed-term contract for 12 months, 12 hours per week, with some flexibility as to the distribution of the exact hours over the course of a month (or longer) agreed between the successful candidate and the HR Manager, being encouraged so that the Chapel and Choir might run more efficiently. Occasional weekend work, and additional hours at particularly busy times (around carol services and during recordings, for example) may be required for which time off in lieu will be given.
Further details and the application form can be found below.
Application Form (PDF version)
Application Form (Word version)
Two Calleva Centre four-year Postdoctoral Research Associates: Understanding evolution using molecules and their markers
POSTED: 27 July 2018, CLOSING: 3 September 2018
The College proposes to appoint two Postdoctoral Research Associates in connection with an interdisciplinary project entitled Understanding evolution using molecules and their markers. The posts are full-time for four years starting as soon as possible. Candidates must hold or be close to completing a doctorate in biophysics, structural biology, molecular biology or a related discipline. One post (PDRA1) will focus on proteins related to human perforin which play key roles in neurodevelopment, neurodevelopmental and degenerative disorders, and the infection of humans by parasites affecting human behaviour and long-term human evolution. The second post (PDRA2) will focus on proteins which play complex roles coordinating cell biology between the nucleus where they impact on gene expression, and the cell surface where they help control cell adhesion.
Further details and the application form can be found below.
Application Form (PDF version)
Application Form (Word version)
Admissions Officer (Fixed-term Position As Maternity Cover)
POSTED: 20 July 2018, CLOSING: 31 August 2018
The position of Admissions Officer at Magdalen College is available for a fixed period of 18 months as maternity cover. This is an exciting oportunity to be involved in the life of Magdalen and to play a significant role in administering the admissions process for undergraduate and graduate applications to the College. For the performance of these duties, the Admissions Officer reports to Magdalen’s Academic Administrator, and provides support to the Tutor for Undergraduate Admissions, the Tutor for Graduate Admissions, and the Senior Tutor. This fixed-term post is available from 1 October 2018 (or as soon as possible thereafter) to 31 March 2020.
Further details and the application form can be found below.
Application Form (PDF version)
Application Form (Word version)
Calleva Centre three-year Postdoctoral Research Associate: Changing Lives
POSTED: 13 July 2018, CLOSING: 24 August 2018
The College proposes to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Associate in connection with an interdisciplinary project entitled Changing Lives. The post is full-time for three years starting as soon as possible. Candidates must hold or be close to completing a doctorate in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, social and behavioural sciences (e.g. psychology or criminology) or a related discipline. The postholder will be conducting epidemiological analysis examining the impact of childhood adversity on adult health, social and psychiatric outcomes, primarily using secondary data from large birth cohorts.
Further details and the application form can be found below.
Application Form (PDF version)
Application Form (Word version)
Recruitment Monitoring Form (PDF version)
Recruitment Monitoring Form (Word version)
