Applications are invited from scholars of the highest calibre with research interests and teaching experience in Medieval Latin (ca. AD 500–1500). The successful candidate is expected to contribute to teaching and supervision at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including potentially the MSc programmes in Classics, Medieval History, and Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies, and to take a lead in the teaching of Medieval Latin to postgraduates in various fields across the University of Edinburgh's College of Humanities and Social Science. The ability to teach Latin Palaeography will be advantageous. The post-holder will actively engage in research of high quality that will make a substantive contribution to the School's profile, and will be open to interdisciplinary collaboration.

This is a full-time, open-ended, post with a salary of £38,896 - £46,414

Closing date: 5pm (GMT) on Friday 6th May 2016

Job Details

Job title: Lecturer in Medieval Latin

School/Support Department: School of History, Classics and Archaeology

Unit: Classics

Line manager: Head of Classics

CLASSICS AT EDINBURGH

Undergraduate applications to courses and degrees in Classics are buoyant and applications and enrolments are high. There is a very strong and growing postgraduate presence, both in taught courses and in research degrees. All staff are active researchers with interests covering a great many areas of classical studies. Full information about the subject area is detailed below, and can be found on our website at: http://www.ed.ac.uk/history-classics-archaeology/classics

MEDIEVAL STUDIES AT EDINBURGH

Medieval Studies at Edinburgh is taught across many of the Schools that make up the College of Humanities and Social Science, and the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance studies brings together around seventy staff, including about a dozen Medieval and Renaissance historians within the History Subject Area of the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology. Further information can be found on our website at:
http://www.ed.ac.uk/history-classics-archaeology/centre-medieval-renaissance

Main Responsibilities

Teaching

The post-holder will be required to deliver and assess courses at all levels of the School’s teaching provision, and to carry out administrative tasks associated with the delivery and assessment of teaching. S/he will be expected to lecture and conduct tutorials in appropriate sub-honours undergraduate courses and to teach honours courses in medieval and classical Latin and, ideally, Latin Palaeography. S/he will act as dissertation supervisor to a small number of students in the fourth year of the curriculum, and will be required to provide pastoral advice and guidance, especially to undergraduate students. S/he will also contribute to the teaching and supervision of postgraduate students in his/her area of expertise.

Research

The post-holder will be expected to engage in personal research of high quality and to play an active role in obtaining external funding and starting individual or joint research projects/networks. S/he is expected to contribute to the research culture of the School of History, Classics & Archaeology, including active participation in its Research Seminar series, and invited to develop interdisciplinary research initiatives across the School and the University of Edinburgh. S/he is expected to furnish evidence of outstanding achievement as a researcher, in the form of publications, commensurate with his/her career stage.

Administration

All members of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology are required to contribute to the administration of their Subject Area, at the direction of the Head of Subject Area, and may also expect to become involved in the administration of the School, under the direction of the Head of School. The successful candidate will be asked from the start of the appointment to contribute fully to the administration and assessment that arise from teaching, and increasingly to the administration of both Subject Area and School. He or she will be directly responsible to the Head of School and the Head of Classics (who has been delegated line management responsibility by the Head of School).

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Needed for the Job

Qualifications/Training

Essential

- A PhD on a topic involving Medieval Latin, or a PhD in a related field combined with substantial research in Medieval Latin.
- Good first degree (first/2.1) in Classics, Medieval Studies, or a cognate subject.

Experience

Essential

- Teaching experience at undergraduate level in Latin and/or Medieval Studies.
- Evidence of ability to produce original research publications of recognised international excellence in the field of Medieval Latin, commensurate with career stage.

Desirable

- Experience of large-group lecturing and small-group tutorial teaching at pre-honours level.
- Experience of teaching classes at honours level.
- Teaching experience at postgraduate level.
- Teaching experience in other relevant subjects (e.g. classical Latin, medieval history, Latin palaeography).
- Experience in course design and evaluation.
- Experience of research supervision.
- Strong record of research publication.
- Strong record in applications for research funding.
- Experience of communicating research findings to the wider public.
- Relevant IT skills and experience including skills for online teaching
- Relevant administrative experience.

Personal Attributes

Essential

- Excellent presentation and communication skills.
- Commitment to quality and innovation in teaching.
- Versatility in approach to teaching.
- Commitment to scholarship and research.
- Capacity for originality and innovation in scholarship.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Capacity to enthuse and motivate.

Desirable

- Capacity for leadership in teaching and research.

Application Procedure

All applicants should apply online by clicking the apply link at the bottom of this page and submitting an up to date CV, including a list of publications, and completing the 2000 character supporting statement in the application. The application process is quick and easy to follow, and you will receive email confirmation of safe receipt of your application. The online system allows you to submit a CV and other attachments.

The closing date is 5pm (GMT) on Friday 6th May 2016.

Eligibility to Work

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To do so, the University of Edinburgh requires to see original documents evidencing right to work in the UK before commencement of employment and this is normally carried out at interview. Details will be provided in any letter of invitation to interview.

For further information on eligibility to work please visit our eligibility to work website

If you are not currently eligible to work in the UK, the University has the authority to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) to successful candidates who meet the eligibility criteria. The CoS enables candidates to apply for a Tier 2 (general visa) in accordance with current UK Visas and Immigration rules.

For applicants interested in sponsorship information is available on our Working in the UK website

However, if you have previously been sponsored by an employer within the UK but your leave has expired or lapsed and you are no longer in the UK, according to Home Office Visa Immigration rules you cannot apply for sponsorship under any category of Tier 2 for a period of 12 months after the date your visa expired and/or you left the UK.

If you are an academic in the field of sciences; humanities; engineering; medicine; digital technology; or the arts and come from outside the EEA, it may be possible for you to apply for a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) visa.

The Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) visa route offers a greater flexibility in your employment compared to other UK immigration routes, meaning you can, for example, move organisation, location and/or job role. By contrast with, a Tier 2 visa where you are ‘tied to a UK sponsor’. Tier 1 provides greater flexibility in undertaking additional engagements, such as collaborations and is intended as a route to settlement. Allowed absences from the UK are up to 180 days per year without losing the eligibility to qualify for settlement, with no restriction on the reason for absence (unlike Tier 2, where any absences from the UK must be for a purpose consistent with the person’s employment or economic activity, including paid annual leave, or for serious or compelling personal reasons).

You would initially need to apply to be endorsed as an internationally recognised leader or emerging leader in your particular field by a designated competent body (Arts Council England, British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Society, Tech City UK).

Tier1 (Exceptional and Exceptional Promise) Endorsement Criteria

Once successfully endorsed, you are able to apply for a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) visa. More information on this entry route is available at UKVI Website.

Conditions of Employment

Pension Scheme

This role is grade UE08 and therefore the post holder is automatically included in membership of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), subject to the USS membership criteria, unless they indicate that they choose not to join the Scheme.

For further information please visit our Pensions website.

Salary

The role is grade UE08 and attracts an annual salary of £38,896 - £46,414 for 35 hours each week. Salary is paid monthly by direct transfer to your Bank or Building Society account, normally on the 28th of the month. Salaries for part-time staff are calculated on the full-time scales, pro-rata to the Standard Working Week.

The University reserves the right to vary the candidate information or make no appointment at all. Neither in part, nor in whole does this information form part of any contract between the University and any individual.

Classics
Classics at Edinburgh offers teaching across all the main areas of classical studies – Greek and Latin Literature and Thought, Ancient History, and Classical Art and Archaeology – and is currently expanding into both Byzantine and Medieval Latin Studies. All academic staff teach at all levels of the curriculum, and teaching is taken very seriously.
Undergraduate applications to the uniquely flexible single and joint honours degrees in Classics are buoyant and applications and enrolments are high. There is a very strong and growing presence of over 60 postgraduate students, both in our four taught programmes (Classics; Ancient History; Classical Art and Archaeology; Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies) and in our research degrees, with increasing numbers of students coming from abroad.
Research interests in the subject area cover virtually all areas of classical studies. Our archaeologists conduct fieldwork from Italy to (Sasanian) Iran; our historians are doing groundbreaking work on the Ancient Greek city, the history of the Hellenistic empires, Roman slavery, and late Roman culture and politics. Our language and literature staff cover Greek and Latin literature from Archaic and Classical Greece via Augustan and Imperial Rome to the late antique and medieval transmission and reception of the Greek and Latin Classics. In REF2014, the most recent research assessment exercise, Classics was ranked fifth in the UK for its combined quality and size. Full information about the subject area can be found on our website at:
http://www.ed.ac.uk/history-classics-archaeology/classics

The School of History, Classics and Archaeology
From its foundation in 1583, the University of Edinburgh has maintained a distinguished tradition of higher learning and academic excellence. Today the University is one of Britain's leading research institutions with an international reputation for scholarship and achievement; and access to research libraries of world importance. The School of History, Classics and Archaeology is located within the College of the Humanities and Social Science, founded in August 2002. It is co-located in a completely refurbished 'A' listed building designed by the distinguished Scottish architect, Sir Robert Rowand Anderson in the nineteenth century, with state of the art facilities for staff and students.

The School combines the expertise of the subject areas of History, Classics and Archaeology along with the Centre for the Study of Modern Conflict the Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies and the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Though each subject area has its own areas of special concern, there are many activities and interests in common and important synergies between areas. There is a full programme of seminars and conferences, and close links are also maintained with subject areas in other Schools.

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The range of choice in our programmes is remarkably diverse while at the same time the structure allows for study in depth of particular areas, themes and periods. The subject areas have an outstanding international reputation for research and enjoy a very lively research culture.

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Research Excellence Framework 2014 (REF2014)

The College operates at the highest levels of international quality across a very wide range of disciplines in the arts, humanities and social sciences and submitted the work of more than 750 staff to 23 Units of Assessment in the Research Excellence Framework 2014. The College achieved a superb result, combining a large-scale, broad and diverse submission with very high quality outcomes: 86% of its research impact and 76% of the overall quality profile were assessed as world-leading (4) and internationally excellent (3). Using the widely used Research Power index (which combines the submission's overall score for 3 and 4 work with the volume of staff submitted), 12 Units which were ranked within the top five in the UK, and 18 Units which were ranked first in Scotland are located in the College. With an assessment of more than 95% at 3 and 4, we're particularly proud of the outstanding research environment we create for staff and research students.

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We still do. The latest Research Excellence Framework highlighted our place at the forefront of international research. This adds to our international reputation for the quality of our teaching and our student experience excellence.

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