"Lecturer in English"

Opportunity ID

4778

Faculty

Humanities & Social Sciences

Location

QM London

Contract Type

Fixed Term

Duration

11 months

Working Patterns

Full Time

Full Time Equivalent (FTE)

1.00

Salary Range

£50,685 per annum

Job Pack

Opportunity 4778- Lecturer in English (T&S)-Job Pack.pdf – 628KB – Opens in a new window

Contact Details

Co-heads of Department Sam McBean at s.mcbean@qmul.ac.uk and Suzanne Hobson at s.hobson@qmul.ac.uk

About the Role

The Department of English, within the School of the Arts, is looking to expand by appointing a Lecturer in English.

Duties will include convening and teaching undergraduate modules, contributing to MA provision as appropriate, and undertaking administrative roles as required within the Department. We are looking for someone with expertise in contemporary and/or global and postcolonial literature to contribute to our survey modules including ESH295 London Walking the City and ESH124 Poetry. ESH295 will be delivered in July/August (as a summer school) and in-semester over the 2025-26 academic year. An ability to teach Creative Writing is desirable.

This is a fixed-term role from 01 June 2025 until 30 April 2026, available as a Leverhulme-funded replacement post.

About You

You will hold a PhD in English or have an equivalent professional qualification, together with the ability to deliver teaching and assessment at undergraduate and postgraduate level. The ability to work constructively and flexibly with colleagues, good organisational and communicative skills are also essential.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The School is looking to appoint to a Lecturer within the Department of English. Further details of the School can be found at https://www.qmul.ac.uk/arts

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.

Benefits

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.

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.

Closing Date

09/02/2025, 23:55