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Department of Anthropology

LSE Fellow x3

Salary from £40,229 to £48,456 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £52,095 pa inclusive of London allowance

This is a career development position and is fixed term for two years.

An LSE Fellowship is intended to be an entry route to an academic career and is deemed by the School to be a career development position.  As such, applicants who have already been employed as an LSE Fellow for three years in total are not eligible to apply. If you have any queries about this please contact the HR Division.       

The Department of Anthropology invites applications for an LSE Fellow in Social Anthropology. The Department has a strong international reputation and a long and distinguished history of leadership in the discipline. This will provide the Fellow with an ideal environment for starting their academic career.

Your primary duties will be to lecture, to teach classes and seminars, and to act as Academic Mentor to undergraduate and/ or graduate students. Depending on circumstances, this may mean sole responsibility for a half unit course, or teaching alongside another member of the department. In your first year in the post, you will teach one of the following courses: AN100 Being Human: Contemporary Themes in Social Anthropology; AN102 Ethnography through Mixed Media; AN200/AN405 Kinship, Sex and Gender.

Candidates should have completed, or be close to completing, a PhD in Anthropology by the post start date, with a developing research record in anthropology, and excellent communication and presentation skills. We are looking for candidates who can work in close partnership with fellow teachers, and who can foster an engaging and supportive learning environment.

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities.

For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification.

To apply for this post, please go to www.jobs.lse.ac.uk. If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the role, please email anthropology.enquiries@lse.ac.uk.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 30 April 2024 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.