LSE Fellow

LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university. For this post, we particularly welcome applications by women and ethnic minorities

 

 

Department of Social Policy

LSE Fellow

 

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, starting in September 2024

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The Department of Social Policy at LSE is the longest established in the UK and has received the highest possible rating in all Research Assessment Exercises carried out in the UK. The 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject place the Department of Social Policy 3rd in the world.

 

The Department seeks to appoint an LSE Fellow who is able to make important contributions to its teaching and supervision at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and to its research. An LSE Fellow post provides an excellent starting point for an academic to gain teaching experience while developing their research career.

 

Candidates should have:

 

·         By the post’s start date, completed or be close to completing a PhD in social policy or an area otherwise related to the teaching needs of the post;

·         A developing research record in social and public policy;

·         Experience of teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level;

·         The potential to produce internationally excellent publications in social and public policy;

·         The ability to teach international social and public policy.

·         Additionally teaching-related administrative experience, including working with virtual learning environments (eg Moodle), would be an advantage.

 

Applications should include: (a) a covering letter which explains how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria that are set out in the person specification for the post and states your motivation for applying; (b) a curriculum vitae that includes details of your teaching experience and of your most important publications and working papers; and (c) a recent research paper that best represents your work.

 

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 socialpolicy.recruitment@lse.ac.uk. For further information about the Department, please visit lse.ac.uk/social-policy.

 

The closing date for receipt of applications is 12 June 2024 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.

 

 

 

 

 

Interviews are provisionally scheduled to be held online via Zoom on 5 July 2024.

 

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 a LSE Fellow for three years in total are not eligible to apply. If you have any queries about this please contact the HR Division.

LSE Fellow