_:Na05130754e4f4cc7ab45318446d641b4 . "application/xhtml+xml" . "text/plain" . "value" . "Format"@en . """Job Description _____________________________________________________________________ Summary Job title Departmental Lecturer in Archaeomaterials Division Social Sciences Department School of Archaeology Location Dyson Perrins Building and 1 South Parks Road, Oxford Grade and salary Grade 7: £36,024-£44,263 per annum Hours Full time (37.5 hours per week) Contract type Fixed-term contract for 2.5 years Reporting to Shadreck Chirikure (Director of RLAHA) and Mike Charles (Institute of Archaeology) Vacancy reference 170274 Additional information The closing date for applications is 12:00 noon on Monday, 29 January 2024. The role To engage in advanced study and primarily lecture and teach undergraduate and graduate students in archaeomaterials, to provide support for staff and students in all elements of microscopy work across the School of Archaeology (SoA), and to conduct some independent research in the Archaeomaterials Laboratory. The postholder will be expected to spend on average about 1 day per week in the Institute of Archaeology, the remainder of their time in the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art (RLAHA). Responsibilities The work involves the following main duties and responsibilities: Teaching in Archaeomaterials (ca. 0.2 FTE): • • Undertake advanced academic study to underpin archaeomaterials lectures and class teaching; Lecture, tutor in the undergraduate and postgraduate archaeological science courses; • • • • Organise specific areas of the syllabus and produce lecture notes, course materials, reading lists, and reference guides; Engage in assessment and university examining; Gather and analyse feedback from students, colleagues, and examiners, and modify course design, content, or delivery as appropriate; Liaise with examiners and academic staff regarding teaching arrangements and student performance; Research and Teaching support in microscopy across the SoA (ca. 0.6 FTE): • Manage the Archaeomaterials Laboratory; • Oversee microscopy facilities in the Institute of Archaeology (primarily in the Archaeobotany laboratory); • SEM/Microscopy support for students/researchers including materials and archaeobotany SEM, low power and high power transmitting and reflected light stereoscopes; • Conduct practical classes using laboratory equipment, and co-supervise postgraduate (MSc) students on projects; • Provide ad hoc guidance to demonstrators/fieldwork assistants/technicians, or graduate students; Personal research 0.2 FTE: • In support of the development of courses and as a secondary commitment alongside teaching, manage own academic research activities, conduct independent research up to 0.2 FTE, and generate original ideas to build on existing concepts; • Occasionally write research articles for peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and reviews, and give presentations or briefings to disseminate research findings at conferences; • Liaise with funding bodies, stakeholders, and researchers in related fields to share information and expertise; • Contribute to collaborative projects with colleagues in partner institutions and research groups. Selection criteria Essential • • • • • • • • Relevant postgraduate qualification (preferably a doctorate); Extensive experience of operating a scanning electron microscope and light microscopes; An aptitude for teaching and some experience of teaching and research; Sufficient depth and breadth of knowledge in the subject to develop course materials and research proposals on archaeomaterials; Publication record and familiarity with the existing literature and research in archaeomaterials; Experience of qualitative/quantitative research, analytical techniques and evaluating data quality; A willingness to help researchers and students in a broad range of applications of microscopy, beyond the specialist experience the applicant may have; Excellent communication and organisational skills, good attention to detail; and a flexible, collaborative and proactive attitude to work. Desirable • • Experience of applications of material science to archaeological ceramics; Experience of managing laboratories and preferably a scanning electron microscope. Departmental Lecturer_JD_final version 2 Pre-employment screening Standard checks If you are offered the post, the offer will be subject to standard pre-employment checks. You will be asked to provide: proof of your right-to-work in the UK; proof of your identity; and (if we haven’t done so already) we will contact the referees you have nominated. You will also be asked to complete a health declaration so that you can tell us about any health conditions or disabilities for which you may need us to make appropriate adjustments. Please read the candidate notes on the University’s pre-employment screening procedures at: https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/pre-employment-checks Hazard-specific / Safety-critical duties This job includes hazards or safety-critical activities. If you are offered the post, you will be asked to complete a health questionnaire which will be assessed by our Occupational Health Service, and the offer of employment will be subject a successful outcome of this assessment. The hazards or safety-critical duties involved are as follows: • Lone Working • Working with Ionising Radiation • Regular manual handling • • Travel outside of Europe or North America on University Business About the University of Oxford Welcome to the University of Oxford. We aim to lead the world in research and education for the benefit of society both in the UK and globally. Oxford’s researchers engage with academic, commercial and cultural partners across the world to stimulate high-quality research and enable innovation through a broad range of social, policy and economic impacts. 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For more information, please visit www.ox.ac.uk/about/organisation. Departmental Lecturer_JD_final version 3 The School of Archaeology The School - the main units of which are the Institute of Archaeology and the Research Laboratory for Archaeology - is made up of three main research and teaching groups: prehistoric archaeology, classical and historical archaeology, and science- based archaeology. Oxford is one of few places in the world where these three aspects of archaeology exist within the same School, something that we see as a key strength and distinguishing feature. Research in the School concentrates on the last 10,000 years; we seek, however, to set these developments against a longer-term record of environmental, biological and climatic change. In the study of historic periods -- the Bronze and Iron Age Aegean, classical Greece and Rome, the Byzantine world and early Medieval Europe -- research focuses on combining archaeological and written evidence, as well as on the study of material culture, using approaches which range from the scientific analysis of pottery, glass and metal, to those which relate more closely to art history and anthropology. Recently, the School secured funding from the Welcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund and the University of Oxford to re-equip the Henry Welcome Ancient Biomolecules Centre. The School is based across several buildings in the centre of Oxford, including the Institute of Archaeology in Beaumont Street, 1-2 South Parks Road and the Dyson Perrins building in the Science area. Further information about the School of Archaeology, its component units, its staff, courses and research activities can be found on its website at www.arch.ox.ac.uk. The Social Sciences Division The School of Archaeology is a department in the Social Sciences Division, one of four academic divisions in the University, each with considerable devolved budgetary and financial authority; and responsibility for providing a broad strategic focus across its constituent disciplines. Thirteen departments, one faculty, and two cross-divisional research units come under the aegis of the division, which spans the full range of social science disciplines with links into the humanities and physical sciences. There are over 700 academic staff, 2,700 graduate students (postgraduate taught and postgraduate research), and 1,900 undergraduates working and studying in the division. The division is established as a world-leading centre for research in the social sciences and regularly sits at the highest levels of international league tables of one form or another. It is the largest grouping of social science disciplines in the UK and it is also home to several of Oxford’s most widely recognised teaching programmes, such as PPE, the BCL, the MPhils in International Relations, in Economics, and in Development Studies, and the nationally regarded PGCE. We believe that excellence in teaching and research is synergistic and remain committed to sustaining and developing the high quality of our activities in both these areas. Our departments are committed to research which develops a greater understanding of all aspects of society, from the impact of political, legal and economic systems on social and economic welfare to human rights and security. That research is disseminated through innovative graduate programmes and enhances undergraduate courses. For more information please visit: www.socsci.ox.ac.uk. 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