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__________________________________________________________________________________ SCHOOL OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND MUSEUM ETHNOGRAPHY Job title Departmental Lecturer in Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology Division Social Sciences Department School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography (SAME) Location Oxford University Grade and salary Grade 7: £38,674 - £46,913 p.a., depending on experience Hours Full Time Contract type Fixed Term: 1 year, starting between 1st September and 1st October 2025 Reporting to Head of School Vacancy reference 180340 The Role This fixed-term role is intended to cover teaching, examining and administration for the MSc and MPhil in Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology (VMMA) postgraduate degrees. The School is seeking an inspirational teacher with both breadth and depth of knowledge in an area of visual, material and/or museum anthropology and a full command of the relevant literature in it, as well as the capacity to contribute to the teaching across the spectrum of the VMMA degrees. The successful candidate will be expected to give tutorials, lectures and research methods classes, to supervise dissertations, and to help to organise the Pitt Rivers Museum/VMMA research seminar series. A small amount of lecturing for undergraduate students may also be required. The postholder will also be expected to engage in examining, the supervision of graduate students, and administrative tasks, as requested by the VMMA Course Director or the Head of School. The VMMA programmes consist of a one-year MSc and a two-year MPhil degree that focus on theories and methods within visual anthropology, material anthropology and museum anthropology. It engages with current issues and debates in VMMA and how these areas of enquiry are transforming the discipline of anthropology itself. Responsibilities/Duties The main duties of the post are as follows:  Lecture, tutor, and supervise graduate students as assigned by the VMMA Course Director or Head of School.  Produce lecture notes, reading lists, and other teaching/learning materials.  Engage in assessments and university examining.  Participate in graduate student admissions processes.  Supervise MSc and MPhil dissertations.  Be first contact for supervisees in relation to attendance, coursework, performance, and welfare (referring matters to appropriate others when needed).  Participate and assist in organising seminars, workshops and conferences relating to the VMMA programmes.  Engage in advanced study and independent research, integrating this into teaching wherever possible.  Contribute to the administrative work of SAME in both term time and vacation under the direction of the Head of School, the Director of Graduate Studies, or the VMMA Course Director. The VMMA Course Director, Dr Chihab El Khachab, will be happy to answer informal queries regarding the post: chihab.elkhachab@anthro.ox.ac.uk Selection criteria Essential  A doctorate in Anthropology (or a closely related field) already awarded at the time of application.  A publication record appropriate to career stage.  In-depth familiarity with the existing literature and research in visual, material and museum anthropology and capacity to use this to develop course materials.  Experience of teaching, demonstrating the aptitude to deliver inspirational teaching to graduate students of high calibre.  The ability to supervise postgraduate degree students.  A good record of collaboration and team-work. Desirable  Experience of examining at postgraduate level.  Experience of participating in admissions processes and selecting high calibre students.  Experience of, or aptitude for, teaching with museum objects and collections. 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For more information please visit www.ox.ac.uk/about/organisation School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography The School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography (SAME) is renowned for its broad and interdisciplinary approach to anthropology, its commitment to long-term ethnographic fieldwork, and its association with the Pitt Rivers Museum and the anthropology of visual and material culture. It has also become known as a centre for medical and ecological anthropology, migration studies, evolutionary anthropology, cognition and culture, and science and technology studies. Home to over sixty members of academic staff and researchers, over a hundred doctoral students in two doctoral programmes, eight Master’s programmes, and two undergraduate degrees, Oxford anthropology is one of the world’s largest and most exciting centres for teaching and research in the discipline. The School brings together a number of institutes and centres. These include the Institute of Human Sciences (IHS), home to our interdisciplinary undergraduate programme and research on the evolution of human behaviour drawing on a diverse range of approaches, including biology, primatology, palaeoanthropology, cultural evolution, and psychology. The Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology (ISCA) is a world-leading centre for comparative, empirically grounded research in anthropology, including ethnographic, historical, medical, material, visual and bio-cultural approaches. The Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) provides a strategic, integrated research approach to understanding contemporary and future migration dynamics in the UK and EU. The Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion (CSSC) conducts research on the causes and consequences of social cohesion – the bonds that hold groups together, from families and gangs to nations and world religions. The Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (InSIS) researches and informs the key processes of social and technological innovation that are critical to business, governments and civil society in the 21st century and beyond. The School of Anthropology has close links with the Pitt Rivers Museum, which houses one of the world’s greatest ethnographic collections. The School strives for a culture that is transparent, inclusive and supportive for all its staff and students. We have achieved Bronze Level Athena SWAN accreditation, and we are committed to supporting all staff who wish to undertake a rewarding career whilst maintaining a balance with their home and family lives. More information about the School can be found at www.anthro.ox.ac.uk. 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As part of our commitment to equality of opportunity, thirteen of our departments have achieved Bronze awards under the Athena Swan Charter (a UK accreditation scheme recognising organisations’ commitment to equality and diversity, particularly in gender). Our School of Geography and the Environment holds an Athena Swan Silver award. In February 2023, for the first time, the University as a whole was awarded an institutional Athena Swan Silver award, acknowledging the progress that has been made in addressing a number of gender gaps across the University over the last five years. The Division delivers an exceptional range of high-quality educational programmes all underpinned by the innovative research being undertaken by our academics. The student body is made up of over 2,000 undergraduate students, nearly 3,000 students studying postgraduate taught programmes and 1,200 postgraduate research students. The programmes we offer are wide-ranging, often interdisciplinary and include professionally-oriented provision in areas such as business, law and education. The Division is home to several of Oxford’s most widely recognised teaching programmes, such as Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at undergraduate level; and at the Masters level programmes such as the Bachelor in Civil Law (BCL), Environmental Change and Management, International Relations, and Social Data Science. For more information, please visit: www.socsci.ox.ac.uk. How to apply Before submitting an application, you may find it helpful to read the ‘Tips on applying for a job at the University of Oxford’ document, at: https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/how-to-apply. If you would like to apply, click on the Apply Now button on the ‘Job Details’ page and follow the on-screen instructions to register as a new user or log-in if you have applied previously. 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The School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography (SAME) seeks to appoint an inspirational teacher to a one-year Departmental Lectureship, undertaking teaching, examining and administration for the MSc and MPhil in Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology (VMMA) postgraduate degrees. The programme consists of a one-year MSc and a two-year MPhil degree that focus on theories and methods within visual anthropology, material anthropology, and museum anthropology, and how these areas of enquiry are transforming the discipline of anthropology itself and the current issues they may be used to address. You will need both breadth and depth of knowledge in an area of visual, material and/or museum anthropology, and a full command of the relevant literature in it, as well as the capacity to contribute to the teaching across the spectrum of the VMMA degrees. The successful candidate will teach tutorials, give lectures and research methods classes, supervise dissertations, undertake examining, and help to organise the Pitt Rivers Museum/VMMA research seminar series. Dr Chihab El Khachab will be happy to answer informal queries regarding the post and the VMMA team: chihab.elkhachab@anthro.ox.ac.uk. The deadline for applications is **12 noon on Friday 11th July 2025**. We expect to hold interviews in the week commencing 28th July 2025.
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The School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography seeks to appoint an Academic Administrator to take overall responsibility for the administration of the School's graduate taught courses and DPhils and for ensuring smooth liaison with the School’s shared graduate programmes and undergraduate provision. This is an excellent opportunity for someone interested in managing and helping to shape the whole graduate student pathway from admissions to final examinations. This is a crucial and complex role involving strategic level advice, process management and practical, day-to-day operational activities. The Academic Administrator line manages a team of two administrators and will be expected to be as much hands-on as strategic. They will also need to engage proactively with academic staff and the rest of the School’s administrative team. You will have experience of academic administration, strong problem-solving skills, with a pro-active and flexible approach to work and a commitment to continuous improvement. A solid understanding of the Higher Education context is essential. For informal inquiries about the role, please contact: Catherine Lieben, Head of Administration & Finance, catherine.lieben@anthro.ox.ac.uk. For other recruitment queries, please contact: recruit@anthro.ox.ac.uk. The deadline for applications is **12 noon on Monday 14th July**. We expect to hold interviews in the week commencing 28th July 2025.
__________________________________________________________________________________ SCHOOL OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND MUSEUM ETHNOGRAPHY Job title Academic Administrator Division Social Sciences Division Department School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography (SAME) Location Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6PE Grade and salary Grade 7: in the range £38,674 - £46,913 p.a. depending on experience Hours Full time Contract type Permanent Reporting to Head of Administration & Finance Vacancy reference 180142 The Role Role Overview The School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography (SAME) seeks to appoint an Academic Administrator. The Academic Administrator is responsible for the administration of the School's graduate taught courses (PGT) and DPhils (PGR) and for ensuring smooth liaison with the School’s shared graduate programmes and undergraduate provision. It is a crucial and complex role involving strategic level advice, process management and practical, day-to-day operational activities. SAME has approximately 200 graduate students over eight degrees in any one year (PGT and PGR combined), and the Academic Administrator is responsible for ensuring the smooth operations, from admissions and on-course administration to examinations. The post holder is expected to have experience of academic administration and a solid understanding of the Higher Education context. They will support and advise the Director of Graduate Studies and other academic officers with the planning, management and execution of the graduate process. They will act as a key point of contact for both staff and students, and will act as Welfare Lead and Disability Lead for all graduate students. This role involves close collaboration with academic staff, including the Director of Graduate Studies, Course Directors, and Chairs of Examiners, as well as the Divisional Office. The Academic Administrator will be expected to represent the School on Divisional and wider University Committees. They lead a small team, have line management responsibility for the Graduate Administrator and Student Administration Assistant, and are expected to work closely and proactively with the rest of the School’s administrative team. The post holder will be expected to take responsibility for, and be pro-active in ensuring the smooth operations, allocating work to the rest of the team, and setting up new processes or systems as required, ensuring policies are followed. The main duties of the Academic Administrator are detailed below. Key Responsibilities Teaching & Student Administration          Take responsibility for all teaching administration relating to PGT and PGR in the School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography, including overall operations, induction process for new students, teaching timetables, course materials, and examinations. Liaise with the wider university, including the Education Committee, Education Policy Support, Divisional teaching committees, and the Proctors’ office to ensure compliance with University’s teaching policies, and overseeing returns of relevant surveys, including but not exclusively, annual Student Number Planning, annual course fee setting and benchmarking exercise, in consultation with the Head of Administration & Finance, Head of School, Director of Graduate Studies and the School Teaching Committee. Provide strategic and policy advice to the Director of Graduate Studies and other Academic Officers on any matters related to graduate admissions, on-course Administration and examination, including complex policy interpretation and handling of sensitive cases. Act as Secretary for teaching committees, including (but not exclusively) the School’s Teaching Committee, preparing papers and taking minutes, providing expertise in areas such as admissions, examinations, student administration, and DPhil milestones. Manage student enquiries and on-course student concerns/complaints that have been escalated. Provide support to the Course Directors and Director of Graduate Studies in relation to this. Investigate complaints in line with guidelines and relevant policies, liaising with the Education Committee on behalf of staff and students to resolve issues and complex cases. Act as Disability Lead and Welfare Lead for students in the School, signposting students (and staff) to appropriate University support services and liaising with the Disability Advisory Service in order to support student needs. Manage student information, including appropriate files and databases, in line with policies on data security and confidentiality, liaising with students, the Director of Graduate Studies, and Divisional Office to arrange changes and progression milestones for PGR students, act as the School’s Information Custodian and Super User for the University’s student systems, and administer the process for monitoring student visas in line with University processes and legal requirements. Monitor plans for casual teaching and liaise with HR for casual teaching contract preparation. Coordinate teaching and resourcing on programmes shared with other departments, including ensuring decisions and changes to policies and practice are communicated effectively between departments. Admissions     Oversee the admission process, ensuring applications are assessed correctly, setting academic conditions and managing offer numbers. Service the School Awards committee and prepare paperwork regarding scholarship awards. Lead work relating to the annual cycle of updating Graduate Admissions pages. Assist with the organisation of Open Days, Summer School activities and outreach activities. Examinations   Oversee the examination process and ensure its smooth operation, also ensuring amendments to Exam Regulations are consistent and submitted on time. Draft papers on behalf of the Chair of Examiners, including the Examiners Report, Examination Conventions, and Examination Regulations, and ensuring follow up on Examiner’s recommendations. Other/General         Lead the academic administration team, allocating tasks and line manage and oversee the work of the Graduate Administrator and Student Administration Assistant. Proactively develop, update and communicate processes and procedures to ensure maximum efficiency. Provide cover for the School’s Undergraduate Course Administrator. Communicate service updates to SAME staff and students and update departmental informational portals. Provide regular updates and reports for relevant committees. Engage in relevant training and knowledge sharing and continuous professional development, including keeping up to date with broad range of knowledge relating to the wider University on Admissions, Examinations, Visas, Scholarships and other on-course activities. Work with an awareness of safety and best practice. Work collaboratively with the rest of the administrative team and undertake additional duties as required by the Head of Administration & Finance, Director of Graduate Studies or Head of School. Selection criteria Essential 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. University degree or equivalent experience in a similar role and evidence of strong intellectual and analytical skills. Experience in course administration within a higher education institution and understanding of the wider Higher Education context. Excellent administrative and time management skills with the ability to manage competing deadlines, prioritise work and complete projects on time. Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think creatively and present and develop new ideas in relation to complex cases and regarding procedures. A proactive and flexible approach to work, exhibiting a desire to provide a good service and to work towards continuous improvements in systems and procedures. Excellent communication skills, including the ability to interact with a wide range of people, and to understand and explain complex university policies to non-specialist staff and students. Understanding of the importance of maintaining clear and accurate data, strong record keeping skills, and evidence of accurate working and strong attention to detail. Strong IT skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office and student database systems. High standard of written English with the ability to convey complex information in an accessible manner. Experience in committee servicing in a formal setting. 11. Experience in effective supervision and line management. 12. Team player with a commitment to working collaboratively and independently. 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. We believe our strengths lie in empowering both individuals and teams to address fundamental questions of global significance, while providing all our staff with a welcoming and inclusive workplace that enables everyone to develop and do their best work. Recognising that diversity is our strength, vital for innovation and creativity, we aspire to build a truly diverse community which values and respects every individual’s unique contribution. While we have long traditions of scholarship, we are also forward-looking, creative and cuttingedge. Oxford is one of Europe's most entrepreneurial universities. Income from external research contracts in 2016/17 exceeded £564m, and we rank first in the UK for university spinouts, with more than 130 companies created to date. We are also recognised as leaders in support for social enterprise. Join us and you will find a unique, democratic and international community, a great range of staff benefits, and access to a vibrant array of cultural activities in the beautiful city of Oxford. For more information, please visit www.ox.ac.uk/about/organisation. School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography The School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography (SAME) is renowned for its broad and interdisciplinary approach to anthropology, its commitment to long-term ethnographic fieldwork, and its association with the Pitt Rivers Museum and the anthropology of visual and material culture. It has also become known as a centre for medical and ecological anthropology, migration studies, evolutionary anthropology, cognition and culture, and science and technology studies. Home to over sixty members of academic staff and researchers, over a hundred doctoral students in two doctoral programmes, eight Master’s programmes, and two undergraduate degrees, Oxford anthropology is one of the world’s largest and most exciting centres for teaching and research in the discipline. The School brings together a number of institutes and centres. These include the Institute of Human Sciences (IHS), home to our interdisciplinary undergraduate programme and research on the evolution of human behaviour drawing on a diverse range of approaches, including biology, primatology, palaeoanthropology, cultural evolution, and psychology. The Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology (ISCA) is a world-leading centre for comparative, empirically grounded research in anthropology, including ethnographic, historical, medical, material, visual and bio-cultural approaches. The Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) provides a strategic, integrated research approach to understanding contemporary and future migration dynamics in the UK and EU. The Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion (CSSC) conducts research on the causes and consequences of social cohesion – the bonds that hold groups together, from families and gangs to nations and world religions. The Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (InSIS) researches and informs the key processes of social and technological innovation that are critical to business, governments and civil society in the 21st century and beyond. The School of Anthropology has close links with the Pitt Rivers Museum, which houses one of the world’s greatest ethnographic collections. The School strives for a culture that is transparent, inclusive and supportive for all its staff and students. We have achieved Bronze Level Athena SWAN accreditation, and we are committed to supporting all staff who wish to undertake a rewarding career whilst maintaining a balance with their home and family lives. More information about the School can be found at www.anthro.ox.ac.uk. Social Sciences Division The University’s academic departments and faculties are organised into four large groups, known as Academic Divisions (Social Sciences, Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS), Medical Sciences, and Humanities). The divisions are responsible for academic strategy and operational planning, oversight of the teaching and research of their constituent departments and faculties, and for personnel and resource management. The social sciences at Oxford are distinctive for both their depth and breadth, with over 1,000 academic and research staff working across fifteen departments, faculties and schools. The Division is a world-leading centre of research and education in the social sciences. The Times Higher Education (THE) University Rankings placed the University of Oxford as number one in the world for Social Sciences in 2018 and 2019. REF 2014 confirmed Oxford as the UK powerhouse for research in the social sciences, accounting for more 4* research than any other institution. Our academic and research staff and students are international thought leaders, generating new evidence, insights and policy tools with which to address some of the major global challenges facing humanity, such as sustainable resource management, poverty and forced migration, effective governance and justice. As well as active interdisciplinary links with researchers in other divisions at Oxford, we engage and collaborate extensively with other universities and a wide range of governmental and non-governmental practitioner communities such as law, business, public health and welfare, international development and education around the world. The Division has an extensive portfolio of external funders, partners and supporters, with competitively-awarded external research income exceeding £50 million per year and philanthropic income over £25 million a year. As part of our commitment to equality of opportunity, eight of our departments have achieved bronze Athena SWAN awards: the Blavatnik School of Government, Economics, Education, International Development, Law, Geography & the Environment, Anthropology & Museum Ethnography and the Saïd Business School, with all our other departments either in the process of applying or scheduled to do so shortly. The Division delivers an exceptional range of high-quality educational programmes all underpinned by the innovative research being undertaken by our academics. The student body is made up of over 2,000 undergraduate students, nearly 3,000 students studying postgraduate taught programmes and 1,200 postgraduate research students. 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The School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography seeks to appoint an Academic Administrator to take overall responsibility for the administration of the School's graduate taught courses and DPhils and for ensuring smooth liaison with the School’s shared graduate programmes and undergraduate provision. This is an excellent opportunity for someone interested in managing and helping to shape the whole graduate student pathway from admissions to final examinations. This is a crucial and complex role involving strategic level advice, process management and practical, day-to-day operational activities. The Academic Administrator line manages a team of two administrators and will be expected to be as much hands-on as strategic. They will also need to engage proactively with academic staff and the rest of the School’s administrative team. You will have experience of academic administration, strong problem-solving skills, with a pro-active and flexible approach to work and a commitment to continuous improvement. A solid understanding of the Higher Education context is essential. For informal inquiries about the role, please contact: Catherine Lieben, Head of Administration & Finance, catherine.lieben@anthro.ox.ac.uk. For other recruitment queries, please contact: recruit@anthro.ox.ac.uk. The deadline for applications is 12 noon on Monday 14th July. We expect to hold interviews in the week commencing 28th July 2025.
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The School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography (SAME) seeks to appoint an inspirational teacher to a one-year Departmental Lectureship, undertaking teaching, examining and administration for the MSc and MPhil in Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology (VMMA) postgraduate degrees. The programme consists of a one-year MSc and a two-year MPhil degree that focus on theories and methods within visual anthropology, material anthropology, and museum anthropology, and how these areas of enquiry are transforming the discipline of anthropology itself and the current issues they may be used to address. You will need both breadth and depth of knowledge in an area of visual, material and/or museum anthropology, and a full command of the relevant literature in it, as well as the capacity to contribute to the teaching across the spectrum of the VMMA degrees. The successful candidate will teach tutorials, give lectures and research methods classes, supervise dissertations, undertake examining, and help to organise the Pitt Rivers Museum/VMMA research seminar series. Dr Chihab El Khachab will be happy to answer informal queries regarding the post and the VMMA team: chihab.elkhachab@anthro.ox.ac.uk. The deadline for applications is 12 noon on Friday 11th July 2025. We expect to hold interviews in the week commencing 28th July 2025.
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