Teaching Fellows

Location: Jersey, Channel Islands

Hours: Full-time (0.6FTE teaching and teaching-related activities/0.4FTE research and scholarship)

Fixed-term contract (10 months)

Given the type of role and the flexible nature of the Institute’s teaching, some evening and weekend work may be required during the term of the contract.

Benefits: Flight on arrival and departure

Dates: 5 August 2024 – 31 May 2025

• On-island from 5 August 2024 to 28 March 2025
• Remote working 28 March to 31 May 2025

Interview dates: TBC

We are seeking to appoint an a Teaching Fellow to assist our current Faculty in providing teaching and supervision on our University of London undergraduate LL.B. programme. Applicants must be suitably qualified and have some previous experience of teaching law at undergraduate level.

About the Institute of Law

Founded in 2008, the Institute of Law is an independent, not-for-profit body based in Jersey, providing academic and professional legal education. The Institute offers innovative programmes ranging from the prestigious University of London LL.B. and a partnership with the University of Toulouse, to professional qualifications for advocates and solicitors throughout the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

About Jersey

The Institute of Law is based in a world-leading international legal and financial centre, with beautiful beaches and easy access to a great lifestyle. Jersey is a wonderful place to gain experience teaching on a world-leading degree course, while experiencing the best that life has to offer, including a wide range of outdoor activities and lively bars and cafes. Jersey has excellent transport links so that successful candidates can easily enjoy travel to the UK and further afield, to Europe, while they are working on island.

Your Teaching

Our teaching takes a varied approach (e.g. lectures, tutorials, workshops etc.) and is complemented by a personal tutorial system that offers all our students pastoral and academic support. Teaching Fellows will be expected to design and deliver a range of interactive and engaging activities for our learners for up to three modules. Each cohort of students receives timetabled classes for each module during the academic year, supplemented with study skills workshops, personal and professional development planning, personal tutorials and extra-curricular activities. You will also be involved in the design and marking of formative assessments.

We are particularly seeking applicants who can contribute to the following modules:

Level 5:

• EU Law
• Property Law

Level 6:

• Dissertation
• Equity and Trusts

Further information about these modules, including a brief syllabus, is available on the University of London’s website at https://london.ac.uk/standard-entry-route.

How to apply

For further information including a detailed job description and person specification, please visit our website at https://www.lawinstitute.ac.je/visiting-teaching-fellows.

To apply, please send the following to administration@lawinstitute.ac.je (via the ‘Apply’ button above) by the below deadline.

• a copy of your curriculum vitae
• a letter of application (two sides maximum) outlining how you meet the criteria for the role (please see Person Specification)
• a completed teaching competency grid

If you would like an informal chat about the role, please get in touch with Rose Parkes, Associate Dean (Academic Programmes), via email at: rose.parkes@iol.ac.je or Miceal Barden at miceal.barden@iol.ac.je

Application Deadline

The closing date for applications is 5.00 p.m. on Friday 14 June 2024.

Advert information