Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing

Hours: 18.5 hours per week

Interview date: Monday 13^th March 2023

About York St. John

York St John is an ambitious, modern university at the heart of historic York and there has never been a more exciting time to join us.

As one of the fastest growing universities in the UK over recent years, we have a new strategy for the next decade, emphasising our commitment to widening opportunity through the power of education and contributing our talents to creating a fairer world, and a more prosperous region. We are putting inspirational learning and impactful research at the heart of this strategy, recognising our academic expertise as our greatest asset.

The role

We welcome applications for the post of Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing to join the well-established and thriving team in the York Centre for Writing, which sits in the School of Humanities at York St John University. We are particularly interested in candidates with a specialism in poetry, but the successful candidate will be expected to teach modules which introduce a range of different forms. Duties will involve undergraduate teaching at all levels, contributing to postgraduate courses at MA and MFA level and PhD supervision.

Key requirements

Candidates should have a track record of published creative work; ideally they will offer outputs that can be included in the next REF. Candidates should be able to demonstrate ongoing commitment to practice, research and to public facing events; they will need to be willing to work regularly and collaboratively with other team members and ideally, internal and external partners too. They will be published creative writers with experience in teaching at HE-level, ideally with a PhD in Creative Writing or a related field. We value applicants who can work collegiately as part of our very cohesive team.

For informal enquiries please Anne-Marie Evans at a.evans@yorksj.ac.uk

If you require a reasonable adjustment in order to apply for this position please contact vacancies@yorksj.ac.uk.  Within the application form there is an opportunity for you to request a reasonable adjustment at the interview stage of the process, however if you wish to discuss this in further detail at any point  in the process please do not hesitate to contact us.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Excellent annual leave entitlement, including five discretionary university closure days over the Christmas period
• Pension scheme
• Health Cash Plan after one years' service
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Relocation expenses package for certain roles

We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive policies and facilities to support staff from different backgrounds. As part of our commitment to providing an inclusive working environment, consideration is given to all requests for job share or flexible working arrangements.

Please note that CVs are not accepted in place of the application form.

Closing Date - Friday 17^th February 2023 at midnight