Teaching Fellow in Ancient Greek History and Culture

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £34,980 to £44,263 with potential progression once in post to £46,974

Contract Type: Fixed Term contract up to August 2025

Job Summary

The Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham is seeking to appoint a Teaching Fellow in Ancient Greek History and Culture. We would especially welcome applicants with an existing research focus and experience of teaching courses relating to Ancient Greek history and culture. The appointee will likely contribute to modules such as Greek World, Understanding Ancient Cultures, Thinking Athenian, and supervise UG and PGT dissertations.

The successful candidate will gain experience working in a department with an international reputation for excellence in research and teaching. They will be supported to utilise, develop and customise existing course materials while bringing their own specialisms to core and team taught modules. As a member of the School and History and Cultures, the appointee will join a thriving community of early career scholars, and will be able to benefit from a range of career development opportunities within a leading Russell Group University.

Main Responsibilities

• Teach courses at a range of levels within specified subject area and within own area of subject specialism to undergraduates, postgraduates and CPD students, predominantly through allocated lectures and seminars, so that the School’s teaching objectives are met.
• Contribute to the design of modules with other colleagues.
• Plan and prepare own teaching, including guidance notes and handouts in accordance with the established objectives of the teaching programme.
• Develop an approach to planning and reviewing own teaching.
• Undertake full range of responsibilities in relation to supervision, marking and examining. (Summative assessment, including assessed work contributing to the final award – as a mark or as a credit – such as unseen examinations, essays, dissertations or presentations, is subject to validation by the academic supervisor.)
• Undertake personal professional development in teaching, including self-reflection on own teaching, using student and peer review feedback, to enhance own teaching and learning processes.
• Contribute to Departmental/School teaching-related activities and teaching-related administration.
• Promotes equality and values diversity acting as a role model and fostering an inclusive working culture

Person Specification

• Higher degree relevant to research or teaching area or equivalent qualifications
• High level analytical capability
• Ability to design and deliver module materials successfully
• Ability to assess and organise resources effectively
• Understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes
• Knowledge of the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010, and how to actively ensure in day to day activity in own area that those with protected characteristics are treated equally and fairly

Informal enquires can be made to Dr Andrew Bayliss, email: a.bayliss@bham.ac.uk   

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