Teaching Associate for Law and Public Policy

Location: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG

Grade and salary

Grade 6: £34,982 - £40,855 (with a discretionary range to £44,382) p.a., dependent on experience. Pro-rata for variable hours appointments

About the Blavatnik School of Government 

Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes: teaching current and future leaders; generating research with impact; and engaging with governments and practitioners.

What we offer 

The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well-known guest speakers – all of which are open to staff. On the social side, we have regular coffee/cake mornings for staff, a family-friendly Halloween event, and Christmas and summer parties.

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days’ annual leave
• Family leave schemes and a comprehensive range of childcare services
• Cycle loan scheme and discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
• Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs
• Opportunities for hybrid working

More information about working at the School can be found on our jobs page.

About the role

The Blavatnik School of Government is seeking to recruit a Teaching Associate to join the teaching team for the Law and Public Policy compulsory module within the Master in Public Policy (MPP).

Law provides a framework within which public policy is developed, shaped and implemented. In the Law and Public Policy module, students will explore the key ideas which underpin how legal systems work, and how law both constrains and can be used as a tool in the policy process. We will focus on foundational concepts that are common to most, if not all, legal systems, including the international legal system. The course will cover the role of international law in accountability of governments and the regulation of transnational challenges.

As a Teaching Associate, you will be expected to: serve as a Seminar Leader; take a lead role with respect to organisation of seminars; contribute to assessment; assist the module convenors with administration. There may also be opportunities to undertake a small amount of lecturing. While primary teaching on the Law and Public module occurs in Hilary term, other duties may be spread out over the full academic year.

This post is fixed-term for one year and on a variable hours basis.

About you

You should hold a relevant Master’s degree in law, with some study of public international law at postgraduate level, and sufficient depth and breadth of knowledge in law to develop module materials. Excellent communication and organisational skills, experience and excellence in teaching and leading seminars, and the ability to teach to non-specialists are also essential. 

Application Process

Please upload a supporting statement that outlines how you meet the selection criteria in your own words, along with your CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application.

The closing date for applications is at 12 noon (UK time) on Friday 20 June 2025.

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