College Teaching Officer (CTO) in English

Tenure: No later than 1 September 2025 for an initial period of 3 years

St Catharine’s College in the University of Cambridge seeks to appoint a College Teaching Officer in English. Tenure is for 3 years starting no later than 1 September 2025, with the possibility of an extension thereafter. Remuneration will be at point 41 on the University of Cambridge’s pay scale (currently £38,103 FTE) and it is likely that the successful candidate will be elected to an Official Fellowship of the College. The post will be fully pensionable. The post does not carry an entitlement to sabbatical leave during the initial three-year period, but this will be reviewed in the event the position is made permanent.

Key responsibilities

• To teach twelve hours per week (240 hours per year, excluding required preparation and marking) of supervisions (small-group teaching) to undergraduate students of St Catharine’s College or (pursuant to reciprocal teaching arrangements) students of other colleges.
• To teach Practical Criticism and Critical Practice and other papers, as appropriate, including the first-year college course in Critical Theory.
• To undertake research of international standing within the area of the post-holder’s specialism and to present and publish the results of that research at intervals consistent with the requirements of the national Research Excellence Framework (REF).
• To act (as may be required) as a Director of Studies for students in English in the College. Director of Studies will normally be shared with other English Fellows in the College.
• To participate, if required to do so, in the College’s recruitment and admissions activities.

Further details on this position can be found here. 

Applications and selection procedure

Applications should be submitted to recruitment@caths.cam.ac.uk via the above ‘Apply’ button and should comprise:

• a covering letter;
• a full curriculum vitae;
• a completed diversity monitoring form;
• a piece of written work (a full journal article or equivalent);
• three references, one of which should be a teaching reference. References should be submitted in confidence to: recruitment@caths.cam.ac.uk directly, by the applicant’s referees).

The closing date (for the receipt of all application papers and references) is 10am on Friday 4 July 2025.

Information on St Catharine's College can be found on the College website (www.caths.cam.ac.uk ).

Information on the Faculty of English can be found on its website (www.english.cam.ac.uk ).

Informal enquiries concerning this post may be directed to Dr Hester Lees-Jeffries (HMML2@cam.ac.uk ).

Interviews will be held in person on Tuesday 22 July 2025. At the interview, shortlisted candidates will be required to give a short presentation on an area of their research.

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