School of Humanities (Central)

Location: Egham
Salary: £53,168 to £61,269 per annum - including London Allowance Closing Date: Thursday 05 December 2019
Interview Date: To be confirmed

Permanent, Full Time

The School of Humanities seeks to appoint a Senior Lecturer in Public Humanities (Professional Practice focus).

The post-holder will be responsible for developing and championing public engagement within the Humanities; initiating, developing and managing a wide range of external partnerships and public engagement projects that are aimed at enhancing the profile and reputation of the School’s research and teaching; increasing the volume and broadening the base of external funding to facilitate this work; and providing opportunities for staff and students to develop their own understanding of public engagement.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience of devising, securing funding for and managing large scale public engagement activities and projects, ideally at a Higher Education institution, and experience of providing relevant teaching to students and training or support for academic colleagues. It is also desirable that they have experience of brokering and managing partnerships with national institutions; engagement with schools and FE colleges; the design and delivery of E-Learning courses; the production of video and or podcast content; and managing complex budgets, teams and stakeholder relationships.

In return we offer a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement 
• Training and Development opportunities
• Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution 
• Various schemes including Cycle to Work, Season Ticket Loans and help with the cost of Eyesight testing. 
• Free parking

The post is based in Egham, Surrey, where the College is situated in a beautiful, leafy campus near to Windsor Great Park and within commuting distance from London.

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Juliet.John@rhul.ac.uk

To view further details of this post and to apply please visit https://jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk. For queries on the application process the Human Resources Department can be contacted by email at: recruitment@rhul.ac.uk.

Closing Date: 5 December 2019
Interview Date: TBC

Please note that it will not be possible for the College to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for successful candidates as this role does not fall into one of the standard occupational codes deemed eligible for sponsorship by UK Visas and Immigration and the pro-rata salary will not meet the minimum threshold set by UK Visas and Immigration. Successful candidates will therefore need to be eligible to work in the UK or have limited leave to remain in the UK and associated right to work for the duration of their employment with the College, in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.