School of Law

Location:  Greenwich Campus
Salary:  £35,333 to £51,805 plus £3875 London weighting
Contract Type:  Fixed Term - Maternity cover 01/12/2022 to 31/05/2023
Release Date:  Tuesday 09 August 2022
Closing Date:  Tuesday 23 August 2022
Interview Date:  To be confirmed
Reference:  3346

The School of Law and Criminology is situated in the historic world heritage site of the Old Royal Naval College. The School is home to over 1300 students, studying on our undergraduate LLB, LLB Study Abroad, and LLB Senior Status programmes and our postgraduate LLM International and Commercial Law, as well as our suite of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Criminology. The School places the student experience at the heart of its approach to teaching and pastoral care and consistently scores extremely well in student satisfaction surveys.

This vacancy offers an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic and committed academics to complement our existing team by making an outstanding contribution to the teaching and research at the School of Law and Criminology in the University of Greenwich. 

You will work closely with the dedicated Criminology Team team to help to continue the School of Law and Criminology’s progress as a centre of teaching and research excellence. The successful candidate will be expected to deliver innovative teaching in a range of areas, primarily in the foundational subject areas of forensic Criminology, understanding deviance and research methods.  

You must be able to demonstrate a strong teaching profile and a proven commitment to the student experience, including supporting student’s wellbeing. A PhD (or near completion) or an equivalent legal qualification is essential as is energy, enthusiasm, and a commitment to play a full and active role in the life of the School of Law and Criminology

For an informal discussion, please contact Daniel Silverstone, Head of School - Law & Criminology - d.m.silverstone@greenwich.ac.uk 

Should you have any queries please contact the HR Recruitment Team on hrsr-fach@greenwich.ac.uk 

We are looking for people who can help us deliver our mission of transforming lives through inspired teaching and research, through our values. 

Academic Career Pathways 

The university welcomes people from diverse and underrepresented communities who can help the university to achieve its mission. 

We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Time to Change Employer Pledge/Mentally Healthy Universities, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff, and removing barriers to improve inclusion. 

We encourage applicants to disclose experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form. 

We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.

Further details of the fantastic benefits and what we offer can be found here: Our benefits - what we offer | Jobs and careers | University of Greenwich 

Further details:       Job Description & Person Specification    

We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.