Lecturer / Senior Lecturer Philosophy

Job title:

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer Philosophy

Company

King’s College London

Job description

About The RoleThe Philosophy Department at King’s College London is seeking an outstanding philosopher with research expertise and teaching experience in one or more of the following areas: the philosophical traditions of Asia or Africa; Latin American philosophy; indigenous American or Oceanian philosophy; philosophy in the Islamic world. Research specialization and ability to teach at all levels and supervise postgraduate students in that area are required.The successful candidate will lead or direct their own original and independent programme of research, at an international standard. This is a full time post, and you will be offered an indefinite contract.The Department of Philosophy is one of the largest and most distinguished in the UK. We have particular in the history of philosophy, philosophy of mind and psychology, philosophy of language and linguistics, metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of science and ethics and political philosophy.About YouTo be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:Essential criteria * a PhD in Philosophy or relevant related area (awarded or viva passed) at time of appointment

• Lecturer: outstanding research achievement and potential, relative to career stage, for leading their own programme of research in any of the listed areas. Senior Lecturer: outstanding research achievement and evidence of leading their own programme of research in any of the listed areas.
• relevant teaching competence and experience and outstanding ability to engage, teach, supervise and support undergraduate and postgraduate students. Lecturer: Experience of module design and management; Senior Lecturer: Demonstrable education leadership in module design and management
• Understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion issues; how they may impact on academic content and issues relating to student need.
• The ability and willingness to manage administrative tasks as needed for the running of the Department, the Faculty and the College. Lecturer: Evidence of willingness to take on leadership roles with respect to the administration of the Department, Faculty, and College. Senior Lecturer: Evidence of leadership and initiative in undertaking administrative duties.

Desirable criteria * Research and/or teaching expertise or competence in other areas that will help widen or consolidate our curriculum.

• Research that has non-academic impact and wider benefits beyond academia

Downloading a copy of our Job DescriptionFull details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.Further InformationWe welcome applications from all and especially encourage applications from members of groups underrepresented in UK academic Philosophy and from people marginalised on any of the grounds listed under the UK Equality Act 2010.Please submit the following materials with your application: * Curriculum Vitae with a list of publications

• One recent piece of research (published or in ms) on a topic relevant to the post of no more than 8,000 words each (this may be an indicated portion of a larger piece of work). A second, different piece of the same length will be requested at the shortlisting stage; this further paper will be the basis of your presentation, and will be pre-read.
• Statement of current and future research plans (no longer than 500 words)
• Cover letter explaining your suitability to the post (no longer than 250 words)
• Names and contact details of two referees

Presentations and interviews of shortlisted candidates will be held in Jan-Feb 2025. The start date for the post is 1st September 2025.This post is intended to meet an area of high demand among students, and an area which we have been trying to develop over the past years. It was approved in the AY23-24 planning round but, in order to catch a wide a market as possible (there has been a lot of demand in non-western recently), and in particular to catch the US market, we have decided to advertise this post on 1 Sept 2024 (closing: 15 Nov 2024), with interviews in Jan-Feb 2025, for a start on 1 Sept, 2025. It is important we therefore get the post into the system ready to be advertised in on 1 Sept 2024.The department has a high SSR: over 19 in 2023/4 – once all the students in the dedicated modules we teach for other Faculties are taken into account.Please note that this post is to be advertised with a salary between grade 6 spine point 31 to grade 8 spine point 51.

Expected salary

Location

Strand, Central London

Job date

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 05:53:59 GMT

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