Description

GeneralThe appointment will be for the Academic Year 2026-2027 commencing 1 September 2026. This post will provide a promising academic with the opportunity to develop skills in teaching, pastoral care and academic administration in a supportive environment. To find out more about the college, please see our website (www.lmh.ox.ac.uk). Nature of the Appointment
This post is a fixed-term College appointment for one year to cover a specific need during the time that our Tutorial Fellow in Engineering, Professor Xiaowen Dong, is on sabbatical. The post is considered to be a career development opportunity and whilst a renewal of the appointment might be available, it is College policy that stipendiary lectureships will not be renewed for a period of longer than 3 years.

Duties

The person appointed will be expected to teach undergraduates studying for the Engineering Science degree at Oxford for an average of at least four contact hours per week during Full Term. The lecturer should be able to offer high quality tutorials in Paper P1: Engineering Mathematics to first year students, and Paper A1: Engineering Mathematics to second year students. Full details of the syllabus and course structure can be consulted in the undergraduate handbook, which can be found at:

https://media.eng.ox.ac.uk/30bn3isc/prelims-handbook-2025-26-final.pdf
https://eng.ox.ac.uk/media/hpgmaxhp/fhs-handbook-2025-26-final.pdf
The total of teaching hours includes both tuition given to undergraduates of Lady Margaret Hall and possibly to undergraduates at other institutions or colleges on an exchange basis. All payment for any external tuition shall be remitted to Lady Margaret Hall. In addition to teaching, the lecturer will be expected to participate in related administrative duties and pastoral duties. If appropriate, you will be asked to act as Personal Tutor for up to 12 undergraduates reading Engineering Science, monitoring progress and providing pastoral support; you would be expected to take a pastoral interest in all of the students you teach and to raise any academic and wellbeing issues with the Senior Tutor. The role will involve writing termly reports on the Teaching Management System (TMS) for each series of tutorials for each student taught. The appointee will be required to set and mark collections (college examinations) at the beginning of each term. The person appointed will be involved in the Admissions process, which will include selecting and interviewing candidates for Engineering Science in December (training is required and will be provided, if this has not already been completed). The person appointed will be expected to act as College Advisor to Lady Margaret Hall graduate students in Engineering Science and cognate areas.
The lecturer will work under the direction of Professor Nick Hankins (Tutorial Fellow in Engineering) and the Senior Tutor. The appointment carries with it membership of the College’s Education Committee. The lecturer is expected to be involved in social events with undergraduates (e.g. the Freshers’ Dinner, the Engineering Society dinner and the Schools’ dinner) which are funded by the college. It is hoped that the lecturer will become an active member of the college community and participate fully in the life of the College. A commitment to the intellectual life of the College, beyond tutorial teaching and beyond the prescribed contractual duties, would be an advantage.

Selection Criteria

The successful candidate will:

• hold a relevant PhD/DPhil degree (or equivalent).
• possess the ability or potential to be an effective and inspiring teacher of Engineering Science in the tutorial context. Direct experience of tutorial teaching will be an advantage.
• have the required knowledge to teach Engineering Mathematics – Calculus, Algebra, Ordinary & Partial Differential Equations, Statistics & Probability, Time-Frequency Analysis – to first-year and second-year students.
• demonstrate an understanding of the needs of high achieving undergraduates, and a commitment to fostering high academic achievement in undergraduates.
• have the experience to be able to recognise and select highly talented and engaged undergraduate students for our engineering course at Oxford.
• possess good communication and team-working skills, and have the sensitivity to deal effectively with pastoral duties.
• be flexible, and possess good organisational skills.
• show an enthusiasm for involvement with the wider life of the College and the potential to contribute to the intellectual community.

Salary, Benefits and How to Apply

The salary will be on the Senior Tutors’ scale for stipendiary lecturers which is £11,270 to £12,446 per annum (current rates for four hours teaching per week). The post is superannuated within the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS). A research allowance of £252 per annum will be paid on presentation of receipts to the Senior Tutor (via the Academic Registrar). The lecturer will be entitled to weekday lunches in Hall without charge during full term and the vacation, and one free dinner per week during term (this includes Week 0 and Week 9). Other meals may be taken if paid for; all drinks and formal desserts are charged.
The lecturer may have some access to a shared College room for the purpose of teaching but bookable teaching rooms are available. The lecturer will be eligible for membership of the Senior Common Room at Lady Margaret Hall. There is no entitlement to sabbatical leave.

HOW TO APPLY

Applications can be submitted via the 'Apply Now' button to arrive not later than noon on Friday 15 May 2026. Applicants are asked to supply:
a) A brief covering letter setting out your suitability for this post, including relevant teaching experience
b) An up-to-date curriculum vitae.Please submit both documents as one pdf in the 'Resume/CV' section

We hope to interview shortlisted candidates at LMH on Friday 5 June 2026.

As part of the interview process, applicants will be asked to give a short (10-minute) presentation on a teaching topic related to the requirements of the post. Further details will be made available after shortlisting.

Should you be shortlisted, you will need to ask two referees, to write directly via email to Mrs Jo White at academic-recruitment@lmh.ox.ac.uk . References must be sent by email from an institutional email address. A copy of the Further Particulars should be passed to referees, and the Selection Committee would like to take this opportunity to thank referees for their help.
Referees should be aware that under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the references they provide will be regarded as disclosable to the subject of the reference unless marked “strictly confidential” at the top of the letter itself.

Please note that any personal data submitted to Lady Margaret Hall as part of the job application process will be processed in accordance with the GDPR and related UK data protection legislation. For further information, please see the LMH Privacy Notice at: https://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/privacy-notice
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