Associate Professorship of Education and the Developing Child

This post is tenable from early in the 2016/17 academic year

Applications are invited for the post of Associate Professor of Education and the Developing Child to be based at the Department of Education, Norham Gardens, Oxford. The post is full time and, upon completion of a successful review, permanent. The appointment will be made in association with a fellowship at Brasenose College.

The University wishes to appoint a candidate whose main research and teaching experience is in the broad area of child psychology and education. The main duties of the post will be: to contribute to the department’s strong research profile in future research assessment exercises through his or her own programme of publications and research funding; to contribute to teaching of the Child Development Education pathway of the MSc Education and to its further development; to supervise graduate students in the broad area of child development and education; and to contribute to the research-related activities of the Children Learning and FELL research groups.

The successful candidate will have a completed doctorate in psychology or education, in an area of relevance to the post, successful experience of social scientific research in the field of child development and education, the ability to link research in the area of child development to larger theoretical debates in education and the social sciences, and an interest and expertise in quantitative research methods. She or he will have the ability to obtain and manage research grants and manage contract research staff and a proven track record of high quality publications in a relevant area. She or he will also have a strong background of teaching in child development, successful experience of teaching high achieving graduate students, including doctoral students and the ability to work effectively and collegially as part of a team.

The duties and skills required are described in more detail in the further particulars, which also include details on how to apply. These may be obtained from: https://www.ox.ac.uk/about/jobs/fp/ or by contacting the PA to the Director (email: barbara.raleigh@education.ox.ac.uk).

The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon (UK time) on 11 May 2016. Please quote reference number EP15003.

Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford.