Stipendiary Lecturer in Classics (8 hours)

St Hilda’s College invites applications for the fixed-term post of Stipendiary Lecturer in Classics for one year from 1 October 2026 to cover a period of sabbatical leave for Dr Rebecca Armstrong. No salaried University post is associated with this Lectureship.

The Lecturer will be expected to provide eight contact hours of teaching each week, averaged over three eight-week terms, in a range of Latin language and literature papers for the undergraduate courses in Classics; to take part in activities related to admissions; to provide pastoral support with particular responsibility for around 12 undergraduate students; and to provide administrative support for Classics, including collation of reports for personal students, setting and marking of collections (start-of-term college exams), and liaising regularly – including over the vacations when necessary – with the other Classics tutors.

The salary for the post is £22,540 (point 1) to £23,787 (point 3) per annum (current rates) according to experience and qualifications, and membership of the USS pension scheme is offered. There is a research allowance (payable against receipts) of £330 per annum. The Lecturer will be entitled to five meals per week (either lunch or dinner) free of charge during Weeks 0 to 9 of each term, with additional out-of-term entitlements, for example during the admissions period. The Lecturer will have the use of a teaching room in College. They will be a member of the Senior Common Room at St Hilda’s College.

Applications should be sent to the Academic Registrar, St Hilda’s College, Cowley Place, Oxford OX4 1DY, or by email to rebekah.unwin@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk, and should include the following:

• An application form
• A covering letter outlining how you meet the selection criteria
• A description of teaching experience
• A curriculum vitae including a brief statement of research interests
• The names of two referees. Applicants should ask their referees to write directly to the Academic Registrar at rebekah.unwin@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk by the closing date of 12 noon on Wednesday 18 March 2026.

Candidates are also asked to complete one copy of the recruitment monitoring form, which should be returned to recruitment@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk. This form is used for monitoring purposes only and will not be seen by any member of the selection committee.

The closing date for applications and the last date for receipt of references direct from referees, is 12 noon on Wednesday 18 March 2026. Interviews are expected to take place in the week beginning 20 April.

As part of the interview, shortlisted candidates will be asked to give a presentation of 10 minutes’ duration indicating how they would go about teaching one of the papers listed here (topics to cover, essay titles etc): Latin Core; Ovid; Latin Didactic; Cicero the Orator. The presentation should be pitched at third-year undergraduates.

Documents

• Further particulars
• Application form
• Recruitment monitoring form