Graduate Mooting Assistants (x2)
Graduate Mooting Assistants (x2)
Professor Thomas Krebs is looking for two Graduate Mooting Assistants to help with external moots for the 2024/2025 academic year. The work would be ideal for an MPhil or early to mid-stage DPhil student (i.e. with at least one year of study remaining in October 2024) with a strong interest in mooting.
Tasks for the Graduate Mooting Assistants will be
- Website and online support: maintaining the mooting webpage and preparing stories for Law News
- General research project support: answering queries from students and staff about the Oxford Mooting Programme
- Coordinating, in conjunction with the coaches, Oxford’s participation in certain external moots, such as the Jessup Moot.
Duration and hours
Working hours: a total of up to 195 hours per Graduate Mooting Assistant across the duration of the project, to be agreed with the project supervisor.
Start date: 20 October 2024
Date by which the work must be completed: 31 July 2025
Reporting
The Graduate Mooting Assistants will report to Professor Thomas Krebs, Law Faculty Mooting Officer.
Requirements
- Prior mooting experience and involvement with international moots is highly desirable.
- Good admin and IT skills are essential.
- Experience of using Drupal or other website content management systems is desirable (training can be provided)
- Whilst much of the work can be carried out online, the Graduate Mooting Assistant will be required to be present in-person in Oxford for some of their mooting-related duties.
- Meetings with the Mooting Officer may be held either in-person in Oxford or online.
Your normal place of work will be the St Cross Building or the Manor Road Building, Manor Road. However, provided you have the agreement of your PI/Supervisor, and a suitable space to work (including library access if required), it may be possible to undertake the work remotely.
In all cases the work must be undertaken in the UK.
Please note that you will be required to complete a Right to Work check before starting work. The Law Faculty HR Team will contact you directly to arrange for the appropriate check to take place. What is a right to work check? | Staff Immigration (ox.ac.uk)
Eligibility
The opportunity is open to current graduate students in the Faculty of Law.
Rate of Pay
The work will be paid at £17.83 per hour, which equates to University Grade 6, point 1, on the basis of completed and approved timesheets, which must be submitted to payroll@law.ox.ac.uk by the last Friday of each calendar month for payment on the last working day of the following month.
In addition, paid annual leave will be assumed to be taken in the month in which it was accrued.
How to Apply
If you would like to apply for this opportunity, please send a curriculum vitae and a cover letter, which should detail your mooting experience, organisational experience and interest, to thomas.krebs@bnc.ox.ac.uk by Monday, 14 October. Supervisors may be asked for a reference.
Informal enquiries may be emailed to thomas.krebs@law.ox.ac.uk.
General queries, e.g. about the appointment process, or eligibility, may be addressed to research@law.ox.ac.uk.
Guidelines for Faculty members, line managers and students
Work must not commence without a letter of engagement or variable hours contract and a right to work check having been carried out by the Faculty Personnel Officer.
Graduate student engagement opportunities in the Faculty of Law usually fall into one of three categories: Research Assistant; Graduate Teaching Assistant; or Blog Editor.
The University guidance on paid work for Oxford graduate students recommends that full-time graduate research students ensure that any paid work should still allow them to spend at least 40 hours per week for a minimum 44 weeks of the year on their studies. Full-time graduate taught students are recommended not to undertake more than 8 hours’ paid work each week during term-time study periods. There are additional rules for students with visas wishing to undertake paid work.
Students may not work for their own supervisor without the approval of the Associate Dean for Graduate Students.
Any queries regarding the eligibility of a particular student should be directed to Geraldine Malloy in the Faculty Office.