Graduate Teaching Assistantships to support the Law Faculty Variation of Duties (‘VOD+’) scheme
For 2022-23, the Law Faculty has agreed to create five Graduate Teaching Assistantships to support our Enhanced Variation of Duties Work and Wellbeing Scheme (‘VOD+’). This advertisement is for the following two GTA positions:
- Administrative Law (for Tom Adams at St Catherine's College)
- EU Law (for Dorota Leczykiewicz at St Peter's College)
Further details of these roles and how to apply are below.
The GTA VOD+ scheme: teaching appointments for students
A DPhil student will be appointed as a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) to cover the teaching generated by this temporary Variation of Duties, who will be supervised by the Tutorial Fellow in question. The Faculty will pay the GTA a retainer of £2,170 (subject to national 2022-23 pay uplift when finalised), in three termly instalments. The distinctive feature of this scheme is that the Faculty will directly engage the GTA to give undergraduate tutorials for the college. These will be paid at the Faculty rate, which is Grade 7.1, and up to a total of 2.75 hours of work can be claimed per tutorial hour, which includes the tutorial contact hour and all work related to the tutorials, including, preparation, marking, reporting, and the marking of collections. (Thus, 4 tutorials a week for 8 weeks represents up to 88 hours of claimable work; and 8 tutorials a week for 8 weeks represents up to 176 hours of claimable work.) For payroll purposes, annual leave will be assumed to be taken in the month in which it was accrued.
When submitting reports, the GTA must not opt for payment from the college to themselves; they should instead submit timesheets to the Faculty for payment.
The Faculty cannot fund SCR membership, room costs or meals.
The GTA may work up to the weekly limit on paid work specified by the Faculty (8 hours per week, or a common-sense average across the year).Applications and references will be sent to the relevant organiser, and shortlisted candidates are likely to be interviewed by a small panel.
Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their application as soon as possible
The GTA roles in more detail
- Administrative Law
Organiser: Tom Adams
Number of GTAs required: 1
Term(s): Hilary Term 2023 (and marking of collections in Trinity Term 2023)
Topic(s): Administrative Law
Tutorial hours: 5 tutorials per week for students of St Catherine’s College
Administrative and related tasks: work related to the tutorials, including preparation, marking, reporting, and the marking of collections
- EU Law
Organiser: Dorota Leczykiewicz
Number of GTAs required: 1
Term(s): Hilary Term 2023 (and marking around 26 collections in Trinity Term 2023)
Topic(s): EU Law
Tutorial hours: 7-8 tutorials per week for students of St Peter’s, Merton, Queens and Trinity College. All tutorials will take place at St Peter’s College.
Administrative and related tasks: work related to the tutorials, including preparation, marking, reporting, and the marking of collections
How to apply
Please write by e-mail to recruitment@law.ox.ac.uk, indicating clearly for which subject or subjects you wish to be considered, and outlining your suitability for the position. Please also attach a brief CV.
Although previous teaching experience will not be required, applicants should demonstrate evidence of aptitude for teaching if they are able to do so.
Applicants must have completed the parts of the Faculty's PLTO that are available online on Canvas. Applicants must also arrange for two referees to write directly to recruitment@law.ox.ac.uk by the same deadline.
The deadline to apply is 30th November 2022.
The selection process
Applications and references will be sent to the relevant organiser, and eligible candidates will be interviewed by a panel, with at least two members of the teaching group. In the event of any subject having a large number of applicants, the subject group members may draw up a shortlist and only interview the shortlisted candidates.
Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their application as soon as possible.
Internal applicants. Deadline date: Wednesday 30 November 2022