VOD+Graduate Teaching Assistant Criminal Law

In 2022-23, the Law Faculty has agreed to create five Graduate Teaching Assistantships to support our Enhanced Variation of Duties Work and Wellbeing Scheme.  This email is an advertisement for the GTA in Criminal Law. 

The role in more detail

Organiser: Kate Greasley

Number of GTAs required: 1

Term(s): Hilary Term 2023

Topic(s): Introduction to criminal law; omissions and strict liability; issues in mens rea; offences against the person; sexual offences; property offences; homicide; general defences; complicity

Tutorial hours: 6 hours per week, throughout the 8 weeks of Hilary Term 2023

Administrative and related tasks: organising tutorial teaching; essay marking. (Hours worked to be agreed in advance with the Convenor.)

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 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).

How to apply

Please write by e-mail to kate.greasley@law.ox.ac.uk outlining your suitability for the position. Please also attach a brief CV. 

The deadline for applications is 12 noon on Wednesday November 10th.