Vacancies at the Department of Politics and International Relations
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Established in 2000, the Department is one of the largest teaching and research units in its field in the United Kingdom with over 100 active research staff working around five principal areas: Government, Theory, International Relations, the Politics of Development and the application of quantitative methods in political and social science. The Department is located in the new Social Sciences building on Manor Road along with the Departments of Economics and Sociology, the Centres for Criminology and Socio-Legal Studies and the new Social Science Library. A highly qualified and experienced administrative team supports the Department's research and teaching activities.
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Current Vacancies:
Research Support Officer - Grade 4: Salary £19,743- £25,001 pa
The Department of Politics and International Relations is seeking a well organised and flexible individual to join their Research Support Team. The Research Support Officer will be involved in the preparation of research funding applications; providing support to the Department’s research centres, programmes and projects; and in all aspects of event organisation. In addition, the post holder will provide general administrative support to the Research Support Team including maintaining effective record keeping and using the University’s financial software system (ORACLE).
The successful candidate will have administrative experience in a higher education or similar setting and possess a good standard of education, preferably to degree level. Experience of organising events, excellent interpersonal skills, written and verbal communication and the ability to prioritise tasks and work to deadlines are essential. Excellent IT literacy is required with evidence of competency in MS Office. Experience of preparing budgets, working with databases, web editing, and financial software systems would be advantageous but training can be provided.
The post is offered on a full-time permanent contract subject to completion of a satisfactory probationary period. Further particulars, including details of the duties and skills required and the application procedure are available at www.politics.ox.ac.uk/about/vacancies or from the Personnel Office (email: vacancies@politics.ox.ac.uk, tel: 01865 278700), Department of Politics and International Relations, Manor Road, Oxford OX1 3UQ.
The closing date for applications is noon on Friday, 19th February 2010. Please quote reference number CT10001 on all correspondence.
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Posted: 04/02/2010 - Closes: 19/02/2010
Anglo-German “State of the State” Postdoctoral Fellowships
2-year Postdoctoral Fellowships in Political Science or Law, based at the University of Oxford
The Universities of Bremen and Göttingen (Dept of Politics) and the University of Oxford (Dept of Politics and International Relations & Institute of European and Comparative Law) invite applications from scholars for a number of two-year postdoctoral Fellowships based mainly at the University of Oxford.
The Fellowships are open to people of all nationalities who work in the fields of political science, law, history, sociology or economics. The only restriction is that the Fellows should work on the transformation of the modern state (broadly conceived) with a focus on Western Europe and/or European integration. The programme welcomes international comparative perspectives extending to all parts of Europe as well as comparisons between the European Union and other regional blocks.
This Fellowship Programme, which has been running since September 2009, aims to enable outstanding scholars at the start of their careers to spend time in an intellectually stimulating environment and to turn their finished doctoral theses into an English-language manuscript suitable for publication with a good university press. The programme also intends to establish an international network of leading scholars specialising in the study of the state.
The new Fellows will start in September 2010. The Programme is open to scholars who hold a doctorate in a relevant discipline (political science, law, history or economics) or can provide evidence of imminent completion (the oral examination must take place by July 2010). To be eligible, applicants should not have completed more than 2 years of academic work after finishing their doctorate by the application deadline.
The closing deadline for applications is 12:00 CET on 15 March, 2010. Please send or email applications to Professor Lothar Probst, InIIS, Linzerstr. 4, D-28359 Bremen, Germany (lothar.probst@iniis.uni-bremen.de).
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Posted: 12/01/2010 - Closes: 15/03/2010
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