Job Opportunities
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Coordinator for Professional Development and Higher Degrees
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Senior Accounts Clerk
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Research Associate
Coordinator for Professional Development and Higher Degrees (Part Time)
Salary: £25,888-£33,780 pa, pro rata
Limit of Tenure applies*
The Faculty of Education is seeking to cover this key role overseeing and managing the Professional Development and Higher Degrees Office during the maternity leave of the present postholder.
This is a varied and interesting 0.6 role which involves leading a team of six staff, co-ordination of the administration of the Higher Degree programme (MEd, MPhil and PhD), supporting decision-making committees, and provision of management information and reports.
You will be educated to degree level or equivalent and will have substantial administrative experience, ideally in higher education. You will be able to demonstrate initiative, excellent organisational and management skills, the ability to problem-solve, and excellent interpersonal skills.
Further details and application procedure are available below.
* The funds for this post are available for one year or the return of the post holder whichever is the earlier.
Closing Date: 5 September 2008
Senior Accounts Clerk
Salary: £19,263-£21,681 pa
We're looking for a Senior Accounts Clerk to join a small team responsible for all aspects of the accounting and financial procedures that support the Faculty's extensive teaching, research and administrative activities. This is a varied and interesting role involving regular contact with staff at all levels, and students. The post requires a range of skills including organizational skills, the ability to demonstrate initiative, a mature attitude and good interpersonal and communication skills. Knowledge of CUFS, the Cambridge University Finance System would be an advantage but not essential.
You will need to be flexible, willing, reliable, honest and capable of working as part of a team and successfully prioritizing jobs, but without close supervision.
Further details and application procedure are available below.
Closing Date: 26 August 2008
Research Associate
Salary: £25,888-£33,780 pa
Limit of tenure: up to 38 months from 01.11.2008
Applications are invited for a Research Associate position available for up to 38 months from 1 November 2008, starting date negotiable. The postholder will work on an ESRC-funded research project, 'Effecting Principled Improvement in STEM Education: Student Engagement and Learning in Early Secondary-School Physical Science and Mathematics', which forms part of the ESRC's Targeted Research Initiative on Science and Mathematics Education. Under the leadership of Profs. Kenneth Ruthven, Christine Howe, Neil Mercer and Dr. Keith Taber, and working with another Research Associate, the post-holder will join a research team collaborating with 20 teacher co-researchers to design and evaluate a theorised teaching intervention, using a variety of research methods. For this position, expertise in quantitative methods and statistical analysis is particularly important.
The position requires a PhD in Education, Psychology, or a cognate area, or equivalent research training, experience and achievement. Fuller details of post responsibilities and person specifications are provided in the further particulars. The successful candidate will be required to obtain a CRB enhanced disclosure.
Informal enquiries should be made to the Project Director (Prof. Kenneth Ruthven) on kr18@cam.ac.uk.
Further details and application procedure are available below.
Closing Date: 15 September 2008