Early Career Teaching Appointment in Sustainable Management

The College proposes to create an Early Career Appointment associated with a Junior Research Fellowship in Sustainable Management.   The appointment is fixed for two years from the successful candidate’s agreed start date and is non-renewable. The anticipated start date is 1 January 2027, or as soon as possible thereafter.

An important feature of the appointment is the opportunity for the post-holder to be embedded within the Saïd Business School (SBS), University of Oxford, where they will contribute to the Innovative Finance research project. Working collaboratively with researchers at SBS, HEC Montréal and the University of Michigan, the post-holder will undertake research relating to the project while also having opportunities to engage with the wider research community at SBS and the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship.

Applicants must demonstrate:

• an outstanding level of academic achievement, appropriate to the stage of their career, with evidence of, and potential for, producing distinguished research in their field.
• a commitment to supporting and inspiring academic excellence in all students.
• the organisational skills and motivation to contribute to college administration.
• an informed interest in the full range of academic duties of the post and the ambition to progress to an academic post, whether at Oxford or elsewhere.
• evidence of commitment to their professional development. evidence that the post-holder’s development as an academic will benefit from this appointment.

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Location: Oxford

Salary:  The successful applicant will be appointed on Grade 6.2 of the St Edmund Hall salary scale (currently £36,057 per annum) and will have the option of becoming or remaining a member of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS).

The appointee will be entitled to an Academic Allowance (currently £3,000 per annum).

Fellows are members of the Senior Common Room and entitled to full dining rights when the College kitchen is open.

Application Procedure

Applicants should submit the following in PDF format:

1. A covering letter no longer than two pages of A4, setting out their research plans and teaching experience.
2. A curriculum vitae.
3. A sample of their research output of no more than 5000 words.
4. The names of three academic referees (see below).

Applicants must normally have received the degree of PhD or equivalent by 1 October 2026 and should not normally have completed a PhD or equivalent earlier than 1 October 2021 (excepting career breaks, for example, for parental leave).

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to contact their referees and ask them to submit a reference directly to the Human Resources Department.

Applications should be sent to recruitment@seh.ox.ac.uk no later than GMT 12:00 (noon) on Monday, 2 November 2026. Applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.

Online interviews are expected to be held for shortlisted candidates as soon as possible after the closing date.

Any enquiries relating to the post should be directed to the HR Department in the first instance by emailing recruitment@seh.ox.ac.uk.

Applicants are asked to consider completing the online Equal Opportunity Monitoring Form.  Submission of this form is voluntary and does not form part of the selection process, but it would be appreciated if you complete it at the same time as your application to assist us with our equal opportunity monitoring.