Internal Applications Only
Junior Dean
12 Months Fixed Term Contract
The College wishes to appoint a Junior Dean to take up office in Michaelmas Term 2024 for a period of one year (without the option of renewal). The successful applicant will belong to the decanal team consisting of the Dean, Assistant Dean, and four Junior Deans.
The Role of Junior Dean
The Junior Deans, acting with powers delegated to them by the Dean, assist the Dean in connection with the welfare and discipline of Junior Members. While on duty, Junior Deans are responsible for the safety and security of Junior Members, for maintaining an appropriate level of quiet, for responding to incidents and for recording details of incidents. Junior Deans also respond to urgent health or welfare issues where they occur overnight, so their work requires sensitivity and good judgement in dealing with individual cases, and liaison with the welfare team at the College via the Assistant Dean. University-organized training or information sessions may be offered to Junior Deans to help them develop their skills.
Working hours will be 36 hours per term, worked over 10 weeks in Michaelmas and Hilary Term 0th-9th week) and 11 weeks for Trinity term (0th-10th week), in accordance with the Dean Team rota. You must be available to undertake on-call duties from 8.00pm to 6.30am for no more than 20 hours per week, in line with agreed rotas, which are subject to change. When on call, you must be available to be contacted by the Lodge by mobile phone and be within 10 to 15 minutes from the College site.
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, you will be required to be in residence during term time, normally from 0th to 9th week in Michaelmas and Hilary terms and 0th week to 10th week Trinity term.
Duty rotas are organised a term in advance allowing flexibility for extracurricular engagements in the evenings or over weekends.
In addition, Junior Deans must be prepared to attend the University’s exam invigilation training (one hour in Hilary term) and undertake some paid invigilation of University Examinations in College, usually in Trinity term.
Terms of Appointment
A Junior Dean will be required to reside in College, during term time. You are also entitled to eat free of charge in hall during term time when the kitchens are open, up to two lunches of which per week may be taken on high table. The accommodation offered will be in buildings occupied principally by undergraduates but will take account of the fact that Junior Deans are graduate students.
A Junior Dean must, while in post, be a graduate student of the College, normally studying for a DPhil; An appointment is for one year in the first instance and may be renewed, subject to a satisfactory formal review (probationary period) lasting one full term.
St Hugh’s is conscious of regulations relating to Tier 4 visa and Student Visa holders. As the duties are shared across the whole team, each Junior Dean’s working hours are relatively modest, so we are satisfied that a visa holder can hold this position notwithstanding the limit of 20 hours work per week specified by the Home Office. This can be discussed on an individual basis.
Renumeration
Your termly stipend is £818.95, which consists of an on-call payment of £327.58 per term in recognition of the need to be available for work if needed, and £491.37 per term in recognition of actual work done. Your stipend which shall accrue from day to day and be payable termly in arrears directly into your bank or building society account.
Application Process
Applications should be sent to recruitment@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk by 9.00am on Friday 30 August 2024, and should comprise a covering letter, curriculum vitae, a letter of reference, and the signed agreement of the applicant’s Supervisor, without which no application can be considered. Interviews are scheduled to be held in the week commencing 9 September 2024.
Applicants are also asked to submit a Recruitment Monitoring Form to recruitment@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk ; the form is also located on the College website.
Potential applicants are welcome to contact the current Assistant Dean, Eri Ichijo eri.ichijo@psy.ox.ac.uk for advice before submitting their applications.
St Hugh’s College is an equal opportunities employer.
