College Teaching Officer

**PEMBROKE COLLEGE**

**CTOUTOLRLIAEL DGEPEARTMENT**
**TEACHING**
**OFFICER**
**IN**
**ECONOMICS**
**(FIXED TERM)**

**JANUARY 2025**

**CCAAMMBBRRIIDDGGEE**

**THE COLLEGE**

The College is an intimate yet diverse community, committed to
welcoming students of exceptional talent regardless of their social,
cultural or educational background, and giving them the benefit of
contact with a large and distinguished Fellowship. Pembroke thrives
on conversations, between generations and disciplines - between
undergraduates, graduates and senior Members, between current
students and our alumni, and between the academy and the wider
world.

We pride ourselves on our strong tutorial system, offering support in
whatever way we can - academic, practical and financial - to our
students as they pursue their chosen academic path and develop
their intellectual potential to the full. But it is not all about work at
Pembroke, and students enjoy extracurricular pursuits such as
music, drama and sport as well as actively engaging in outreach and
charity work.

**THE ROLE**

Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants for a fixed
term College Teaching Officership in Economics, associated with a
Fellowship of Pembroke College. All fields of Economics are eligible,
but preference may be given to those able to teach
macroeconomics. An ability to teach in areas such as labour
economics, development economics, public economics and banking
and finance would also be welcomed.

of the Tripos, supervise undergraduate dissertations in their area of
expertise and act as Director of Studies to Pembroke students. There
could be opportunities to be involved in lecturing/teaching at the
Faculty level.

The post holder will also support outreach, admissions, revision and
assessment activity related to this post.

**SALARY & HOURS**

and will be elected to a Fellowship of the College. They will be
required to undertake 240 hours of small-group teaching for the
College during the academic year (equivalent to an average of 12
hours per week during term time), to act as Director of Studies in
Economics, to engage in research and publication, and to
undertake other College offices or duties as appropriate.

The position is tenable from 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2028 or
for a similar period with dates to be agreed and is not renewable or
extendable.

The stipend will be equivalent to point.49 of the Pembroke College
Pay scale, £47,405 per annum, full time. The Fellow will be a
member of the College’s Governing Body and will be expected to
sit on a number of College committees. The privileges of a
Fellowship include seven free meals per week, the possibility of
limited financial support for research expenses, a study room for
teaching and other academic purposes, and possibly single
occupancy residential accommodation in College.

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**Responsible to**:Senior Tutor

**Location**:Pembroke College, Cambridge.

**Qualifications**:
Ph.D. degree or equivalent.

***Skills**:
Teaching of undergraduates in small group and class context in
economics.
Ability to work to determined deadlines.
Sensitivity in dealing with personal and academic enquiries
received from students.
Versatility and resourcefulness.
An interest in and sympathy for individual students’ learning
needs, and an ability to protect confidentiality.

**Work Experience**:
Previous experience in a related or similar environment.

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**:
To provide supervision teaching to Pembroke students across
all years of study. Teach for the College in the Economics Tripos
- with focus on macroeconomics. The amount of teaching
required, mostly supervision (small group tutorial teaching), will
be, on average, 12 hours per week during term throughout the
Michaelmas and Lent Terms and for the first four weeks of the
Easter Term. Supervision includes the provision of verbal and/or
written feedback on students’ submitted written work, and the
completion of Termly reports on the CamCORS system.

To Direct Studies for Pembroke undergraduate students across
all years of study.

Participate in admissions activity including Open Days and the
undergraduates for the Economics Tripos.

To be familiar with the Colleges policies for staff and students
including those on safeguarding, dignity at work, and on
personal relationships. See
- procedures-guidance

To undertake research and publish original, REF returnable work
in their chosen field of economics.

**PERSON SPECIFICATION**

**Essential**:
**Qualifications/academic achievements/education**
Educated to PhD standard or equivalent.
Publication of original research in the field of economics.

**Skills/knowledge/training**
Training in small group teaching methods appropriate for
undergraduate students.

**Experience**
Experience in small group teaching, class delivery and or
lecturing.

**Personal Attributes**
Ability to work to a determined deadline.
Readiness to work as a member of a team.
Versatility