Lecturer in Political Theory (MANCEPT) (Teaching-Focused)

The Politics Department within the School of Social Sciences is looking to appoint a fixed term lecturer (teaching-focused) in Political Theory for the academic year 2025-26. The role is part-time, for 50% of full-time, around 2.5 days per week on average across 12 months.

The post-holder would be based in one of the research clusters in the Politics department, the Manchester Centre for Political Theory (MANCEPT https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/mancept/). Providing an active forum for education and research in political theory, MANCEPT is one of the largest and strongest groupings of its kind in the UK, with a long tradition of international excellence. Its core membership includes teaching and research staff as well as postgraduate students. Members’ research interests cover a wide range of topics in contemporary political theory, making use of the tools of analytical political theory to address theoretical issues and their real-world implications. MANCEPT hosts one of the largest annual conferences in Political and Moral Philosophy worldwide, the MANCEPT Workshops.

The post-holders will teach on different analytical political theory modules at undergraduate and post-graduate levels, and supervise a range of dissertations broadly on political theory and related areas. They will support academic advisees, and take on relevant administrative responsibilities.

These are teaching-focused lectureships. They will operate on a 60-20-20 basis, where 60% of the time (on average) is spent doing teaching, 20% on scholarship, and 20% on administration.

Applications should be made online and include:

• Details setting out how you meet the essential and desirable selection criteria (Person specification – essential requirements, and desirable criteria). Add this information to the relevant text box in the online application system. There is no place in the system to upload a separate ‘cover letter’; the text box for ‘supporting information’ is where you add what would be the cover letter.
• An academic-format curriculum vitae (CV)

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Manager: Liz Richardson

Email: liz.richardson@manchester.ac.uk

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria