Job reference: HUM-029481
Salary: £28,031 - 31,236 pro rata, per annum depending on experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Humanities
Location: Oxford Road
Employment type: Fixed Term
Division/Team: Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology & Egyptology
Hours Per Week: Part time / 10.5 hours per week (0.3 FTE)
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 02/09/2025
Contract Duration: Fixed term for 60 months
School/Directorate: School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

Job Description


This is a pivotal role whereby the post-holder will support the PI and his team on the ERC-funded project on GesiusCommentaries on Galen: Recovering lost works through a mixed-method approach. This will be an exciting opportunity to join a busy project team. Duties will include support for research grant applications, organising meetings, liaising with school research centres, coordinating various research seminars, keeping minutes of meetings, proof-reading, editing, compiling bibliographies, and other administrative and editorial tasks.

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.

Please note this role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route of the Points Based System. Candidates will need to be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK in order to be eligible to take up the post.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Peter Pormann

Email: peter.pormann@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@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.




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