Assistant Junior Dean

Part Time

St Edmund Hall’s Decanal Team consists of the Senior Dean who is a Governing Body Fellow, the Junior Discipline Dean and five Assistant Junior Deans. The College Nurse acts as the Welfare Dean and Harassment Advisor.

The Assistant Junior Deans are responsible, under the direction of the Junior Discipline Dean, for the discipline and additionally with the Welfare Dean for the welfare of junior members across all sites. They are expected to be available (on call) for an average of three nights out of every seven in term time on a first-call rota of decanal responsibility drawn up by the Junior Discipline Dean. A room in the relevant College annexe will be provided to facilitate the performance of these duties.

Applications should be sent by email to recruitment@seh.ox.ac.uk no later than 09:00 GMT on Monday, 13 April 2026. Postal applications can be sent to the HR Department, St Edmund Hall, Queen’s Lane, Oxford, OX1 4AR.  Applications should include:

• A cover letter, outlining how the candidate meets the criteria required;
• A CV;
•  A completed Cover Sheet, with the names and contact details of two referees, one of whom should be the candidate’s academic supervisor.

Referees

You are advised to contact your referees before applying, to ensure that they are aware of your application and the requirements for the post, and to ensure that they would be content to write a reference for you for this post if asked to do so, in the event that you are shortlisted. Your application should include for each referee their name, position, relationship to you, postal address, email address and contact telephone number, and whether you give permission for us to contact them if required. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to contact their referees and ask them to submit the references directly to us.

Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted. It is anticipated that interviews will be held in the week commencing Monday, 20 April 2026.

Informal enquiries about the role should be made by email to the Junior Discipline Dean, Antonin Charret at antonin.charret@seh.ox.ac.uk.

Equality of Opportunity

The Equal Opportunities policy of the College requires that all staff are offered equal opportunities within employment. Entry into employment will be determined only by personal merit and the application of criteria related to the post. Subject to statutory provisions, no applicant will be treated less favourably than another because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Recruitment Monitoring

Please consider completing the online Equal Opportunity Monitoring Form.  Submission of this form is voluntary and does not form part of the selection process, but we would be grateful if you are willing to return it with your application to assist us with our equal opportunity monitoring. A paper copy can be obtained HERE.

Key Information

• Deadline:13 Apr 2026 09:00am
• Posted:17 Mar 2026