THE PRINCIPAL AND FELLOWS OF ST HUGH'S COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Casual Lodge Porter/Receptionist

Ad-hoc / Occasional work on a casual basis.

Hourly Rate: £13.67 including Oxford Weighting

Monday – Sunday

Shift Patterns: 7.30am-3:30pm, 3.00pm-11.00pm and 10.30pm-8.00am

St Hugh’s College seeks to recruit casual college porters / receptionists to join the Lodge team on a permanent basis. The vacancies available are working ad-hoc shift patterns Monday – Sunday 7:30am – 3:30pm, 3:00pm – 11:00pm & 10.30pm – 8am. The Lodge plays a crucial role within the College community as they are responsible for reception and security for the college. The successful postholder will have general responsibility for efficient and effective running of the Lodge and conducting security patrols of the college. Tasks will include greeting college members and visitors at all times, answering the telephone, radio and email systems.

The successful candidate will have the ability to communicate effectively and build relationships with key stakeholders. They will need be vigilant at all times with a can-do and proactive attitude and drive to ensure a consistently high standard of customer service.

Please see the job description for more details on the post.

To apply, please complete the application form below together with the equal opportunities monitoring form and return it to recruitment@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk

Your application will be judged solely on the basis of how you demonstrate that you meet the selection criteria stated in the job description.

Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form

St Hugh’s is a self-governing College of Oxford University and is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Please let us know if you believe there are any reasonable adjustments, we should be making to assist you with your application.

Please direct any queries to recruitment@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk.

Associate Professorship of Taxation Law

The Faculty of Law, in association with St Hugh’s College, invites suitably qualified candidates to apply for the post of Associate Professor of Taxation Law to commence on 1 September 2026. The successful candidate will be both a member of the Faculty of Law and a Non-Tutorial Fellow at St Hugh’s College.

The person appointed will join one of the largest and most distinguished groups of legal scholars in the world. They will have, or be well on the way to establishing, a record of internationally recognised scholarship and research and will be required to provide a high standard of research-led teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including the supervision of research students.

In making this appointment, the University and the College share the goal of developing and strengthening the teaching and research capacities and capabilities of the Faculty of Law, as well as contributing, more generally, to the goal of maintaining the University of Oxford as a leading centre for research and teaching in taxation law.
The Faculty of Law is an Athena SWAN Bronze award holder. Applications are particularly welcome from women and Black and ethnic minority candidates, who are under-represented in senior academic positions in Oxford.

Queries about the Faculty of Law should be directed to Professor Donal Nolan, Vice-Dean in the Faculty of Law donal.nolan@law.ox.ac.uk (who will be a member of the selection committee). Queries about the application process should be directed to the Law Faculty HR Manager, Emma Gascoigne (recruitment@law.ox.ac.uk). If you would like to find out more about joining the academic community at Oxford generally, you are welcome to contact Dr Hayley Hooper (hayley.hooper@law.ox.ac.uk), who will not be involved in the selection or interview process. All enquiries will be treated in the strictest confidence.

Queries about the associated Fellowship at St Hugh’s College should be directed to the Senior Tutor, Professor Robert Vilain (senior.tutor@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk).

For a full description of the role including details of how to apply, please click here.

Fixed-Term Joanna Randall-MacIver Junior Research Fellowship in Music

  (2 years, fixed-term, full-time, salary £39,424 per annum)

Applications are invited for a Joanna Randall-MacIver Junior Research Fellowship in Music at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, tenable from 1 October 2026. This is a two-year, fixed-term, full-time position, not renewable, and suitable for an early-career researcher who has completed a doctorate. Applications will not normally be considered from candidates who have previously held a postdoctoral fellowship or equivalent post of 12 months’ duration or more.

The Joanna Randall-MacIver Junior Research Fellowship is open to those whose PhD research has been in an area of musicology that relies on historical enquiry (i.e. research that does not include living human participants). The position is not intended for those whose doctorate is in composition or includes significant practice-based elements.

The Fellow will also have associate membership of the Faculty of Music in the University of Oxford.

The primary purpose of this post is research. The successful candidate will be expected to use the period of the Fellowship to build or continue building an international research profile by publishing outputs originating from their doctoral research and embarking on a new, defined research project.

The basic stipend of the Fellow will be at National Pay Spine Point 29/Grade 7.1 (currently £39,424 per annum), progressing to Grade 7.2 in the second year of the Fellowship (£40,514). These figures include the Oxford University Weighting.

The Fellow will have membership of the Senior Common Room (for which there is a small annual charge) and will be entitled to all meals free of charge while working and when the kitchens are open.

The closing date for receipt of applications and references is 9.00am on Friday 6 February 2026.

Applications should comprise only:

• a completed application form which includes a section asking for an outline of doctoral work (200 words) and a section dedicated to a new research project (800 words);
• a curriculum vitae, including publications, no longer than two sides of A4.

Candidates are also asked to complete an equal opportunities form and to return it to academic.recruitment@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk) at the same time as the application but as a separate file. This form is used for monitoring purposes only and will not be seen by any member of the selection committee.

Powys Roberts Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modern Languages

Applications are invited for a Powys Roberts Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modern Languages at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, tenable from 1 October 2026. This is a two-year, fixed-term, full-time position, suitable for an early-career researcher who has completed a doctorate or is close to completion and who wishes to follow an academic career. Applicants should not have held a comparable research fellowship previously.

The Powys Roberts Fellowship is open to those working in the following fields, in any period:

• French and/or Francophone literatures and cultures;
• German, Austrian or Swiss literatures and cultures;
• Italian literatures and cultures.

A comparative or interdisciplinary approach to work in these fields is also welcomed. The Fellow will have associate membership of the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages and of an appropriate Sub-Faculty in the University of Oxford.

The basic stipend of the Fellow will be at National Pay Spine Point 29/Grade 7.1 (currently £39,424 per annum), progressing to Grade 7.2 in the second year of the Fellowship (£40,514). These figures include the Oxford University Weighting. In addition to salary, there is a personal research allowance of £969 per annum. The Fellow is entitled to free meals at the common table when the College kitchens are open.

Applications should be sent by email as a single PDF to academic.recruitment@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk by 9.00am on Friday 13 February 2026. Candidates should ask two referees to submit their references to the same email address by the same date. Written work should not be sent unless and until it is specifically requested. Interviews are likely to take place in the week beginning 9 March 2026.

Queries about the post should be addressed in the first instance to the Senior Tutor (senior.tutor@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk).

Please complete the Cover Sheet and Equal Opportunities Monitoring form, the links for which are below.

Catering Team Member

  £29,536.00 – £32,739.20 (Grade 3) – inclusive of the Oxford University Weighting £1,500 per annum (Pro-Rata).

40 hours per week (weekend and evening flexibility will be required)

St Hugh’s College seeks a Catering Team Member to join the Catering team on a full time, permanent contract. As a member of the College, staff have access to the following benefits:

• Enrolment into the Oxford Staff Pension Scheme (OSPS)
• 30 days of annual leave and 8 public holidays per year for full time equivalent staff (8 days of annual leave is reserved to cover the Christmas break when the College is closed)
• Provision of meals free of charge while on duty when the kitchens are open and tea and coffee
• Health & Wellbeing initiatives, including access to an EAP, free annual flu jab, and free eye tests for all staff
• A discounted travel scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme/Bike Loan
• Access to University Staff Benefits

Reporting to the Assistant Catering Manager, the successful postholder will be a team player and join a passionate and busy team. The Catering Department plays a crucial role within the College community as it is responsible for catering and providing an excellent service to Fellows, Students, Support Staff, Guests and Conference Delegates.

The successful candidate will have a can-do attitude and the drive to ensure a consistently high standard of customer service.

Please see the job description for more details on the post.

To apply, please complete the application form below together with the equal opportunities monitoring form and return it to recruitment@+-st-hughs.ox.ac.uk

Your application will be judged solely on the basis of how you demonstrate that you meet the selection criteria stated in the job description.

Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form

St Hugh’s is a self-governing College of Oxford University and is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Please let us know if you believe there are any reasonable adjustments, we should be making to assist you with your application.

Closing date: Applications will be considered as they are received

Please direct any queries to recruitment@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk.

Associate Professorship or Professorship of Philosophy and Tutorial Fellowship

St Hugh’s College and the Faculty of Philosophy are seeking to recruit an Associate Professor or Professor of Philosophy, with a Tutorial Fellowship, to start from 1 September 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The successful candidate will have a research specialism in some aspect of Early Modern Philosophy (up to and including Kant). They will have a proven record of internationally recognised scholarship and research in philosophy appropriate to their career stage, and will be able to provide a high standard of research-led teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

For the Faculty, the postholder will deliver 16 lectures or graduate classes per year, and will supervise graduate students (at Master’s and at doctoral level). The postholder will participate in examining and will play a full and active role in Faculty administration.

As a Tutorial Fellow of St Hugh’s they will also oversee the provision of philosophy teaching to students at St Hugh’s, they will share in the admission and pastoral care of students studying for degrees involving philosophy, and they will contribute to the effective running and governance of the College as a member of the Governing Body and Trustee of the Charity.

For the College, the postholder will be expected to deliver 8 weighted hours of teaching per week during term time, with associated duties. They will be required to give tutorials for both the Moral Philosophy and General Philosophy courses taken by first-year undergraduates in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) and in other joint Philosophy degrees. They should be able to teach advanced undergraduate tutorials (second year and beyond) in Early Modern Philosophy, The Philosophy of Kant, or at least one of Ethics and Knowledge and Reality and in at least one other advanced undergraduate course offered at Oxford.

The combined University and College salary is between £57,223 and £76,603 per annum. An additional allowance (currently £3,199 per annum) would be made upon award of the title of Professor. In addition, a taxable housing allowance of £10,905 per annum is paid by the College. The Fellow is entitled to free meals at the common table when the College kitchens are open.

If you would like to discuss this post and find out more about joining the academic community at Oxford, please contact either the Chair of the Philosophy Faculty Board, Professor Ursula Coope (ursula.coope@philosophy.ox.ac.uk), or the Senior Tutor at St Hugh’s College, Professor Robert Vilain (senior.tutor@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk).

The deadline for applications is 9.00am on Wednesday 25 March 2026. The materials specified in the Job Description should be sent to academic.recruitment@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk. Candidates should ask two referees to submit their references to the same address by the same date.