Teaching Fellow in Social Anthropology - School of History and Cultures Grade 7

Position Details

Department of African Studies & Anthropology, School of History and Cultures, College of Arts and Law, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston , Birmingham, UK.

Grade: 7.

Full time fixed term contract up to August 2027.

Salary: £36,636 to £46,049 (potential progression to £48,822).

Closing date: 28 June 2026.

Teaching Fellow in Social Anthropology (12 months fixed term) to support undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

Teaching and assessment of core and optional modules across all years of the taught curriculum, including introductory modules in anthropology, an anthropological theory module, and optional modules such as Anthropology of Islam and Anthropology of/and Activism.

• Teach modules at a range of levels within anthropology and cognate disciplines to undergraduates and postgraduates, predominantly through allocated lectures and seminars.
• Plan and prepare own teaching, including guidance notes and handouts in accordance with the established objectives of the teaching programme.
• Devise and supervise projects, student dissertations and practical work.
• Develop an approach to planning and reviewing own teaching.
• Undertake full range of responsibilities in relation to supervision, marking and examining.
• Frequently update own subject expertise.
• Undertake personal professional development in teaching, including self-reflection on own teaching, using student and peer review feedback, to enhance training and learning processes.
• Contribute to knowledge transfer on own specialism.
• Undertake management/administration arising from teaching.
• Contribute to Departmental/School teaching‑related activities and teaching‑related administration.
• Contribute to enterprise, business development and/or public engagement activities.
• Promotes equality and values diversity acting as a role model and fostering an inclusive working culture.

• PhD in anthropology (in hand or corrections to be submitted prior to 1st September 2026) with research expertise in religion/Islam and/or politics/activism.
• Teaching experience within anthropology or cognate disciplines.
• High level analytical capability.
• Ability to design and deliver module materials successfully.
• Ability to assess and organise resources effectively.
• Understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes.
• Experience of working with others to organise events and/or student‑facing activities.
• Knowledge of the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010, and how to actively ensure in day‑to‑day activity in own area that those with protected characteristics are treated equally and fairly.