Assistant Professor; Research and Education); Private Law School Grade 8

Job Description Position Details

Birmingham Law School

University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full-time starting salary is normally in the range £47,389 - £56,535 with progression once in post to £63,606 a year.

Grade 8

Full Time, Permanent

Closing date: 5 th October 2026

Birmingham Law School is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor (Education and Research) to contribute to the delivery of teaching, research, management and administration in the School. We are interested in applications from those who can contribute to teaching and leadership in private law (e.g. Contract, Tort, Trust and Equity, Company, International and European Economic Law, Private International Law, Commercial, Commercial Conflict of Laws, International Investment Law, Banking) in both undergraduate and postgraduate modules.

You will contribute to a range of research, teaching and administration. In addition, you will be expected to demonstrate academic citizenship, developing and maintaining generous, mutually respectful and supportive working relationships with all staff and students, and ensuring the way you carry out your role impacts positively on how others can carry out theirs.

Teaching is likely to include a substantial contribution to: (a) the management, development (including programme/module review) and delivery of teaching and assessment; and (b) enhancement of the student experience or employability. The role will typically also involve developing and advising others, including: (a) providing expert advice to staff and students, (b) supervising and examining PhD students, and (c) developing and advising others on learning and teaching tasks and methods.

Research is likely to involve initiating, conducting and disseminating original research. Your research will have measurable outcomes reflect in your growing national (and ideally international) reputation.

Management and administration is likely to involve contributions at School level, and/or making an important contribution to some managerial/leadership activities (e.g. working groups) within the University. This may include developing and making substantial contributions to knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, public engagement, widening participation, schools’ outreach, or similar activities at School level or further within the University.

While we are open to applications from applicants with different specialisms, we are particularly interested in applications from those who can contribute to teaching and research in private law (e.g. Contract, Tort, Trust and Equity, Company, International and European Economic Law, Private International Law, Commercial, Commercial Conflict of Laws, International Investment Law, Banking).

• teaching and examining courses at a range of levels;
• planning and reviewing your own teaching approaches and encouraging others to do the same;
• designing contemporary, inclusive, engaging and academically challenging curriculum content;
• working collaboratively with colleagues to design and deliver teaching, learning and assessment;
• using digital resources/environments effectively to support learning and assessment;
• developing programme proposals and making substantial contributions to the design of teaching programmes more widely;
• where appropriate, undertaking and developing the full range of responsibilities in relation to supervision, marking and examining;
• developing and advising others on learning and teaching tasks and methods;
• developing and making substantial contributions to knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, public engagement activities or similar on own specialism that enhances the student experience or employability and which benefits the…