Lecturer in Creative and Academic Writing

Position overview:

Discipline English, Creative and Academic Writing;
Faculty Humanities.

Location:

London, Devon House / Portsoken (St Katharine Docks).

Term:
Part Time, Fixed Term: 01 January 2027 – 20 October 2027; 0.4 FTE.

Salary Range:
Lecturer (G7) £43,555 to £48,996 per annum.

Direct Reports: N/A.

Reports to:

Line Manager assigned within the Faculty of Humanities. Start: 01 January 2027.

• The university supports staff maintaining a good work/life balance, offering flexible working and parental leave opportunities, an Employee Assistance Programme as well as optional private medical insurance, season ticket loans and a cycle to work scheme.
• Tuition fee remission is also available.
• Employees are automatically enrolled in the University’s pension scheme with a minimum 4% contribution.
• They may also join the Salary Sacrifice plan to make additional tax efficient pension contributions.
• The University matches 4% as standard, rising to 8% maximum for higher contributions.
• Employees can tailor their contributions with support from an appointed independent financial advisor.
• 25 days annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays and winter break holidays (normally 2 days between Christmas and New Year).
• Access to personalised Continuous Professional Development (CPD) plans and opportunities.
• Support with private medical insurance.
• Eye test reimbursement.
• Cycle Scheme vouchers.
• 24/7 employee assistance/ support via our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Access to deals and discounts for food & shopping in the local area.

Northeastern University London invites applications for a Lecturer in Creative and Academic Writing (Part Time, Fixed Term). The appointee will teach undergraduate and postgraduate students across domestic and mobility programmes, within both US credit and UK credit frameworks. Appointments will be commensurate with experience and qualifications, reflecting a record of demonstrated teaching excellence. Core duties are the provision of innovative and inclusive teaching in relevant areas of Creative and Academic Writing at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Preference may be given to candidates with active interests in the following areas: academic writing for first-year undergraduate learners across multiple disciplines; short fiction (creative writing); novels (creative writing). The role comes with opportunities for disciplinary and interdisciplinary teaching. The English, Creative and Academic Writing Discipline prioritises teaching grounded in authentic, personalised learning and in experiential opportunities. The Discipline is increasingly striving to align and innovate its offering along the humanics agenda, which combines human-centred competencies with the digital and technological literacy suited to the professions of the future.

The Discipline is also home to world-class, innovative writing skills provision and programmes, including expert training in writing for students at the early stages of their studies and an online MA programme in Contemporary Creative Writing.

The Faculty of Humanities comprises five disciplines, English, Creative and Academic Writing;
History with Art History;
Law and Criminology;
Modern Languages; and Philosophy, which are among the longest-standing subjects at the institution. It is home to three undergraduate dual‑degree programmes (in the UK and US) in English, History and Philosophy, and a UK‑focused LLB in Law. It also hosts two postgraduate programmes: the online MA Contemporary Creative Writing and the MA Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence. The Humanities Faculty plays a major part in Northeastern University’s global experience programme, offering undergraduate courses across all its subject areas and…