Lecturer in Creative Writing, Goldsmiths University of London

7 July 2023

About the Department 

The Department of English and Creative Writing (ECW) at Goldsmiths offers specialist teaching and research in English, American, Caribbean, European, and World literatures, comparative literature, linguistics, creative writing, and translation. At all levels, teaching is research- and/or practice-led, combining the analytical and the creative to offer a distinctive range of core and option modules available to students across the department.

About the Role

The role includes co-ordinating the MA Children's Literature: Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults pathway and an important duty is to look after admissions on these programmes.

Applications are invited for this post which pertains to ECW’s collaboration with the Department of Educational Studies, and includes contributions to the teaching, marking and administration of two highly popular MA programmes: the MA in Children’s Literature and the MA Creative Writing and Education.

About the Candidate

You will be an enthusiastic and conscientious professional with excellent organisational, interpersonal, and project and time management skills. You will be committed to providing a first rate student experience, and to taking a continuous improvement and problem-solving approach to all aspects of your work. You will be used to working proactively with a range of internal and external stakeholders and well practised at taking a proactive approach to troubleshooting any risks to the fulfilment of key elements of the student experience.

Application Deadline: 19th July 2023

More details on the role are available here