Title of Post: Director of Studies, Oxford Programme on the Changing Character of
Salary:
Reports to:
War (CCW) Full-time
CCW Programme Director
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The Changing Character of War Programme is an interdisciplinary research programme committed to the study of war from historical, legal, philosophical and political perspectives, and currently based at Pembroke College, University of Oxford. It proposes to appoint a Director of Studies who will be expected to take up the position on 20 April 2015 or as soon as possible thereafter. The closing date for applications is 23 February 2015. The post is full time and for a fixed term until 30 September 2017.
The post-holder will be responsible for the academic direction of research undertaken under the Programme’s auspices and will also pursue her/his own research in one of the core disciplines of the Programme. The salary for the post will be on the Grade 6 academic pay scale, with the precise point to be set according to qualifications and experience. At the discretion of the appointment panel, an exceptional candidate with additional experience may be appointed at Grade 7. Office space and other facilities will be provided in the
College or in the Department of Politics and International Relations.
The position offers excellent opportunities to participate fully in advanced interdisciplinary research relating theory to practice and in developing the Programme as a common forum for practitioners and academics. The Programme requires a person with the energy, tact and strategic vision to make a significant contribution to a complex research programme, and to provide an intellectually stimulating environment for the CCW research team, particularly its
Visiting Fellows (who are both practitioners as well as academics and drawn from many countries). As a member of the Programme Steering Committee, the post holder will have an opportunity to provide critical input into the future Programme research agenda and profile.
1.
DUTIES OF THE POST
The duties of the Director of Studies, under the direction of the CCW Programme Director, are:
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To engage in high level research in one or more of the Programme’s research areas and to co-ordinate the research undertaken by the CCW Programme;

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To provide advice and academic support to Programme Visiting Fellows;
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To organise the research activities of the CCW Programme, liaising with the
Programme Director and Steering Committee, and promoting its research projects both inside and outside the University;
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To assist the Director in the delivery of research seminars, the Strategy Forum, conferences, workshops and advisory panels;
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To assist in the editing of the forthcoming New Strategist journal;
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To represent the Programme externally at national and international level; and thus build on the national and international profile and reputation of the Programme;
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To assist the Director in the development of networks of useful contacts among practitioners and to engage the policy community;
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To develop the funding of the Programme.
2.
SELECTION CRITERIA
The CCW Programme is looking for a candidate who most fully meets the following criteria:
Essential
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Doctorate; or, in exceptional circumstances, alternative equivalent experience;
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Strong research skills and the potential to contribute high level research and high quality published outputs in areas related to the Programme;
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Knowledge and understanding of the Programme’s research agenda, and a demonstrable ability to develop, plan and implement the Programme’s strategic aims in consultation with the Director and the Programme Steering Committee;
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Experience of engaging both academic and practitioner audiences in research activities;
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Experience of managing projects and developing individuals, especially experienced or senior professionals.
Desirable
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The ability to traverse interdisciplinary boundaries between the four main disciplines contributing to the Programme (History, International Relations/Strategic Studies,
Philosophy and Law), or the equivalent professional background that would ensure the continued close dialogue between practitioners and academics;
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Evidence of the capability to supervise work at post-graduate level and ideally e experience of supervising a similar team or group;
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A language other than English.
3.
BENEFITS
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with the precise point to be set according to qualifications and experience. At the

discretion of the appointment panel, an exceptional candidate with additional experience may be appointed at Grade 7.
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The post holder will be eligible to join the Universities Superannuation Scheme
(USS), and be entitled to a generous leave entitlement and certain lunching and dining rights.
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The College operates a no-smoking policy.
4.
SELECTION PROCESS AND HOW TO APPLY
Your application should contain:
1) A letter of application indicating briefly how your training and work plans/history meet the selection criteria outlined above;
2) A separate statement of no more than 2000 words setting out current and future research and in particular what work you envisage doing in this programme,
3) A detailed curriculum vitae;
4) You are asked to arrange for two referees to write or email in support of your application by the closing date.
Please post or email applications and references, marked “Staff Confidential” to Ruth
Murray, Changing Character of War Programme, Pembroke College, Oxford, OX1 1DW
(email: ruth.murray@pmb.ox.ac.uk
).
There is no application form. Please do not send samples of written work or transcripts at this stage. Short-listed candidates may be asked to send written work prior to the interviews.
Informal enquiries about the post can be made to Dr Rob Johnson, CCW Programme
Director, (email: robert.johnson@pmb.ox.ac.uk
).
Those interviewed will be required to submit a sample of written work of no more than
10,000 words. At the interview, they will be asked to give a fifteen minute presentation on any aspect of the Programme’s wider research outside their immediate research goals that they would wish to develop as part of the Programme’s future strategy and to answer questions on this and their research summary. The selection committee for this post is composed of representatives of the Programme Steering Committee.
All reasonable interview expenses will be reimbursed.
Equality of opportunity: The policy and practice of Pembroke College require that all staff are offered equal opportunities within employment and that entry into employment and progression within employment will be determined only by personal merit and the application of criteria which are related to the duties of each particular post and the relevant salary structure. In all cases, ability to perform the job will be the primary consideration.
Subject to statutory provisions, no applicant or member of staff will be treated less favourably than another because of his or her sex, marital status, racial group, disability, or sexual orientation. Where suitably qualified individuals are available, selection committees will contain at least one member of each sex.

Data Protection: All data supplied by applicants will be used only for the purposes of determining their suitability for the post and will be held in accordance with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the College’s Data Protection Policy.
Eligibility to work in the UK:
and
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/working/tier2/general/
5. THE OXFORD PROGRAMME ON THE CHANGING CHARACTER OF WAR
In 2003, as the result of a nation-wide competition, the University was awarded £1.1 million by the Leverhulme Trust to fund a five-year programme on the ‘Changing Character of War’
(CCW). Located at Pembroke College, the intellectual hub of the Programme is the
Department of Politics and International Relations; however, the Programme is interdisciplinary and is also associated with the Faculties of Philosophy, Modern History, and Law.
The Programme’s principal activities are a programme of weekly seminars during term, the delivery of the Chief of the Defence Staff’s Strategy Forum, workshops, conferences, an annual lecture, and, from 2015, a peer-reviewed journal, the New Strategist. The Programme has a number of colleagues within Oxford University and in the wider academic and practitioner communities collaborating with its projects, as well as an active visitor programme and global partnerships with other institutions. It brings together academics and practitioners to engage in collaborative discussions and to provoke thoughtful debate on issues of mutual interest. The focus is on facilitating academic research and practitioner engagement, as well as publishing edited volumes of essays and single-authored books, many in its own CCW Series with OUP.
Research themes
The CCW Programme has identified a number of specific areas for investigation. These are:
Diplomacy, Politics and War
Ethics, Law and War

International Institutions, Security and War
Strategy and Doctrine
War and the State
Non-state actors
Research for the CCW Programme analyses current thinking about the conduct, terminology, technology and structural development of war from a variety of disciplinary angles, as well as the effect of national, regional and world organisations on its nature. The
CCW Programme fosters interdisciplinary collaboration between research areas.
The work of the Programme is disseminated through workshops, conferences, publications and its website. News, details of events, and other information are on the Programme’s website, http://ccw.history.ox.ac.uk
. Other enquiries can be made to the Programme
Administrator, ruth.murray@pmb.ox.ac.uk
.