Applications are invited for two full-time Postdoctoral Research Associates, funded by The Leverhulme Trust and to be based in Cambridge at the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, to work with Dr Leigh Shaw-Taylor, Dr Amy Erickson, Professor R.M Smith and Professor E.A. Wrigley on The occupational structure of England and Wales c.1379-c.1729.
The appointments will be a period of 24 months from as close to 1 November 2008 as possible. The post is full-time and is available on the Research Associate scale (currently £25,888-£33,780). The initial appointment will be at the bottom of scale with annual increments.
Further particulars and an application coversheet (PD18) may be obtained from the Faculty website, or from Mrs Joanne Pearson, Personnel Clerk, University of Cambridge, Faculty of History, West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9EF (telephone: 01223 335350). Applications must be sent so as to reach her not later than Monday 15th September 2008, and should consist of four copies each of: a coversheet, a covering letter indicating your suitability for the post, a curriculum vitae and the names of two academic referees. Candidates should request their referees to send their reports to the Secretary of the Research Appointments Committee to reach her no later than Monday 15 September 2008. It is anticipated that interviews will be held on the 9th October 2008.
Informal enquiries about this post may be made to Dr Leigh Shaw-Taylor, Faculty of History.
