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EDINBURGH SOCIAL POLICY GROUP SEEKING NEW COLLEAGUE A post of SENIOR LECTURER/LECTURER IN SOCIAL POLICY at the University of Edinburgh will be available from 1 August 2009. For details and application procedure, visit www.jobs.ed.ac.uk and see the posting on 23 February (vacancy ref 3010530). We are seeking an outstanding researcher/teacher to join the Social Policy subject area of the School of Social Political Science in the College of Humanities and Social Science. The post is available from 1 August 2009 and is part of the strategic plan to develop the subject area in response to anticipated retirements within it. We seek a colleague with a developed career who can take a prominent role within the group; the appointment may be made at either grade 8 (lecturer) or grade 9 (senior lectureship). The appointee will be expected to engage actively in research, teaching and administration and play a full part in the collegiate life of the Social Policy subject area and the School of Social and Political Science. Applicants are expected to have a relevant doctoral degree, and to have demonstrable achievements in research, publication, and teaching. We particularly seek expertise in quantitative methodological skills. Applicants should be able to relate to the group's overall comparative (cross-national) perspective and to advance theoretical and substantive interests within one or more of its three research groups: Children, Families and Welfare (including household studies); State, Governance and Welfare (including socio-legal studies and national and international criminal justice); and Work, Economy and Welfare (including political economy and resource allocation issues). The appointee would be expected to be a credible applicant for research projects involving the analysis of quantitative data, to supervise PhD candidates with quantitative research topics, and to become involved in graduate training of quantitative research skills. It is intended that appointment will be made at the appropriate point on the Senior Lecturer / Reader Grade UE09 scale (£46,278-£52,086). Depending on the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate an appointment on the Lecturer UE08 scale (£36,532-£43,622) may be offered. Where it is possible to be certain, in advance of interview, that a shortlisted candidate could not be made an offer above UE08, that will be clarified to the candidate at the point of invitation.