About the Role
We are seeking a Lecturer in Investigative Journalism to join our teaching team and help educate the next generation of journalists at both postgraduate and undergraduate level. The successful candidate will have significant industry experience in investigative journalism and a proven track record of producing successful investigations and high-profile investigations, across a variety of formats. They will also have a genuine commitment to teaching excellence – providing creative, engaging lessons for students and they will be a team player.
Responsibilities
- Provide exceptional teaching and support to students.
- Deliver creative and engaging lessons for students.
- Focus on education and leadership/administration.
Requirements
- Significant experience as journalists.
- Proven track-record or demonstrated potential to provide exceptional teaching and support to students.
- Significant industry experience in investigative journalism.
- Proven track record of producing successful investigations and high-profile investigations, across a variety of formats.
- Genuine commitment to teaching excellence.
- Must be a team player.
- Must be a redeployee applicant at City St George's.
Skills
- Investigative journalism
- Teaching excellence
- Creative teaching
- Engaging teaching
Location
- City St George's
Work Type
- Part-time
- Fixed-term (9 months)
Experience Level
- Significant industry experience
Salary/Compensations
- Sector-leading salary
Benefits
- Pension scheme
- Comprehensive package of staff training and development
About the Company
- City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution.
- The combined university is now one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology.
- Our students are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting them to pursue their career and personal ambitions.
- Our research is engaged, at the frontier of practice and has a positive impact on the world around us.
- The Journalism Department at City has been a leader in its field since 1976, with an unrivalled record of getting graduates into the best jobs in journalism.
- The Department is ranked number one in London for Journalism (NSS, 2024) and number one in the UK for graduate outcomes in Communication and Media (Complete University Guide 2024).
- Based in the centre of London, the Department has strong industry links, regular high-profile events, and a professional-grade studio and journalism facilities.
- Many of the Department’s 7000+ alumni now occupy senior positions in the media across the world.
- More than 300 postgraduate students study each year on the Department’s professionally focused, MA Journalism degrees, including the MA Broadcast Journalism.
- The University of business, practice and the professions.
Equal Opportunity
- City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.
- We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.
- City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.
