Faculty of Music, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG About the role The Faculty of Music proposes to appoint a fixed-term 0.5 FTE Director of Musical Performance and Performance Studies with effect from 1 September 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter until 31 July 2026. Performance is at the strategic heart of the work of the Oxford Faculty of Music. This post brings together the academic, creative and practice-based aspects of the Faculty’s teaching and research; supports, encourages and develops performance opportunities for all its students; and helps build bridges between academia and the musical professions. About you Applications are welcome from candidates who are active professional musicians on any instrument (including voice) and in any tradition, and/or who have substantial experience of teaching performance at an institution of higher education, or the equivalent. The successful candidate will have the potential to enhance the high reputation of the Faculty in teaching, research and musical performance. The successful candidate will have a proven record of or an ongoing commitment to performance at a high level. The person appointed will be required to provide a range of lectures, seminars, workshops and masterclasses for the Faculty of Music to support various aspects of the Faculty’s teaching and research in performance and performance studies. The appointee will be required to provide teaching at both undergraduate and graduate levels, and to undertake examining, graduate supervision, and administrative duties where appropriate. Candidates should have a degree (or equivalent) in Music, and evidence of advanced training in musical performance. They should have acquired teaching and administrative experience. This position is being offered on a fixed-term basis as the outcome and future need for the duties of the role are uncertain, because provision in this area is currently being reviewed. (The post is available from September 2025 until July 2026.) Application process For your online application, you will be required to upload your curriculum vitae and a supporting statement, setting out how you meet the selection criteria for the post, using examples of your skills and experience. As part of your application you will be asked to provide details of two referees and indicate whether we can contact them now.