2 x Graduate Associate Editors for the Oxford Business Law Blog

Deadline: Wednesday 31 January 2025

The Oxford Business Law Blog (OBLB) was launched in March 2016.  Since its launch, the OBLB has grown quickly, its high quality and cutting-edge content rapidly attracting a wide readership. Over 1,000 readers visit the blog each day. OBLB posts influence policy development, are cited by courts, and generate academic debate. The OBLB hosts an annual conference each year on a topical business law theme.   

The OBLB is run by a team of academic editors (Luca Enriques, Horst Eidenmüller, Kristin van Zwieten, Genevieve Helleringer, and Paul Oudin, along with four external editors, Professor Eva Micheler, Professor Georg Ringe, Professor Umakanth Varottil, and Professor Andreas Engert), and postgraduate associate editors.  Two new associate editors are needed to join this team, for which Oxford Law graduate students are now invited to apply.  The work is available for one calendar year. 

Duration and hours 

Work is to start as soon as possible and will run until 31 December 2025, with the possibility of renewal.  

The hours are expected to be a maximum of four per week, but will vary from week to week, by mutual agreement with the supervisor.  

Reporting 

The Blog Editors will report to Geneviève Helleringer. 

Duties 
 
The core duties of OBLB Graduate Associate Editors are: 

  • soliciting blog content and corresponding with authors; 

  • reviewing and editing content; 

  • publishing content; 

  • managing the OBLB’s social media presence. 

Graduate Associate Editors are also involved in developing OBLB strategy, for example around website design, building our readership base, etc, and receive feedback from contributing authors. 

In the course of performing these duties Graduate Associate Editors enjoy many opportunities to interact with leading scholars in business law-related fields, and to develop a suite of editorial and communication skills.    

Selection criteria 

Applicants should have a background in law, and preferably have some experience of study and/or practice in corporate or commercial law. In addition to a background in law, the following are essential criteria: 

  • excellent (English) writing skills,  

  • close attention to detail,  

  • the ability to speedily identify and correct errors when editing content, and 

  • the ability to work effectively in a team (associate editors work collaboratively with each other and the OBLB’s academic editors). 

Your normal place of work will be the St Cross Building or the Manor Road Building, Manor Road.  However, provided you have the agreement of your PI/Supervisor, and a suitable space to work (including library access if required), it may be possible to undertake the work remotely.   

In all cases the work must be undertaken in the UK.   

Please note that you will be required to complete a Right to Work check before starting work. The Law Faculty HR Team will contact you directly to arrange for the appropriate check to take place. What is a right to work check? | Staff Immigration (ox.ac.uk) 

Eligibility 

This post is open to current graduate students in the Law Faculty and the hours are in line with the restrictions on working hours for students. 

Rate of Pay 

This will be paid at the standard research assistant rate of £18.43/hour  

which equates to University Grade 6, point 1, on the basis of completed and approved timesheets, which must be submitted to payroll@law.ox.ac.uk by the last Friday of each calendar month for payment on the last working day of the following month. 

In addition, paid annual leave will be assumed to be taken in the month in which it was accrued.  

Funding 

This post is supported with funding provided by the Blog’s benefactor, Citadel Securities.  The role is advertised within the terms of our Blog Editor scheme 

How to Apply 

A short CV and cover letter (including the name of your supervisor, if any) should be sent by email to Luca Enriques (luca.enriques@law.ox.ac.uk), Kristin van Zwieten (kristin.van-zwieten@law.ox.ac.uk), Horst Eidenmüller (horst.eidenmueller@law.ox.ac.uk) and Genevieve Helleringer (Genevieve.helleringer@law.ox.ac.uk) by Wednesday January 31, 2025.  Please explain briefly how you meet the criteria set out above, and give details of your availability between now and the end of December 2025.  

Thesis supervisors (where relevant) may be asked for a reference. 

Guidelines for Faculty members, line managers and students 

Work must not commence without a letter of engagement or variable hours contract and a right to work check having been carried out by the Faculty Personnel Officer. 

Graduate student engagement opportunities in the Faculty of Law usually fall into one of three categories: Research Assistant; Graduate Teaching Assistant; or Blog Editor. 

The University guidance on paid work for Oxford graduate students recommends that full-time graduate research students ensure that any paid work should still allow them to spend at least 40 hours per week for a minimum 44 weeks of the year on their studies. Full-time graduate taught students are recommended not to undertake more than 8 hours’ paid work each week during term-time study periods.  There are additional rules for students with visas wishing to undertake paid work.   

Students may not work for their own supervisor without the approval of the Associate Dean for Graduate Students. 

Any queries regarding the eligibility of a particular student should be directed to Geraldine Malloy in the Faculty Office.  

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