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Current vacancies

Resident Tutors 2025-26

We are now inviting applications for the position of Resident Tutor for the academic year 2025–26. Applications are open to current postgraduate students who will hold membership of St John’s College during the 2025–26 academic year.

 

OVERVIEW

Job title:

Resident Tutor

Responsible to:

Vice Principal’s Office staff

Responsible for:

First-line response to out-of-hours incidents and emergencies as part of a duty rota. Contributing to the development and delivery of student enrichment activities.

Working alongside:

Other Resident Tutors; St John’s College staff teams.

 

Contract type:

Fixed term, 1 September 2025 – 31 August 2026

 

 

Application deadline and interview date:

 

The deadline for applications is 17:00 on Wednesday 7 May 2025. Interviews are provisionally scheduled for Tuesday 20 May 13:00-16:00.

 

Salary:

N/A

Other payments:

£1,500 per annum on call allowance; £13 per night for any nights on duty in addition to contracted weeks. £20 for additional day cover during College closures with casual rate call outs on College closure day time calls outs only.

Other benefits:

Free accommodation in College; meals in College during undergraduate term time only.

 

You can find the full job listing here: Resident Tutors 2025-26

Please send your application, and any informal enquiries, to johns.secretary@durham.ac.uk with the subject line “Resident Tutors 2025-26”.