Undemanding university post where one sits back and relaxes?

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a comfortable upholstered armchair [syn: lounge chair , overstuffed chair ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A comfortable chair, often well-upholstered; a lounge chair.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Across an easy chair that had been pulled forward, was something off-white and ancient, a cascade of silk and lace. ▪ I sit by Raymond on the footstool of the easy chair he is occupying. ▪ Most evenings, my father will sit in ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also easy-chair , one designed especially for comfort, 1707, from easy + chair (n.).