Job Vacancies
The University is organised into about 140 different departments, each of which recruits its own staff. These vacancies are in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, which is based at 41 Wellington Square.
The Modern Languages Faculty has roughly 1,000 undergraduates reading for the Honour School of Modern Languages or one of five Joint Schools, and approximately 150 graduate students; there are around 100 academic staff holding university posts. The main subjects studied are French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Modern Greek, and Linguistics.
The Faculty is partly college-based, and partly housed in University buildings in Wellington Square, where 25 academic staff and the 11 administrative staff have offices. It also supports 6 language instructors, 4 of whom are based in the Language Centre.
The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to valuing diversity.
FACULTY OF MEDIEVAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES
In association with Trinity College
UNIVERSITY LECTURERSHIP IN SPANISH AMERICAN LITERATURE (Ref: CA12001)
Combined Salary: £42,732 to £57,431 per annum plus college benefits
The University proposes to appoint a University Lecturer in Spanish American Literature from 1 October 2012 or as soon as possible thereafter, in association with a tutorial fellowship at Trinity College and a retained lecturership at Worcester College.
The appointee will be required to give at least 36 lectures per year and 6 hours of tutorial teaching per week in the relevant field, as well as supervising graduates, undertaking research and involvement in examining and administrative duties.
The successful candidate should have, or demonstrate the potential to develop, a research record of international standing in the field of Spanish American literature, which will contribute to the submission of the Sub-Faculty of Spanish for the upcoming Research Excellence Framework and any future research assessment exercises. Applicants must possess a PhD/DPhil in a relevant area and have experience of teaching at undergraduate-level.
Further information (including details about how to apply) can be obtained from the further particulars below or are available on request by telephone on 01865 270750 or by e-mail at recruitment@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk .
The closing date for applications is 9am GMT on Monday 20 February 2012. Interviews will be held at Trinity College on 7 March 2012.
The University is committed to equality, values diversity and will especially welcome applications from women and ethnic minorities, who are under-represented among its academic staff.
Further Particulars (PDF)
St Hilda's College, Oxford - Four-year Career Development Fellowship In French
St Hilda’s College invites applications for a Career Development Fellowship in French for four years from 1st October 2012. Applicants will have completed a doctorate but be at an early stage of their career. The post-holder will be expected to engage in research, to offer 6 hours per week language and tutorial teaching for St Hilda’s College in any two centuries of early modern (16th to 18th Century) literature, and to share in the administration of French in College. There is no possibility of renewal beyond 30th September 2016.
The appointment will be paid on a scale from £30,688 (point 1) to £31,769 (point 4) per annum (Grade 7). The successful candidate will also receive an Academic Allowance of £1,300 per annum, and an entertainment allowance of £235 per annum. The Fellow will be a member of the Senior Common Room, and will be entitled to all meals in St Hilda’s when the College kitchens are open.
The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Tuesday 21 February 2012, and it is expected that interviews will take place on Monday 12 March 2012. Further particulars, including details of how to apply, may be downloaded from the College website at www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk, or
from the Academic Registrar, St Hilda’s College, Oxford OX4 1DY
(college.office@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk).
St Hilda’s College is an equal opportunities employer.