The University is organised into about 140 different departments, each of which recruits its own staff. Permanent academic posts usually have a ‘joint’ post in a College and in the Faculty, but there will also be posts (often, but not exclusively, research-only or teaching-only) that are based in either a College or a Faculty/Department. Colleges arrange their own recruitment and will advertise vacancies on their own websites, although many will also place vacancies on the main university website at:
The following vacancies are primarily in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, which is based at the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.
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, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Portuguese, and Modern Greek.
The Faculty’s professional services staff are based in Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. Most academic staff are based in colleges, but a small number of academics and some research staff are also based at the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.
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Current Vacancies
Departmental Lecturer in French
Salary: Grade 7: £41,636– £47,779 per annum
Contract type: Fixed Term (3 years) from 01 September 2026
About the role
The post will involve advanced teaching and independent academic research in French.
The successful candidate will contribute to the teaching of early modern and especially seventeenth-century French within the Sub-Faculty of French by offering 16 hours of lectures or seminars, at least some of which will be on seventeenth century literary topics and authors, over the course of the year. They will also be responsible for providing 8 ‘weighted’ hours a week of undergraduate tuition in French language and literature at Trinity College.
The duties and skills required are described in further detail in the job description.
Application process
Applications for this vacancy are to be made online via www.recruit.ox.ac.uk and Vacancy ID 185012, or via this link direct to the advertisement , where the job description and access to the online recruitment system can also be found.
Closing date: 12.00 noon (UK time) on 23 March 2026
Departmental Lecturer in German
Salary: Grade 7: £39,424 – £47,779 per annum including Oxford Weighting
Contract type: Fixed Term (3 years) from 01 September 2026
About the role
The post will involve advanced teaching and academic research in German.
The successful candidate will contribute to the teaching of German within the Sub-Faculty of German by offering 16 hours of lectures or seminars per year (to be determined in consultation with the Sub-Faculty, but drawing on the appointee’s expertise). They will also be responsible for providing undergraduate tuition in German language and literature at Jesus and Oriel Colleges and playing a part in running Modern Languages in the Colleges.
Application process
Interviews are likely to be held during w/c 20 April 2026.
Applications for this vacancy are to be made online via www.recruit.ox.ac.uk and Vacancy ID 185267, or via this link direct to the advertisement , where the job description and access to the online recruitment system can also be found.
Closing date: 12.00 noon (UK time) on 7 April 2026